Saturday, June 30, 2018

In Memory of Isaac Blakey: a.ka. Private Isaac Blaker

In Memory of Isaac Blakey
1845 - 1917
a.ka. Private Isaac Blaker
MS Union Soldier
1863 - 1866
 
 
The day of Isaac Blakey's birth was unknown. The established date and year Isaac Blakey was June 30, 1847 in Fayette Missouri. According to Isaac's death record he was 72 years old. The year of his birth would have been 1845.

 Isaac was the son of Andrew WHITE and Julia (FINNEY) WHITE both from VA. Isaac was the only one in his family to carried the Blakey surname. His parents and siblings took the White surname.

The story has it, Isaac took the surname  from a billboard or a barber shop sign. Isaac was making his way down south to MS to join the Civil War on November 1, 1863. He served until May 13, 1866

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