Fifteenth Generation

5103. Lewis W "Lou" Blakesley was born on 8 April 1868 in Mason Co., Illinois, USA. He died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 58 in Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 51830087
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Sep 8, 1926: Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana

Death Takes Pioneer Basin Newspaper Man
Basin Wyo., Sept. 7--(Special)--Lou Blakesley, a pioneer newspaper man of the Big Horn basin, passed away Monday night at his home in Basin following an extended illness. Mr. Blakesley came into the basin from the Lander country about the year 1893 and began publishing the Courier at Otto, which became a candidate for the county seat of Big Horn county. He was prominent in the affairs of the Republican party over a long period and held the offices of superintendent of water division No. 3, county clerk and county treasurer. He was holding the latter office at the time of his death. Funeral services will probably be deferred until the latter part of the week.

Lewis W "Lou" Blakesley and Louella "Billie" Knott were married on 19 January 1892 in Lander, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA. Louella "Billie" Knott was born on 26 July 1873 in Atlantic City, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA. She died on 20 February 1958 at the age of 84 in Lander, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA. She was buried in Mount View Cmtry., Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming, USA. Burial Plot: Block 36, Lot 3
Find A Grave Memorial# 68915088

Lewis W "Lou" Blakesley and Louella "Billie" Knott had the following children: