a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in 1816. He experienced religion and was received into the Maine Conference in 1843, became superannuated in 1852, and died Oct. 6, 1854. Mr. Blake was a man of unsullied reputation, deep and uniform piety, and ardent devotedness to his calling. His labors were greatly blessed in the building-up of the Church, and his death was triumphant. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1855, p. 555.