Jay C. Blakely was born September 21, 1875, at Pine River, Wisconsin. He married Anna Pease, after her death he married Lulu Lamb. Anna Pease Blakely was buried in the Brethren Church Cemetery in Haven Township. Jay Blakely's mother, Mrs. Ellen L. Blakely homesteaded on Southwest 1/4 of Section 20.
He later moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he died in 1921. He is buried in Phoenix.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 55B