Henry Horatio Blease (1832 - 1892)

Born 1 May 1832 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Livingston) Blease — married about 1852 in South Carolina

Husband of Elizabeth F. (Satterwhite) Blease — married 1875 in Newberry, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1892 at age 59 in Newberry County, SC

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Biography

Blease, Henry H. advertised as manufacturer in tinware, harnesses and stoves, located on Main St. in Newberry, three doors from Stewart & Coates, East of the Court House, page 3, The Rising Sun 3/9/1859; He advertised for sale coffee pots and milk pans, Page 2, The Rising Sun 7/6/1859; He was the census taker in 1859 and was criticized for his returns by the Conservatist Newspaper. Henry H. Blease wrote an editorial on page 2 refuting his criticisms and justifying his returns, Page 2, Rising Sun 8/31/1859; H. H. Blease was elected as second vice president of the first meeting of the Newberry Temperance Society, Page 2, The Rising Sun 10/5/1859; He was nominated as a candidate for Tax Collector, Page 2 The Rising Sun, 10/10/1860; Henry H. Blease was a candidate for Tax Collector of Newberry District, Page 2, The Rising Sun, 11/14/1860; H. Blease advertised His TIN MANUFACTORY has been resumed. He is located at the old stand opposite the Court House, page 2, The Newberry Herald, 9/20/1865; H. H. Blease advertised that since the ‘Stay Law’; had been repealed he would now collect for debts made before the war and from the executors of the people who died during the war, page 2 The Herald 5/23/1866; Blease & Wright partnership formed with H. H. Blease and W. T. Wright. Located at H. H. Blease old stand, page 3 The Herald 6/4/1866; H. H. Blease lost 3 mules and one horse to lightening, page 2 The Herald 10/17/1866; Henry H. Blease advertised he would sell 350 acres of land in December, bushels of wheat, corn, bales of cotton and produce, The Newberry Herald, 10/9/1867, page 2; He advertised that those who owed him must pay or face suit, The Newberry Herald 12/4/1867, page 2; partnership in Blease & Wright dissolved, W. T. Wright will run the business alone, Newberry Herald 4/15/1868, page 2 Blease, Henry was elected a Director of the Sorghum Sugar Manufacturing Co. of Newberry, The Newberry Herald 4/21/1869, page 2

Father of Coleman Livingston Blease. Political Figure.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5XN-CZ5

• http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/bio_blease_coleman.htm

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Edited by: D. Marshall Satterwhite