Background
Blake, John Walter was born on August 6, 1858 in Leon Company, Texas, United States. Son of General T. W. Blake.
Blake, John Walter was born on August 6, 1858 in Leon Company, Texas, United States. Son of General T. W. Blake.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern University, Texas, 1876.
Manager Bank of Prendergast, Smith & Company, Mexia, Texas, 1885-1899. Organized Grayson National Bank, Sherman, Texas, 1899. Organizer, vice-president and cashier, Texas National Bank, Dallas, since 1904.
President Maine Saint Railway Company.
Director North Texas Traction Company Chairman Democratic Company Committee, Limestone Company, Texas, 6 years mayor of Mexia, 2 years. Chairman Democratic State Executive Committee, 1896-1898.
Permanent chairman Democratic State Convention, 1898. Delegate-at-large Democratic National conversations, 1896, 1900.
Address: 720 North. 13th Saint, Waco Texas.
Married Ella Yelverton, of Calvert, Texas, November 19, 1879.