Individual Details

Churchill Haden Blakey

(26 Aug 1829 - 28 Apr 1895)



In the 1850 Census, C. H. Blakey, age 20, lives in a hotel in Russellville. Occupation listed as Sheriff. If this is not him the age is wrong as there is no other 20 year-old C. H. Blakey known to be living in Logan Co at this time.

1860 Logan Co KY, Black Lick P.O., p.467, Household #957. C. H. Blakey, age 30, farmer, Property value of $6000, Personal $1000, b. KY.
Mary, age 24, Housekeeper, b. KY
Thomas, age 1, b. KY
M. E. Blaky, age 18, seamstress, Property $9000, Personal $12,000 [This would be Churchill's sister; she married later that year.]
Theodore Becker, age 69, Merchant Property $21,000, Personal $11, 000. b. France [Mary Becker Blakey's father.]

Chruchill served as a magistrate, succeeding his father. He was elected to the KY Legislature three times as a Democrat, the first time in 1871. He was a Master Mason, and a member of the Baptist church. Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by John M. Gresham, 1896, p.373

Buried Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, KY

Events

Birth26 Aug 1829Logan County, Kentucky
Marriage26 Mar 1853Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky - Mary Catherine Becker
Death28 Apr 1895

Families

SpouseMary Catherine Becker (1836 - 1907)
ChildSon Blakey (1857 - )
ChildDr. Thomas Whitsitt Blakey (1858 - 1926)
ChildTheodore Becker Blakey (1861 - 1938)
ChildChurchill H. Blakey Jr. (1863 - 1887)
ChildEllen Blakey (1865 - )
ChildHubert Becker Blakey (1867 - 1922)
ChildClayton B. Blakey (1869 - 1922)
ChildGeorge Douglas Blakey (1871 - 1901)
ChildAnna Blakey (1873 - 1873)
ChildEva Blakey (1873 - 1874)
ChildLouise Becker Blakey (1875 - 1966)
ChildMary B. Blakey (1878 - 1889)
FatherDr. Thomas S. Blakey (1794 - 1856)
MotherAnn Haden "Nancy" Whitsitt (1803 - 1857)
SiblingWilliam Whitsitt Blakey (1824 - 1824)
SiblingPamelia Blakey (1826 - 1826)
SiblingEllenor Ann Blakey (1830 - 1830)
SiblingMary Ellen Blakey (1841 - 1913)

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