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BLYLER, F. F. - Teacher. Mr. B. was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1846. When he was seven years of age his parents removed to Summit county, Ohio, where they resided until 1857, when they removed to Iowa, locating in Beaver township, Polk county, where the subject of this sketch was raised. October 10, 1862, he enlisted in the Second Iowa battery, and served until August, 1865. After the war he was engaged for some time in the grocery business in Elkhart, after which he engaged for some three years in agricultural pursuits, and teaching school of winters. In 1871 he engaged in the nursery business at Mitchellville, which he followed for some five years, Since that time he has been mostly engaged in teaching, being at the present time employed in teaching in one of the East Side schools. June 12, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth S. Lee, daughter of Mr. Ishmael Lee, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Beaver township. She died December 19, 1871, leaving two children: Peter and Jay. He married for his second wife Mrs. Eva Carebolt, a daughter of one of the pioneers of Elkhart township, Samuel Venaman. From this union he has two children: Freddie and Lee Forest.