JAMES BLAKELEY (deceased), Sec. 33; Havana; was born in Monmouth Co., N.J., May 14, 1807, where he resided until 1834, then removed to Columbiana Co., Ohio, and two years later to Illinois, locating first in Sangamon Co. In April, 1838, he settled in Kilbourne Township, this county. For twenty-three years prior to his death, which occurred Sept. 19, 1870, his home was in Havana Township, where his widow now resides with her son, James H.