WELL KNOWN MAN
DIED AT CORYVILLE
At seven o’clock yesterday morning, Zechariah S.
Blake, aged 75, a Civil war veteran and husband of Winn Blake, the
spiritualist medium of Coryville, Ohio, passed away after being
stricken with a stroke of paralysis more than a month ago. Because of
the national fame of his wife in whose spiritual powers many had faith
and of his own personality, Mr. Blake was well-known in this section
and well liked by all who knew him.
He was born November 4, 1846 and served in the Civil
war with the Union army at the age of sixteen years. In March, 1863,
he returned to this part of the county, met Miss Elizabeth Winn, who
was attending Marshall college and shortly after married her. Soon
after his marriage, Mr. Blake re-entered the army service and was
captured by the Confederates, serving nine long months in the
Andersonville, Ga., prison. Then he escaped and made his way to
Sherman’s army near Savannah, Ga.
Following the war, Mr. and Mrs. Blake moved to
Coryville, where they have lived since. There is located the home of
Winn Blake, a Mecca for those interested in spiritual séances.
Although Mr. Blake has been ill in health since his service with the
Union army, he has always taken an active interest in the civil and
military welfare of the country. He took a very active interest in the
campaign of the A. E. F. in France during the recent war and followed
every move the Americans over there made.
Of the fifteen children who were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Blake, three survive: Ralph L. Blake, of Coryville; Mrs. B. B. Davis,
of Huntington; Mrs. C. E. Still, of 2428 Collis avenue, Huntington.
Four brothers and two sisters of Mr. Blake also survive: Willard
Blake, M. I. Blake, Anzelle Blake, Louis Blake all of Proctorville,
and Mrs. Edward Strickard of Cincinnati and Mrs. Nellie Staley of
Chesapeake, O. There are also seven grand children and seven
great-grand children surviving. Mr. Blake was a member of the
Coryville Baptist church.
The funeral services were held this morning at ten
o’clock from the residence and the burial was made at the Bradrick
cemetery.
Semi-Weekly Register, 25 September 1919, Thursday.
