Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Blakely, Charles A. 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 19, 2007, 10:47 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Charles A. Blakely, a native of Galena, Ill., was born in 1862, and is the third child of a family of eight children born to John M. and Susan B. Blakely, who settled in Wichita with their family in 1880. Here the father engaged in business as a contractor, with Mr. W. Smith, under the firm name of Blakely & Smith, but withdrew from active business in 1890 and now lives a retired life at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject acquired his education in the public schools and after finishing his schooling learned the carpenter's trade, working with his father. Beginning in 1893 he was for fourteen years in the employ of the Western Planing Mill, and left that concern in 1908, to become a member of the firm of Burley & Blakely. This firm is located at No. 209 West First street, and its business, that of general contracting, comprises among other things the manufacture of high-class cabinet work and interior finishings and fixtures. Mr. Blakely devotes himself closely to his business and is known as a reliable, conscientious and straightforward man. In 1888 he married Miss Emma C. Webber, of Red Wing, Minn., and they have one child, Mildred E. by name. Mr. Blakely is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/blakely226gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb