Near Marine in Madison County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement
Photographed By Mike Camero, October 9, 2011
1. Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement Memorial
Capt. Curtis Blakeman
and the
Marine Settlement
Just north of here, in 1819, a group of sea captains,
Blakeman, Allen, Breath, Deselherst, and Mead
from Connecticut, arrived and built log cabins,
naming the settlement Marine.
Captain Curtis Blakeman,
our great, great, great grandfather,
built an ox driven mill in 1823,
served in the Illinois state legislature as a Whig, 1822-1826.
He, his wife, and daughter, along with many others,
died in the 1833 cholera epidemic and are buried here.
Curtis Blakeman Jr. was also a legislature
1842-1844 and 1846-1848. Charter member
of the Marine Masonic Lodge in 1859.
Captain in the Civil War.
Built the Cable Mill in 1866.
Erected 2002 by the Harris, Udell Cecelia, Roland, Lorna, Chester, Ronald, and Jean Harris-Jarrett.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.
Location. 38° 44.967′ N, 89° 46.8′ W. Marker is near Marine, Illinois, in Madison County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Marine Road (County Road 13) and Hunter School Road,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. St. Jacob (approx. 2˝ miles away); Marine Chapter House (approx. 2.8 miles away); Deck Cemetery (approx. 3 miles away); Founders' Monuments (approx. 4.6 miles away); Schiller Chapel (approx. 4.7 miles away); a different marker also named Schiller Chapel (approx. 4.7 miles away); Spindler Monuments (approx. 4.7 miles away); Louis Latzer Monument (approx. 4.7 miles away).
Additional commentary.
1. My great great great grandpa
My mother is Beulah Blakeman. Her father is Mick Blakeman and his father is Walden Blakeman. His father died when he was a child but he was told his grandfather was a ship's Captain named Curtis Blakeman.
— Submitted November 29, 2012, by Casey M Finley of Edwall, Washington.
Additional keywords. mariner
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2011, by Mike Camero of Edwardsville, Illinois. This page has been viewed 1,021 times since then and 49 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 29, 2011, by Mike Camero of Edwardsville, Illinois. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
