Oliver B. Blake
Oliver B. Blake, Farmer; P. O. Sidney.
Mr. Blake is the second son of John and Matilda Blake. He was born in Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio, March 9, 1834. He received a common school education. He was reared on a farm, and made farming his avocation until January, 1860, when he engaged in the butchering business in Sidney, which he conducted with success about nine years, or until 1869, when he purchased and moved on a farm in section 21, Turtle Creek Township, and again turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1878 he purchased a part of section 21, same township (joining his home farm on the south), on which he moved his family in January, 1880, where they are now residing. On the 9th day of September, 1861, he married Miss Mary A., daughter of Matthew and Margaret A. Ensey, who was born in Clinton Township, Shelby County, October 4, 1837. They have a family of four children, three sons and one daughter.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883