Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Birdseye Blakeman
Publisher
Centurion, 1893–1894
Proposed by
Salem H. Wales and Joseph H. Choate
Salem H. Wales and Joseph H. Choate
born
January 25, 1824
Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut
died
September 30, 1894
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
elected
April 1, 1893
Age sixty-nine
Age sixty-nine
buried
Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum,
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
seconder of
Century Memorial
To Mr. Birdseye Blakeman the same description would apply. He was a prominent publisher of school books, and was president of the American Book Company. He had accumulated an ample fortune, and was happy in the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances and friends. On his fine estate at Stockbridge he dispensed a liberal hospitality, and gave during the past year a free public library to his native town. He was active and generous in the work of benevolence; and has left the memory of a useful and upright citizen to his children.
Henry E. Howland
1895 Century Association Yearbook
