Samuel BLODGETT
Maria Isabelle QUENETT

Husband:  Samuel BLODGETT
Birth:  15 Apr 1841, Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York 
Death:  25 Aug 1917, Clayton, Union Co., New Mexico
Burial:  Aug 1917, Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Union Co., New Mexico
Father:  Francis James Jackson BLODGETT
Mother:  Cloantha BELL

Marriage:  10 Oct 1867, St. Cloud, Stearns Co., Minnesota

Wife:  Maria Isabelle QUENETT
Birth:   4 Jan 1854, Scio, Allegany Co., New York 
Death:  15 Jun 1886, Arlington, Reno Co., Kansas 
Cause:  Complications of Childbirth
Burial: 
Father:  Alexander Francis QUENETT
Mother: Clarinda GALUSHA

Children:
1. William BLODGETT, b: 4  Feb 1870, Leaf Valley Twp, Douglas Co., Minnesota
                                  d: 3 Mar 1870, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
             Cause of Death:  Croup
2. James Milo BLODGETT, b: 26 Jun 1872, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
3. Orley Edman BLODGETT, b: 4 Jul 1873, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
4. Mary Jennie BLODGETT, b: 15 Sep 1875, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
5. Maud Elizabeth BLODGETT, b: 24 Mar 1877, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
6. Mark Francis BLODGETT, b: 3 Dec 1878, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
7. Nellie Isabelle BLODGETT, b: 4 Jun 1881, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota
8. Clara May BLODGETT, b: 5 May 1883, Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota    
9. Rachel Estella BLODGETT, b: 15 Jun 1886, Arlington, Reno Co., Kansas
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Notes:
Samuel served with the Union forces in the Civil War.  His Service Record shows:
   Name:  Samuel Blodgett
   Residence:  Watertown, New York    
   Enlistment Date:   27 October 1861
   State Served:  New York
   Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 October 1861 at the age of 20.
                             Enlisted in Company F, 94^th Infantry Regiment New York on 9 December 1861.
   Enlistment Date:   25 August 1863
   State Served:  New York
   Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 August 1863 at the age of 22.
                             Enlisted in Company H, 20^th Calvary Regiment New York on 4 September 1863.
                             Mustered out Company H, 20th Calvary Regiment New York on 31 July 1865 at Fort Monroe, VA.

Maria was only 13 when she married Samuel, who was 26 at the time.  She and Samuel were married with her sister Elizabeth and Urwin Barrett.  She went by the name Isabelle on her marriage record, and in the 1870, 1880, and 1885 census records.

The 1886 Leaf Valley Township Landowners map shows Samuel owning 160 acres (130 N; Range 38 W) near Lake Miltona.

1870 Federal Census Data (T132_0003 Page 1042),  Leaf Valley Township, Douglas Co., Minnesota,
                                                                                                            Enumeration Date: 2-Aug-1870, Family #63

 1875 Minnesota State Census (MN_5, Page 534), Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota, Family #42

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0618), Page 432C), Leaf Valley Township, Douglas Co., Minnesota,
                                                                                    Enumeration Dist: 9, Enumeration Date: 2-Jun-1880, Family #23 

1885 Minnesota State Census (MN_24, Page 327), Leaf Valley Twp., Douglas Co., Minnesota, May 13, 1885, Family #11

1885 State Census Data (KS1885_111, 1-Mar-1885, Page 2, #9), Arlington, Reno Co., Kansas

Samuel, Isabelle and the family removed to Reno Co., Kansas where Samuel's brother Laban Whitefield Blodgett was living.  While there, Isabelle delivered Rachel and died from complications.  Probably feeling he couldn't raise the infant, Rachel was adopted by James and Sarah (Goff) Fisher, a prominent attorney in the county.  Samuel and the other children later removed to Oklahoma.

1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census (OKV 143_1, Page 842), Twp. 10, Canadian Co., Oklahoma Territory, Family #45

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_1849, Page 173A), Twp. 6N / R 6W, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Oklahoma),
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 158, Enumeration Date: 27-Jun-1900, Family #259

By 1910, Samuel was living with his daughter, Maud, and her family in New Mexico.
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Sources:
1) Marriage:  Recorded in Ramsey County Minnesota Vital Statistics - Marriages, Book D, Page 588 (certified copy available)
2) Birth/Death - Child #1 - 1870 Federal Census, Schedule 2, Persons who Died during the Year ending 1 June 1870