Husband: Joseph Sawyer BLAISDELL
Birthdate: February 5, 1797
Birthplace: Vermont
Death date: March 10, 1848
Place of death: Assyria MI
Burial: Bell Cemetery, Assyria MI`
Father: John BLASDEL
Mother: Rebecca unknown
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Marriage date: 1825
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Wife: Anna TURNER
Birthdate: April 26, 1799
Birthplace: MA
Death date: 1881
Place of death: Assyria MI
Burial: Bell Cemetery, Assyria MI
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Harriet W. BLASDEL
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 28, 1823
Birthplace:
Death date: August 31, 1827
Place of death:
Burial: Bell Cemetery, Assyria MI
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Child No. 2: Betsy BLAISDELL
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 17, 1825
Birthplace:
Death date: October 10, 1857
Place of death:
Burial: Bell Cemetery, Assyria MI
Marriage date: April 11, 1844
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Theodore B. Cranson

Child No. 3: John BLAISDEL
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 24, 1828
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Child No. 4: William R. Blaisdell
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Birthdate: January 24, 1830
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Child No. 5: Francis K. Blaisdell
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Birthdate: May 19, 1832
Birthplace:
Death date: January 12, 1878
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Marriage date: September 07, 1853
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Anna Mariah Rollins
 
 
Documentation:
* Michigan Historical Society Records, Vol. 10,
* Michigan Census records,
* Assyria County Records

Notes:
* Assyria had its celebrated case in 1848, when not only the township, but the county, was much agitated over the stealing of the body of Joseph S. Blaisdell from the South Assyria cemetery and the subsequent sensational trial of persons charged with the robbery.
* Mr. Blaisdell died March 10, 1848, and two days after his burial his grave was found to have been opened and his body stolen.
* A prompt investigation led to the conclusion that certain medical men of Battle Creek and neighboring places were concerned in the affair, and Mr. Blaisdell's friends accordingly caused the arrest of three persons charged with having participated in the theft. "The case came on for a preliminary examination before G. W. Knapp, a justice of the peace of Assyria, and so large was the attendance that he adjourned the case to the schoolhouse, and even that building failed to accommodate half the people who came to the trial. Judge Abner Pratt, of Marshall, appeared as attorney for the prosecution, and John Van Arnam for the defense. A host of witnesses was examined, and a remarkably sharp display of legal learning was vouchsafed to the spectators. After two days' proceedings the prosecution, having failed to make a case, retired from the field defeated. The prisoners were set free, and, although continued efforts were put forth in search of the true offenders and of the dead man's remains, nothing further was ever discovered."