Parley L. Blake
Nov 1888 - 25 Apr 1973
diedColton, California, USA
bornKirkland Valley, Arizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe c1890. Graduated from the Tempe Normal School in 1911, and was a member of the Normal School Alumni Association in the 1920s. Along with Henry Sandoz, he owned 9.5 acres in section 22, in 1924. He was elected Master of Works of the Knights of Pythias in 1919. Served as President of the Tempe Old Settlers.Lived on a farm at Rural and Broadway roads, which had been homesteaded by his grandparents in 1875. In 1921 , -'26m -'29 lived at R 2 Bx 87A.
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BIO-Blake
Parley L. Blake obit, TDN, 25 Apr 1973
Parley L. Blake obit, Phx Gaz, Apr 1973
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Federal census, 1900
TH-231
Painter Scrapbook, p. 33
Hopkins and Thomas, The ASU Story, p. 200
Tempe CD, 1918, '21, -'26, -'29
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