tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post4174243362351178452..comments2024-03-20T00:32:01.785-07:00Comments on MemoriesandMiscellany: Solving the G.O. Blake MysteriesJack Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-45337662594186230372012-10-17T18:55:22.737-07:002012-10-17T18:55:22.737-07:00Mr. Sullivan's fine detective work uncovering ...Mr. Sullivan's fine detective work uncovering the history of G.O. Blake's Bourbon Whiskey and its proprietor in Lexington, KY, is of great interest to me, Brian P.T. Blake of Shelton, CT (email tulsajack@gmail.com). I am writing "Under Brilliant Stars," an autobiography of John Y.F. Blake, my great-grandfather, who may have been G.O. Blake's second cousin through William Blake of Winnsboro, South Carolina, and his wife, Phanuel Hornsby. <br /><br />"Beau" Blake, 1856-1907, was a West Point cavalry officer, the only white man adopted by Apache Chief Geronimo as "my brother," who fought British Imperialism as colonel of the celebrated Irish Brigade South Africa's Boer War of 1899-1902. Newspapers hailed intrepid Col. Blake as "Liberty's Champion." <br /><br />John's father was from Tennessee and the family of his grandmother, Elizabeth Owen,daughter of Col. Thomas Owen of North Carolina, settled Owenton, KY, seat of Owen County. The "O." in G. O. Blake probably stands for Owen.<br /><br /><br />Tulsa Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552077293513157458noreply@blogger.com