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John Blake (soldier)
John Young Filmore Blake was born October 6, 1856 in Bolivar, Missouri, and died January 24, 1907, in New York City.〔() "Annual Reunion," United States Military Academy, Association of Graduates, pages 71-74. Retrieved April 21, 2010〕 An Irish-American soldier, freedom fighter, and lecturer, he was an ardent advocate of resistance to British imperialism.
==Early life==
After his birth his family soon moved to Denton County Texas. There he grew to cattle ranching and learned to ride horses.〔Blake 1903, p. III.〕 His father sent him to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1871.〔 Soon after he received appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1876.〔 Upon graduating West Point in June 1880, John Y.F. Blake began his military career, assigned as 2nd Lieutenant to the 6th U.S. Cavalry stationed in Arizona. He served under General Willcox, General Crook, and General Miles during the Apache wars.He was known as a fearless and magnetic leader at one point rustling an Apache pony herd. 〔Blake 1903, p. IV.〕 Resigning from the military in 1889, John Y. F. Blake moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan to become a businessman, as his wife and family wanted him to settle down. After about 5 years he soon found out that "'the tricks of the trade', were too deep for me"〔 and giving into his desire for adventure, he headed to South Africa as gold prospector.
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