History of Pittston, (Kennebec County) Maine United States of America

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Mortimer Blake, clergyman, was born in Pittston, Me., June 10, 1813; son of Ira Blake, a native of Wrentham, and descendant of John Blake of Sandwich, who removed to Wrentham with the returning settlers after its destruction in King Philip's war. He was graduated at Amherst college in 1835. For three years he was principal of Hopkins academy, Hadley, Mass., and for sixteen years was pastor of the First Congregational church, Mansfield, Mass., in 1868 receiving the degree of D.D. from Amherst college. For twenty-nine years he was pastor of the Winslow Congregational church, Taunton, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts historical society, and president of the Old Colony historical society. He was a member of the school board, a trustee of Bristol academy, Taunton, and president of the board of trustees of Wheaton female seminary, Norton, Mass. He was an officer of the Home missionary society, and secretary of the Congregational publishing society, Boston, Mass. He published "Gethsemane and Calvary" (1844); "Address at the Erection of the Emmons Monument at Franklin, Mass. "(1846); "Import of the Covenant" (1846); "The Maine Preventive" (1852); "History of the Mendon Association" (1853); "History of Franklin" (1880), besides several pamphlets, sermons and magazine articles. In 1837 he was married to Harriet Louisa Daniels; two sons were born to them,?Percy Mortimer, a sanitary engineer of Boston, and Lucien Ira, professor of physics of Kansas state, university. He died Dec. 22, 1884.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Pittston, (Kennebec County) Maine

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