This was the minister whose sons were kidnapped and forced to consume liquor and appeared in downtown Albion back in 1877 when Juliet Blakeley took the opportunity to rise to the pulpit and preach about respect.
Juliet Blakeley was also active in the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
The Methodist Church where Juliet Calhoun Blakeley stood at the pulpit was not in the current location on Albion College campus. The Methodist Church was once on Erie Street in Albion
Charles Blakeley, one of Juliet's two sons, spread the word about honoring Mothers on the second Sunday in May.
This portrait of Juliet Calhoun Blakeley was used in General Guide XVII. May 2016
On May 13, 1877, the second Sunday of the month, Juliet Calhoun Blakely stepped into the pulpit of the Methodist-Episcopal Church and completed the sermon for the Reverend Myron Daughterty. According to the local legend, Daughterty was distraught because an anti-temperance group had forced his son to spend the night in a saloon. - Text from the historic marker located on the north edge of Reiger Park in Albion.