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About John Tower Blake
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John Tower Blake is in Providence, RI gebore in 1840. Na skool is hy na die Westpoint militere Akademie waar hy kwalifiseer as profesionele soldaat. Hy dien in die Rhode Island 3rd Light artillery gedurende die Amerikaanse burgeroorlog met die rang van luitenant. Hy is gewond tydens die slag van Gettysberg. Na die oorlog bestudeer hy Geneeskunde aan die Harvard Universiteit. Hierna vertrek hy na Frankryk en Europa waar hy 'n tyd gewerk het en 'n baie interesante dagboek gehou het (wat binnekort op Geni sal verkyn.)
In 1870 arriveer hy in Suid Afrika waar hy met Miriam Stroud in die huwelik tree.
Hy praktiseer as geneesheer op verskillende plekke. Met die uitbreek van die Engelse oorlog in 1899 praktiseer hy in Zeerust en boer ook met perde. Die Engelse kom sien hom op sy plaas en eis sy perde en apteek vir hulle oorlogspoging. Terwyl sy vrou vir die Engelse offisiere tee gee, gaan hy uit en skiet al die perde en blaas die apteek op !
Hy het noue bande met die Ierse Brigade en veral met Jack Hindon. Hy was een van die baie min geneeshere aan boerekant
Hy laat sy neef, Kol. Philmore Y Blake uit Amerka kom om bevel or te neem van een van die afdelings van die Ierse Brigade.(Philmore het 'n interesante boek oor die oorlog, A Westpointer with the Boers, geskryf. Na die oorlog het hy ook orals in Amerika praatjies gegee oor die wandade van die Engelse in Suid Afrika.) Na die oorlog val Jack Hindon in onguns met die Botha-regering (Rebellie?) Hy beland in finansiele moeilikheid en John Tower bou vir hom 'n pragtige Victoriaanse huis in Middelburg, Transvaal, op die plek waar daar vandag 'n Pick&Pay staan. Hy praktiseer nog, en woon gereeld re-unies van die Burgeroorlog in Amerika by. (sien fotos) Hy sterf 1928 op sy plaas Malta, Roossenekal en word in Middelburg begrawe. Die grafsteen is deur die Amerikaanse regering opgerig.
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John Tower Blake was born in Providence, RI, in 1840. After school he studied at Westpoint and then joined the Rhode Island 3rd Light Artillary. He served with this unit during the Civil war and was wounded at the battle of Gettysberg. After the war he studied medicine at Harvard University and then left for France. Here he kept an interesting diary in which he describes an assasination attempt an the life of which he witnissed. In 1875 he left for South Africa where he married Mirriam Stroud and practiced medicine in various places. With the outbreak of the English war he was practicing in the town of Zeerust where he also bred horses. His wife was English and the English thought that he would be sympathetic to their cause. They arrìved on his farm and demanded his horses and dispensary for their war effort. He and his wife gave them a friendly reception and served them tea. When they left, he shot all his horses and blew up his dispensary! He then joined the Boer forces. He was one of the very few doctors on the Boer side. He had close links with the Irìsh Brigade (who fought on the Boer side) where he befriended Jack Hindon, a Scot who was a real thorn in the flesh of the English, sabotaging trains and railway lines.
John Tower Blake was born in Providence, RI, in 1840. After school he studied at Westpoint and then joined the Rhode Island 3rd Light Artillary. He served with this unit during the Civil war and was wounded at the battle of Gettysberg. After the war he studied medicine at Harvard University and then left for France. Here he kept an interesting diary in which he describes an assasination attempt an the life of which he witnissed. In 1875 he left for South Africa where he married Mirriam Stroud and practiced medicine in various places. With the outbreak of the English war he was practicing in the town of Zeerust where he also bred horses. His wife was English and the English thought that he would be sympathetic to their cause. They arrìved on his farm and demanded his horses and dispensary for their war effort. He and his wife gave them a friendly reception and served them tea. When they left, he shot all his horses and blew up his dispensary! He then joined the Boer forces. He was one of the very few doctors on the Boer side. He had close links with the Irìsh Brigade (who fought on the Boer side) where he befriended Jack Hindon, a Scot who was a real thorn in the flesh of the English, sabotaging trains and railway lines.
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John Tower Blake's Timeline
| 1840 |
December 1, 1840
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1871 |
1871
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Bloemfontein
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| 1875 |
February 1875
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Philippolis, OFS, South Africa
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| 1876 |
October 14, 1876
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Zeerust, Ngaka Modiri Molema, North West, South Africa
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| 1927 |
July 22, 1927
Age 86
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Middelburg, Transvaal, Suid Afrika
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Middelburg, Transvaal, Suid Afrika
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