Jacob and Mary Gurrad Blesch had one son, Reynold, and lived across the tracks from John F Ruedger and his wife, Margaretha (nee Gurrad). After John Ruedger died of typhoid fever in 1880, and his wife of cancer in 1886, Jacob and Mary Blesch looked after their two youngest children, John and Lydia. And Reynold was good friends with Parley Foster, I believe. Here's Jacob's photo.
--Comments and photo from Barbara Leroy.
