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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Green R. Blake, a prominent planter, was born in South Carolina, December 31, 1850, and is a son of John W. and Harriet J. McClure Blake. The father was born in South Carolina in 1817, the mother a native of the same State, born in 1822. The family moved from that State to Arkansas in the year 1859, settling in what is now Nevada County. The children numbered ten—seven sons and three daughters—of whom only five are now living, viz.: John M., Charles T., Hattie J., Flora L. (wife of W. N. Godbold, a farmer of some note in Nevada County). The parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and on August 10, 1875, the father died, and on February 6, 1888, the mother passed to her heavenly home to join there the loved companion of her life. Mr. Green Blake, he whose name heads this sketch, married Miss Delia Hill on October 16, 1877. She is a daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Wesson Hill, of South Carolina, being born there in 1849. Her parents were married in 1844, and had ten children, of whom five are at present living, viz.: James G., George W., Susan E., Moses B., and Delia (wife of the subject of this sketch). To Mr. and Mrs. Blake have been born four children, two sons and two daughters, viz.: Richard G., Hattie M., John H. and Lizzie. Mr. Blake is an exceedingly prosperous man, and ranks high, both in business and social circles. He owns some valuable land and takes pride in cultivating the same. Politically he is a strong Democrat, and together with his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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