Biographical Sketch of Jesse Blevins, Bloomington Township, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Jesse Blevins, Section 2, postoffice DeKalb, was born in Green County, Kentucky, August 18, 1816, and was raised on a farm and educated in the old log school house. When seventeen years of age his father moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where they remained till the spring of 1837, then coming to Buchanan County, where he has since made his home. His farm consists of 192 acres. In 1847 he went to the Mexican War as a teamster and remained on duty for a year, less one month. He has been for four years constable of his township. He was married April 7, 1839 to Miss Rosa Lower. She was born in Granger County, Tennessee October 10, 1816, and came to Missouri in 1855 and to Buchanan County in 1837. They have had sixteen children, six of whom are living: Sarah, Francis J., Daniel and Jacob (twins), Lucy E. and Elizabeth. For the last twelve years Mr. Blevins has been unable to attend to his work on account of illness. He is a man who carried the first mail from Buchanan County, the route being from Crawford Township to Plattsburg. This he continued for four years. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================