Doctor Samual Colman Blake
Title
Doctor Samual Colman Blake
Description
Born Bath, ME 07/25/1826. Father a minister. Tremont Medical School Boston 1852. Mass General Hospital 1854. Graduated at Harvard 1853. Practiced in Boston three years then in Chicago and came to Manitowoc 1877. Married daughter of Benjamin Jones, Adaline in 1857. Three children Tiffany, an editor of the Chicago Tribune who died in 1943, Charles and Benjamin. Served in 39th Illinois as Surgeon 1861-2 Resigned on account of ill health. City Physician of Chicago 1865.
Source
Proper Name Index Card Information found on card in Proper Name Index at Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1701 Michigan Ave, Manitowoc, WI 54220. 920-684-4445
Date
1826-07-25
Name
Doctor Samual Colman Blake
Date
1826-07-25
Notes
Born Bath, ME 07/25/1826. Father a minister. Tremont Medical School Boston 1852. Mass General Hospital 1854. Graduated at Harvard 1853. Practiced in Boston three years then in Chicago and came to Manitowoc 1877. Married daughter of Benjamin Jones, Adaline in 1857. Three children Tiffany, an editor of the Chicago Tribune who died in 1943, Charles and Benjamin. Served in 39th Illinois as Surgeon 1861-2 Resigned on account of ill health. City Physician of Chicago 1865.
Source Title
Proper Name Index Card
Source Description
Information found on card in Proper Name Index at Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1701 Michigan Ave, Manitowoc, WI 54220. 920-684-4445
Collection
Citation
“Doctor Samual Colman Blake,” Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History Database, accessed November 9, 2026, https://www.manitowoccollection.manitowoclibrary.org/items/show/17876.