----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blake" <flyingbrick@bigfoot.com> To: <nanpare@accnorwalk.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 7:38 PM Subject: HCC lookup cemetery book > If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you'd look up my relatives in > your Huron County Cemetery book and let me know what you find. > > According to my 2nd cousin, our great-great-great grandparents died in > Huron County and are buried there. In the index on your website there > are some possibilities. The dates may be different (I don't have a lot > of faith in my cousin's accuracy). > > Here they are: > John Blake died around 1858 (page 135?) > Elizabeth Blake, his wife, died around 1872 (page 135?) > James Blake, his son, died around 1882 (pages 135, 133, 149, or > 302) > Frances Blake, his wife, died around 1884 (page 135) > > Page 135 seems to be the most likely. The census records said they > lived in Greenfield Twp, which I gather is currently the town of > Steuben. > > Any help you can lend would be appreciated. I just drove through Huron > County last month on my way back from vacation. It's too bad I didn't > know then that they may be buried there! > > Chris Blake Hi Chris, Almost all the BLAKE's in the HCCI are centered in Greenfield Twp/ STEUBEN CEMETERY, GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP page 133 Section 1 - Row 3 35 BLAKE, John d. 20 Nov 1895 age 62t BLAKE, Ann his wife d. 16 Nov 1922 -88y page 134 Section 1 - Row 6 1 BLAKE, John d. 26 Feb 1858 age 63y Elizabeth w/o John BLAKE d. 18 Nov 1872 age 77y 20d 2 BLAKE, James b. 20 Nov 1829; d. 15 Nov 1882 age 52y 11m 26d 3 EARL, Robert d. 1 Feb 1907 age 74y 7m 11d Sarah BLAKE his wife d. 21 Mar 1873 age 36y 8m 2d Alice d/o Robert & Sarah EARL d. 21 Mar 1864 age 1m 6d 4 BLAKE, Frances w/o James BLAKE d. 4 Apr 1884 age 68 [?] page 136 Section 1 - Row 8 3 BLAKE, Elmon [little Elmon] s/o D. & S. BLAKE d. 13 Aug 1867 age 3y 2m _d 4 BLAKE, Mary E. d/o Edward & Sarah C. BLAKE b. 2 Jan 1861 d. 12 Nov 1887 page 149 Section 6 - Row 2 8 BLAKE, John W. 1860 - 1943 Mary E. 1868 - 1965 This is all the BLAKE's in Greenfield Township that I found. Hope this helps and I apologize for not getting this out to you sooner. Cheers, Nancy If this information has assisted your research, would you consider sending a donation [sugg. $1. per name] to the Huron County Chapter of the OGS. They have produced a cemetery book that any chapter could use for an example. Over 1,000 pages and completely indexed. They do have a copyright but have graciously put their index on the Huron Web page to make it available to your research. Mail to:Huron County Chapter/OGS, PO Box 923, Norwalk, OH 44857-0923 OHHURON Mailing List Enjoy your stay in Huron County, Ohio. See more Huron County research at:http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron > >