P. J. Blake was born in Dubuque County, Ia., Oct. 8, 1857. The early years of his life were spent in that place, and when ten years of age he came with his parents to Millville Township, Clayton County. They settled on section 33, on a farm of 160 acres, where the father died Nov. 1, 1881. P.J. is now running the farm, and is making it a financial success. He is a member of the Catholic church, and in polictics is a Democrat. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1011 |