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Blake, William, second Bishop of Center Ward, Wasatch county, Utah, was born in August, 1848, at North Molton, Devonshire, England. His parents were "Mormons" before he was born. He left England, together with his father and two sisters, in May, 1864, for America, crossing the Atlantic on board the ship "Hudson." His father died in crossing the plains, but William and his two sisters arrived in Utah in October, 1864. He was baptized May 4, 1865, and in 1866 he went as a Church teamster in John D. Holladay's ox-train to the Missouri river, to bring poor emigrants to the Valley, among whom were his mother and sister. He moved to Wanship, Summit county, in the fall of 1866. In 1868 he made another trip east after emigrants, in John Gillespie's company. Oct. 2, 1871, he married Mary Lake. He was ordained an Elder by Pres. Joseph F. Smith in April, 1866, and he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Benjamin Cluff, of Center Ward, by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, Nov. 4, 1883. Bishop Cluff went to Arizona in the fall of 1893, and on April 28, 1894, Bro. Blake was ordained a Bishop of the Center Ward by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, which position he held till the fall of 1898, when he moved to Utah county. March 18, 1900, he was set apart as second counselor to Bishop John Johnson of Lake View Ward, by Pres. David John. In this office he is laboring at the present time.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 1:476
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