-----Original Message----- From: Linda Wright [mailto:linwright750@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 4:22 AM To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SAUK] MARVIN BLAKE THE HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY WISCONSIN CHICAGO:WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY PAGE 685 CITY AND TOWN OF BARABOO MARVIN BLAKE, farmer; P.O. Baraboo; was born in Oswego Co., NY, May 5, 1814; at the age of 11, he went with his uncle to Vermont, and lived there till he was of age; then returned to New York. He was married Feb 14, 1838, to Miss Lucy Brown; she was born in Clinton Co., NY; they moved to Whitewater, Wis., Nov 5, 1843; he landed in Baraboo Aug. 11, 1844, with his family; he owns 50 acres of land near the village; they are the first family that settled in the village of Baraboo. he assisted in building the first dam that was built in the village; they have one child, Chauncey M. who is married and settled in Baraboo. Both Mr. and Mrs. Blake are members of the Presbyterian Church and in politics he is a Republican. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you think. a ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237