John Blakeley
John Blakeley, third son of Samuel and Mary Blakeley, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, July 11, 1825. He came to Shelby County with his parents in 1830, and has been a citizen of Dinsmore Township since March, 1832. He married Miss Elizabeth Elliott in the year 1852, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth Elliott. Miss Elliott was born in Licking County, Ohio, October 18th, 1833, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Blakeley settled on his father’s home farm, on which they have since resided. They reared a family of three children, viz., Adam E., Minerva, and Adilia. Mr. Blakeley now owns his father’s home farm, containing one hundred and sixty-one acres; also one hundred acres in section 10, same township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883