Samuel Blakeley
Samuel Blakeley, deceased, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1780, where he passed his minority days. He emigrated to America when a young man, and located in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, where he remained several years, then came to Ohio and located in Franklin County. He was a weaver by trade, which he followed during the winter months and stormy weather for many years. He married Miss Mary Decker, then of Franklin County, Ohio, but a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1797. Mr. and Mrs. Blakeley remained in Franklin County until in 1830, when they came to Shelby County, and settled on eighty acres of land in Franklin Township. March, 1832, they moved to Dinsmore Township, and settled on section 4, on which Mr. Blakeley died July 18, 1857. His companion survived him until in September, 1880, when she died in Botkins. They reared a family of seven children, viz., Elias, Decker D., Catharine, John, George, Mary A., and Nancy A., two of whom are now deceased, viz., Decker D. and Nancy A.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883