Biographical Sketch of T. L. Blakemore, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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T. L. Blakemore, farmer and breeder of fine stock, Section 25, post-
office St. Joseph, was born in Frederick County, Virginia, January 25,
1819, and was raised on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he
became a clerk in a store.  Six years later he was engaged in the
same business for himself, and continued four years, when he began
the hotel business, and at the same time was sheriff.  He held the
office of sheriff for nine years.  In 1849, he, in connection with
two other parties, erected a fine hotel at Capin Springs, Virginia,
a summer resort, at a cost of $80,000.  In 1857, he came to St.
Joseph, Missouri, and engaged in the hotel business.  He retired in
1879, and removed to his farm, where he now resides.  He was married
on October 1, 1839, to Miss Eliza Richards.  Her nativity was the
same as that of her husband, she being born on May 19, 1819.  They
had eight children, of whom three are living, viz.: James M., Mary
and Russell.

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