History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri  1889, 
published by Goodspeed, Page, 721, 722-Cedar County Section

James McBride Blake, a farmer and school-teacher, two and a half miles north 
of Stockton, Mo. Is a native of Dade County, Mo.,  where he was born in March, 
1841, a sketch of his father, Dr. William G. Blake, being given in the biography 
of Dr. Thomas J. Blake.  James M. was reared and educated in Stockton and 
Kentuckytown, Texas, and about the time he attained his majority the late war 
broke out, and he immediately espoused the Southern cause, and in June, 
1861, enlisted in Company A., under Col. Walker, and was in the battles of 
Wilson's Creek, Prairie Grove, and in numerous skirmishes.  During his four 
years' service he was neither wounded nor captured.  When peace was 
declared, he found himself with a limited education, and, knowing that a good 
education was essential if he wished to succeed in any calling, he resumed 
his studies, and in 1867 entered the teacher's profession, and taught nine 
consecutive years in Vernon County, five years being spent in the public 
schools of Nevada.  He then taught in the public schools of Stockton for four 
terms, and won the reputation of being an able instructor and skillful 
disciplinarian, and commanded the respect of both pupils and patrons.  For 
two yeas he held the position of Superintendent of Public instruction of Vernon 
County, and proved an able and faithful officer.  January 27, 1879, he married 
Miss Fannie C. Hacker, who was born in Tennessee, in 1853, and by her has 
two children: Thomas Lee and Fanny Susie.  Soon after his marriage, Mr. Blake 
located on his present farm, of 170 acres.  He is a Democrat, a member of the 
Masonic Order, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

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