Thomas Kincaid Blake (1813 - 1892)

Born 22 Oct 1813 in Roane County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sinclair Taylor (Chitty) Blake — married 1836 in Alabama [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1892 at age 78 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, United States

Biography

From History of Benton ... County, Arkansas :

Thomas K. Blake , merchant , and one of the old and influential citizens of Bentonville , Ark . , is a native of Roane County , Tenn . , born 1813 , and the son of Thomas Early and Elizabeth ( Owen ) Blake . Thomas Early Blake was born in Georgia , and was of English origin . He went to North Carolina when a young man , and from there to Tennessee in 1799. He was a speculator in lands , and did a great deal of trading .. He was the owner of a number of mills , and was a good busi ness man . His wife was born in Alabama , and died in 1829. She was the mother of seven children , Thomas K. being the only one now living . He remained at home until after his mother's death , and then went to Alabama , where he lived among his mother's people a number of years , and worked at machinery in various kinds of mills . In 1836 he married Miss Clara Chitty . who was born in North Carolina in 1819 , and scven children were born to this union : Jesse C. , in Whitesturgh ; Tex .; Missouri E. , wife of J. E. Russell ; Larkin L. , in the Chickasaw Nation ; William A. , killed in the battle of Pea Ridge ; Paulina J. , deceased ; Thomas T. , an extensive lumber merchant at Bentonville , Ark . , John Y. F. , in New Mexico , a United States officer , and a graduate of West Point with the rank of first - lieutenant , and Clara F. , wife of F. W. Derrickson . Thomas K. Blake resided in Alabama until 1841 , when he immigrated to Polk County , Mo. , and in 1859 he went to Denton County , Tex . In 1888 he became a citizen of Bentonville , Ark . While in Missouri he was the owner of two woolen mills , and while in the Lone Star State he was engaged in merchandising , dealt in stock and was also engaged in milling . After com . ing to Bentonville he and Josiah Claypool erected a flouring - mill , and they were also the proprietors of two mercantile establishments in Bentonville . Previous to the erection of the grist - mill , Mr. Blake erected a woolen - mill , and afterward he and Mr. Claypool became partners in this mill , and it was attached to the grist - mill . Mr. Blake and Mr. Claypool were partners for about three years , when they sold the mills ; each took a store , and after this each man did business on his own responsibility . Mr. Blake also erected a lumber mill in Carroll County , and was the proprietor of it for one year , when he moved it to Hunts ville , Ark . , and converted it into a flouring - mill , which he turned over to his sons , Larkin L. and Thomas T. Mr. Blake followed merchandising in Benton ville for about fifteen years , and was successful in his business transactions . He erected the Western Hotel , and the large block occupied by L. J. Laughlin . He has also erected a large number of private dwellings and other business houses in Bentonville , and has been of much benefit to that city . Although starting with little or no means , Mr. Blake bas , by attending strictly to the business on hand , and by his bonesty , become one of the solid , substantial merchants of Bentonville . For the past five years he has lived a retired life . He lost his wife in 1859. Mr. Blake is a Democrat in politics , and is a member of the Masonic fraternity , and also a member of the 1. 0. O. F. He was proprietor of the Western Hotel for six years , and followed merchandising at the same time . While residing in Texas he had 137 horses stolen from him by the Indians , and he thinks he will get get pay for them from the United States Government .

• Fact: Census (1840) Jackson Co., Alabama
• Fact: Census (1850) Dist 71, Polk, Missouri
• Fact: Residence (1850) Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Census (1860) Carter, Denton, Texas
• Fact: Census (1870) Osage, Benton, Arkansas
• Fact: Census (1880) Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas
• Fact: Burial (February 1892) Bentonville Cemetery, Benton, Arkansas, United States

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 May 2018, 06:26), entry for Thomas K. Blake(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KJWH-N7Y); contributed by various users.
• Source: S-152637567 Repository: #R-794740569 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=30698803&pid=396
• Repository: R-794740569 Ancestry.com
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-BFF : 12 April 2016), Thomas T Blake in household of Thomas J Blake, Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States; citing family 617, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7Y-8DH : 13 January 2022), Thomas Blake in household of Edwin Thompson, Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• Find A Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27606316/thomas-kincaid-blake : accessed 11 August 2019), memorial page for Thomas Kincaid Blake (22 Oct 1813–19 Feb 1892), Find A Grave Memorial no. 27606316, citing Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Wilma Pearson Fields (contributor 46594551) .
• History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Published by: The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1889 ; Reprinted by- Higginson Book Company 148 Washington Street , Post Office Box 778 Salem , Massachusetts 01970; pages 810 - 811 of 1392