James S. "Jim" Blake Jr. is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Eufaula, McIntosh Co., OK. Thanks to Find-A-Grave for making this image available.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, June 9, 1887

Mr. James Blake left Monday for the mining country of Arizona, New Mexico and other western points. Mr. Blake sold his drug business here to Mr. C. G. Moore, who will continue at the same stand. See notice of change in an other column.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, June 9, 1887

To the People of Eufaula and Vicinity.

I beg to introduce Mr. Chas. G. Moore, my successor in the Drug business. Mr. Moore comes to Eufaula well recommended as being a thorough practical prescriptionist and pharmacist, having a practical experience of several years. I can recommend him to you as being a gentleman in every respect, and one in whom you can place your entire confidence, and would solicit a continuance of your patronage. Thanking you for the many favors and liberal patronage while with you, I am yours truly, JAMES BLAKE.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, June 23, 1887

Mr. F. J. Wrightman, secretary of the Eufaula Mining and Prospecting Company, is in receipt of a letter from the general manager, Mr. James Blake, dated at Kingsman, New Mexico. No doubt by this time Mr. Blake is out in the mines.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, November 10, 1887

Considerable apprehension has been felt of late regarding Mr. James Blake, now in New Mexico prospecting. His friends here had not heard from him in eight weeks, nor his family in about the same time. A telegram from him, dated Nov. 7th, shows he is still in the land of the living.

The Denver Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, August 24, 1892

Severely Injured.

Special to The News.

LEADVILLE, Colo., Aug. 23 - A premature explosion took place at the Mollie mine, Twin Lakes, this morning. James S. Blake, a miner, was badly cut about the head and face by small particles of rock.

The Denver Evening Post, Denver, CO, Monday, January 6, 1896

TELLURIDE MINES

Much Development Work Being Done - A Recent Sale

Telluride, Colo., Jan. 6 - (Special) - Thursday, Otto Koster and James Blake sold and transferred their interests in the Belle-Champion, 601, Maude Woolf, Koster, Campbell and Mayflower lode mining claims to James McKay of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, for a consideration of $50,000, spot cash. The former mentioned property is the mine which brought the Saw Pit or Wheeler's gulch contact excitement before the public, and the balance are adjoining claims. The Belle-Champion was leased and bonded by Blake & Koster last fall and they found rich sand carbonate on the floor of a cave which ran in from the surface of the ground back about 75 feet, causing several hundred men to flock there from Southwestern Colorado and stake claims all over that part of the country, many of them showing the same peculiar formation as that mine, but not until some eighteen claims had been staked off by the finders. George Crawford, who was formerly associated with O. P. Posey, is connected with the owner, though his name does not yet appear. Citizens of Telluride are greatly pleased to see the deal go through, partially because McKay and Crawford are both mining men and represent capital, and because they are of the opinion that the mines will be operated more successfully under them than the former managers and lessees, whose means were too limited to develop the mines and work them as extensively as those who just purchased them. There is direct reason to believe that more New York capital will be interested in the count inside of a month. There are several splendid openings here for capital at this time and it would only require a few thosands to start with, when the balance of a good-sized purchase price can be taken out of the property for sale.

The Daily News, Denver, CO, Thursday, September 7, 1897

Special to The News.

TELLURIDE, Colo., Sept. 29 - , Colo., May 17. - Another rich strike was made in the Saw Pit district a few days ago. James S. Blake, who has a lease on the Belle-Champion group, put a shift of men to work driving a tunnel in on the limestone contact on the ground of that property, and the third shift broke into a body of carbonate ore fifty-two inches in thickness. An average sample assayed two and two-tenths ounces gold, 158 ounces silver and 30 per cent lead per ton. A number of assays were made and all showed about the same values. One carload of the mineral has already been taken out and shipped. The strike has caused intense excitement in Saw Pit. Several new tunnels are in progress on the limestone stratum, all being on nearly a level with the new strike on the Belle-Champion.

Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner, Prescott, AZ, Wednesday, March 18, 1896

A special to the Denver News from Saw Pit, Colorado, says that a strike was made in the Commercial which eclipses anything yet discovered in the district. A shot put in the cross-cut opened up an enormous body of high-grade lead carbonate, which, according to survey, is forty-five feet wide and three feet thick. An average value of the ore is in the neighborhood of $500 to the ton. James Blake is the principal owner of the property.

The Denver Evening Post, Denver, CO, Wednesday, May 17, 1899

BOOM SEASON IN SAN MIGUEL

A PROGRESSIVE AND PROSPEROUS SEASON PROMISED FOR MINE OPERATORS AND MEN IN AND AROUND TELLURIDE.

Telluride, Colo., May 17. - A body of very rich ore has been encountered in the Jim Corbett mine, at Saw Pit, which almost alone has sustained the town for the past two years. The ore of the Corbett lies in pockets of greater or lesser extent. A few days ago the workings broke into a cave, the bottom of which is covered with a thick coating of chloride ore that runs 584 ounces in silver and 4 and 38-100 ounces in gold. The cave has been explored to a considerable extent, but its dimensions have not yet been determined. If the mineral continues to carry the high-grade values mentioned, a fortune is contained in what is in sight. The property has heretofore been shipping from three to four cars weekly, but from now on, or at least until the cave is exhausted, it will send a carload a day. The mineral is easily mined, necessitating the employment of only a few men, and the owners, James Blake of Saw Pit, and W. S. Carhart of Telluride, will realize a handsome profit from the shipments.

The Daily Journal, Telluride, San Miguel Co., CO, February 25, 1903

James Blake is up from Sawpit today where he has taken a lease on a piece of ground and will endeavor to wrest another stake from the rocks. Mr. Blake, who is known as the father of Saw Pit, has been away for a year or two, recently returning from Idaho. He has cleared up two or three neat little stakes out of the Saw Pit mines, and still has confidence that the little camp will again come to the front.

The Weekly Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO, Thursday, March 17, 1904

James Blake and John Rowland are developing a property up Sawpit gulch, and though they have not yet shipped any ore it is understood that they are opening a pocket that promises to yield them a handsome profit on their winter's work.

The Daily Journal, Telluride, San Miguel Co., CO, February 6, 1905

James Blake, the veteran prospector, left Saw Pit Sunday for the new Nevada gold fields. Mr. Blake is a life long and very successful prospector, and if the Nevada field is all that is claimed for it "Jim" is very likely to catch on; at least he carries with him the best wishes of every body up and down the San Miguel river, and particularly of every man, woman and child, at Saw Pit, where he lived so long, encountering all the ups and downs incident to a prospector's life, including several good mineral finds to his credit.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Friday, February 5, 1909

BLAKE - - KELLEY

Mr. Homer Blake and Miss Ella Kelley were married at the residence of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kelley of Eufaula, at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening by the Rev. W. G. Blake of Okmulgee. Mr. Blake, the groom, is one of Eufaula's steady, upright, manly young men, and the bride is known as a young lady of many rare womanly qualities. Mr. Blake is the head man in the Morhart drug store and has been in his present position for the past five years. Mrs. Blake is an expert stenographer and has been in the employ of the Oklahoma Title & Trust Co. for some time, and highly esteemed by all who have had the pleasure of her acquaintance. There were two or three out-of-town guests and a few relatives and friends of Eufaula present. They have the best wishes of the Journal readers and a large circle of friends in and out of Eufaula who hopes for them all the joys and blessings that can be had out of the holy bonds of matrimony.

John Coyle Mebane and Edna E. Blake Marriage Record.

Eufaula Republican, Eufaula, OK, Friday, February 17, 1911

A Sure Enough Old-Timer.

Twenty-four years ago in May James Blake sold his drug store in Eufaula to C. G. Moore and Mr. Blake had never been in Eufaula since that date until Tuesday morning when he came here from Goldfield, Nev., to visit his son, Homer Blake. There are very few people in Eufaula now who lived here when James Blake conducted a drug store here, and of course there is nothing left by which the town of twenty-four years ago could be recognized, with the exception of the old Grayson Bros. store building on the east side. While Mr. Blake is here just on a visit, he might decide to locate somewhere in this country.

Eufaula Republican, Eufaula, OK, Friday, July 21, 1911

Eufaula Mining Company.

Secretary of State Harrison last Friday issued a charter for the Eufaula Mines Development Company of Eufaula, with $3,000 capital stock. The incorporators are Carl W. Gust, James Blake and H. C. Blake of Eufaula.

The Altoona Mirror, Altoona, PA, Monday, March 15, 1915

COLOR BEARER OF 46TH REG. IS DEAD

Burdine Blake, Who Carried Flag in Sherman's March to the Sea, Dies at Home in Martinsburg.

Burdine Blake, a color bearer in Sherman's famous march from Atlanta to the sea during the Civil war and who has been color bearer in the Decoration day marches held in Martinsburg for about 40 years, died at his home in the cove town last evening shortly before 5 o'clock. Death was due to thjje hardening of the arteries of the brain, superinduced by a severe attack of grippe. Mr. Blake was born at Martinsburg March 15, 1850, and had he been permitted to live until today would have been 65 years of age. He was the son of James and Margaret Ellen Blake and was the grandson and namesake of Rev. Burdine Blake of Martinsburg, who in the 40's and 50's was one of the best known Methodist ministers in this part of the state. The deceased learned the trade of blacksmithing and for many years assisted his father in that trade in Martinsburg. Owing to his age he could not enlist in the Union army until toward the close of the war and when he accepted he was somewhat under age but passed because of his robust appearance. He was a member of the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers and was with Sherman in Georgia, being the color bearer of his regiment. When the custom of strewing flowers over the graves of the soldier dead was inaugurated some years after the war, Burdine Blake was accorded the honor of bearing the flag in the marches made to the two cemeteries in the town. Each Decoration day since he has had this honor and so far as can be ascertained he never missed one of the annual observances for almost 40 years. Mr. Blake is among the few Civil war survivors in Martinsburg. Today in arranging for the funeral it was suggested that his surviving comrades in that vicinity be secured to set as pallbearers. A survey of the town disclosed the sad fact that there were not sufficient soldiers left in the town and the plan was abandoned. Mr. Blake always lived in Martinsburg. He was never married. He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: John W. Blake of 1203 Sixth avenue, and Mrs. Alice Wogan, of this city; James Blake of Goldfield, Nev., Rev. W. Packer Blake of Oklahoma, U. S. Grant Blake of Altamont, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Ridenour of Martinsburg. He was a member of the Methodist church at Martinsburg. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon with services at his late home at 2 o'clock. Interment will take place at Fairview cemetery, near the town.

The Eufaula Democrat, Eufaula, OK, Friday, May 12, 1916

Mrs. Ida Blake of McAlester was the guest of her son, Homer, and family a few days this week.

George Howland and Bessie May "Bess" Blake Marriage Records.

The Shawnee Daily News-Herald, Shawnee, OK, Friday September 15, 1916

W. P. Blake left today for Eufaula upon receipt of advice his brother, Jas. Blake, had suffered a stroke of paralysis and was very low.

Morrisons Cove Herald, Martinsburg, Blair Co, PA, September 29, 1916

DEATH OF JAMES BLAKE

James Blake, of Goldfield, Nevada, son of the late James and M. E. Blake, of Martinsburg, Pa., died at the home of his son, Homer C. Blake, Eufaula, Oklahoma, Thursday, September 14, 1916. Just a month previous he had returned to the home of his son as his health seemed failing. Thursday after eating and enjoying a hearty supper, having gone out on the lawn to be with the grandchildren, he was stricken with paralysis, about 6:30, from which he did not rally, passing peacefully to rest at 11:30 that night. His brother, W. P. Blake, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, had been summoned to his bedside, but did not reach Eufaula until Friday evening. The body was buried in the cemetery at Eufaula, where in past years Mr. Blake had been a leading druggist, and estimable citizen. There are left of his immediate relatives, John W. Blake, of Altoona, Mrs. Mary E. Ridenour, of this place, Mrs. Alice Wogan of Altoona, Grant Blake, of Kansas, and W. P. Blake, of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, July 24, 1919

Mrs. Ida Blake, who has been the guest of her son, Mrs. Homer Blake, has returned to her home in Ft. Worth, Tex.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, June 16, 1921

Mrs. Ida Blake of Ft. Worth, Texas, is the guest in the home of her son, Homer Blake of this city.

Muskogee Times-Democrat, Muskogee, OK, Saturday, May 6, 1922

Eufaula

Mrs. Ida Blake of Fort Worth, Texas, is the guest of her son, Mr. Homer Blake.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, August 23, 1923

Mrs. Ida Blake and daughter, Mrs. Fred Leightman, have returned to their home in Fort Worth after a pleasant visit in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Blake.

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, OK, Thursday, May 16, 1929

FORMER EUFAULA RESIDENT BURIED HERE WEDNESDAY

Mrs. Ida Blake Livesay was born March 1st, 1868, in Lathrop, Missouri. She came to Eufaula with her parents in August 1880. She was married to James Blake at Eufaula and to this union was one son Mr. Homer Blake of Eufaula and three daughters Miss Pearl Blake of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Edna Mebane, Americus, Georgia, Mrs. Bess Howland of Houston, Texas. There are five grand children. She also leaves one brother Mr. J. L. Lowe of Eufaula and three sisters Mrs. Hattie Ellis of Guthrie, Oklahoma, Mrs. Lura Stidham of Eufaula and Mrs. C. E. Madden of Springfield, Mo. There are also a number of nephews and nieces other relatives. Mr. James Blake died in 1915. In August 1925 Mrs. Blake was married to L. H. Livesay of Houston, Texas who is left to mourn her departure. When only a child she was converted and united with the Methodist church and lived a devoted life, always willing to deny herself for her family, her friends or any one who was in need. She attended Mothers day services Sunday morning and at three o'clock Sunday afternoon death came and a wonderful Mother returned home on Mother's Day, May 12th, 1929. The remains was returned to Eufaula where funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning May 15th, at the Plock Funeral Parlor by Rev. W. O. Butcher pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial was made in the family lot at the Eufaula Cemetery.

Birth: Jan. 19, 1917, Eufaula, McIntosh Co., OK

Death: Sep. 28, 2009, Kent, King Co., WA

Ella Maye Blake Faifer, 92, died on Monday, Sept. 28 in Kent, Wash., where she had made her home. Her funeral is at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Mallett Funeral Home in Wagoner, with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs. Faifer was born Jan. 19, 1917 in Eufaula to Homer C. and Ella Maye (Kelly) Blake, after whom Blake Park at the Wagoner junction of Highways 69 and 51 was named in 1955. Mrs. Faifer grew up in Wagoner and graduated from Wagoner High School. Before retirement she was a music teacher in public education and in private lessons. Survivors include her daughters, Charlotte Ann Rogers and her husband, William, of Muskogee, Valencia Kathryn Truman and Melody Sue Faifer, both of Kent, Wash., four grandchildren, Deborah Ann Rogers, Arthur R. Rogers, Shawn R. Truman and Angela R. Truman, three great-grandchildren, Nathan Haas, Tanner Haas and Aden Haas, a number of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Raymond Faifer, her parents, two brothers, Homer C. Blake Jr. and Buddy Blake, a sister, Dorothy Murphy Jacobs, and a lifelong friend, Helen Carnell. 

The Indian Journal, Eufaula, McIntosh Co., OK, Thursday October 21, 1926 

H. C. KELLEY DEAD AT TEXARKANA, ARK. 

H. C. Kelley, back in 1910 to 1915 a merchant of Eufaula but for the past number of years a resident of Texarkana, Ark., died at his home in that city one day last week at the age of 82 years. He was the father of Julius Kelley now living at Fame, a few miles west of Eufaula the father in law of Mrs. Lucille Kelley and the grand father of Mrs. Cleveland Whitaker and Mrs. Homer Blake of this city. He was a splendid man and had many friends in Eufaula who will regret to learn of his death.