John Cameron Blake

1848 - 1916  (67 years)

• Name	John Cameron Blake
  Birth	3 Dec 1848	Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1916	Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA
  Burial	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA
  		Blake Monument - Mt.Auburn Cemetery Plot: Blake
  		John C. Blake - Mt.Auburn Cemetery Plot: Blake
  Notes	In 1880 John was a Wagon Maker and in 1900 a Real Estate Agent. He was educated at So. D'ville and Alfred, N. Y. Academies; came west with his father, whom he assisted in business, and with whom he was first in partnership and later succeeded in the wagon manufactory. In 1889 he sold out the wagon factory at Harvard aud established at Rockford, Ill. (but kept his home in Harvard), the J. C. Blake Heating Co., a corporation for contracting and erecting, aud for dealing in, all kinds of steam and other heating apparatus and similar supplies. This he conducted very successfully until fall of 1892, when his father's failing health made it necessary that a stronger and younger person should be constantly at hand to aid him and watch over him. Accordingly, under guise of partnership, with his latter in the real estate and collection business, he established himself as his father's physical guardian without the latter's perceiving the real intent. The Heating Co. was left in the management of his son, Jesse C. Blake, with Ruel E. Dewey, a second cousin, as supt. of construction. Since his father's death, his mother's health is by no means good and Mr. Blake has given his whole time to the Harvard office business, with sufficient attention to the Heating Co. at Rockford to keep it up to standard. Jesse C. has, however, proved a careful manager and has relieved Mr. Blake of more and more care each year in this respect. John C. Blake is a "chip of the old block" in character.
  Person ID	I4575	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Etheredge Blake,   b. 18 Jun 1825, Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 27 Jul 1893, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Emeline Amanda Wellington,   b. 22 Feb 1822, Bethel, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA d. 5 Aug 1903, Fontana, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	05 Sep 1844
  Family ID	F4066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Marion Burditt,   b. 25 Mar 1849, Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 28 Oct 1939, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1868	Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. Jesse Claire Blake,   b. 05 Sep 1869, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA d. 29 Oct 1949, St.Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida, USA (Age 80 years) + 2. Mary Daisy Blake,   b. 20 Dec 1872, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA d. 31 May 1970, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 97 years)
  Photos		Burdett-Lake-Blake George and his son Ray go to Illinois and visit the Lake and Blake families at Lake Geneva,Wisconsin.
  Family ID	F4063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Dec 1848 - Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA Marriage - 14 Jun 1868 - Dansville, Steuben Co., New York, USA Death - 18 Nov 1916 - Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA Burial - - Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard, McHenry Co., Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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