Mabel Areta Blasdel

1874 - 1899  (25 years)

• Name	Mabel Areta Blasdel
  Born	28 Aug 1874	Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Dec 1899	Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Buried	Aft 7 Dec 1899	Gibson Cemetery, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana
  	Sec 1 - Lot 147 - W2
  Person ID	I204	Decker Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Bailes Blasdel,   b. 19 Apr 1846, Miller Township, Dearborn Co, Indiana, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1924, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Leming,   b. 2 Oct 1847, Indiana, USA ,   d. May 1933  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	4 Oct 1870
  Family ID	F788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Sykes,   b. 23 Mar 1874, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, United States ,   d. 12 Dec 1934, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1896
  Children	1. Myrtle Ivy Sykes,   b. 2 May 1897, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1930, Logan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA  (Age 33 years)  [natural]   2. Earl Blasdel Sykes,   b. 1899,   d. 1986  (Age 87 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  occupation: schoolteacher for 3 years before she married death was probably related to childbirth - she died 3 days after giving birth to her son "At the age of 16 years she graduated from the public schools in district No. 6, Lawrenceburg township, and on her 18th birthday passed successfully the examination for license to teach in the common schools of Dearborn county, after which she taught for three years in succession. She was converted to Christ during the revival meeting at the Presbyterian church in the winter of '95, afterward uniting with the M.E. church at Bright and ever rested upon the promises of God, reading his word daily and talking with her intimate friends of the joy and comfort she found therein. She was married to James Sykes June 10, 1896. Two children were born to them. The bereaved husband has the deepest sympathy of many friends in this hour of greatest sorrow. Mabel was of a kind and loving disposition which endeared her to all who knew her. She was an obedient daughter and a faithful friend." (portion of her obituary published in "The Lawrenceburg Press", Lawrenceburg, IN, 4 Jan issue) (source: "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959")

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Gravestone.