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The Robert Knox Blake Family in the late 1930s. Back Row: (l-r) Edna Blake Haden, Bill Blake, Robert Knox Blake, Mary Barnes Dixon Blake, Minnie Lee Blake Brinson, Fannie Blake English. Front Row: (l-r) Thelma Fletcher “Polly” Blake, Bea Blake, John Blake, Virginia Blake. Bobby Blake is in the very front.
Robert Knox Blake, Sr.
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Robert Knox Blake, Sr. was born Dec 12, 1875. He married Martha Mobley Dixon, daughter of J. B. Dixon & Amelia Mobley. Martha was born on Jan 6, 1876 and died on Sep 19, 1965 in Navarro Co., TX. They had 4 children, a son who died in infancy, Katie M. Blake who died at age 2 1/2, Marie Amelia Blake, and Mattie Blake. Robert Knox and Martha Blake divorced. Robert Knox married Mary Barnes Dixon, daughter of John Barnes Dixon & Mary Jane Dye. They had 10 children, William Capehart Blake, Fannie Belle Blake, Vera Edna Blake, Minnie Lee Blake, Jimmie Blake, [Daughter] who died in infancy, John Dixon Blake, Sr., Florence Bea Blake, Thelma Fletcher Blake, Virginia Blake, and Robert Knox Blake, Jr. Mary was born on Aug 3,1890 in South Carolina and died Aug 13, 1968 in Houston, TX. Robert, Martha, their children (Katie, Marie, and Mattie), Mary, and their children (Bill, Minnie, Jimmie, John, Bea, Polly, and Bobby) are all buried at the Dresden Cemetery at Dresden, Navarro County, Texas.
Descendants of Robert Knox Blake
1 Robert Knox Blake b: 12 Dec 1875 in South Carolina; d: 07 Feb 1951 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery ……. +Martha Mobley Dixon b: 06 Jan 1876 in South Carolina; m: 1899; divorce: between 1906 and 1908 d: 19 Sep 1965 in Navarro Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX -- Bob Cunningham's Plot 2 Infant Son Blake b: 22 Mar 1901; d: 24 Mar 1901; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX on Bob Cunningham's plot 2 Marie Amelia Blake b: 25 Aug 1902; d: 15 Nov 1990 in Frost, TX; Burial: 17 Nov 1990; Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX - Funeral Notice; Photo of Cemetery Marker ............. +Winston (or William) Echols Knight b: 12 Apr 1901 in GA; m: 07 Mar 1922 in Methodist parsonage, Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., TX; d: 07 Aug 1983 in Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX; Burial: 08 Aug 1983 Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX 2 Katie M. Blake b: 30 Aug 1904; d: 26 Nov 1906 in of Diphtheria; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Photo of Cemetery Marker
2 Mattie Blake b: 15
Nov 1906; d: 29 Oct 1994 in Twilight Nursing Home, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery,
Dresden, Navarro Co., TX on Bob Cunningham's plot -
Obituary & Funeral Notice;
Photo of
Cemetery Marker *2nd Wife of Robert Knox Blake: ………+Mary Barnes Dixon b: 03 Aug 1890 in South Carolina m: Abt. 1908 d: 13 Aug 1968 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: 15 Aug 1968 Dresden Cemetery; Obituary & Funeral Notice 2 William Capehart Blake b: 28 Dec 1908; d: 02 Aug 1979 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX - Obituary .... +Pauline Fay White b: 14 Nov 1914 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; d: 10 Dec 2000 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Obituary 2 Fannie Belle Blake b: 25 Jun 1911 in Collin Co., TX; d: 22 Sep 2005 in Hillsboro, Hill Co., TX .... +Beldon Leander English b: 19 Aug 1911 in Jones Ranch Community near Frost, Navarro Co., TX; m: 24 Feb 1934 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; d: 18 Apr 1969 in V.A. Hospital, Marlin, Falls Co., TX; Burial: Frost Cemetery, Frost, Navarro Co., TX 2 Minnie Lee Blake b: 24 Oct 1913 in Athens, TX; d: 07 Feb 1990 in Marble Falls, TX ; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Photo of Cemetery Marker .... +Vernon Vansant Brinson b: 28 Sep 1912 in Navarro Co., TX; m: 25 Dec 1934; d: 01 Jan 2002 in Austin, Travis Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery; Obituary 2 Vera Edna Blake b: 13 Apr 1915 in Athens, Henderson Co., TX .... +William Alexander Haden b: 14 Jun 1911 in Texas; m: 19 Sep 1933 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX Lodge: Mason; d: 05 Apr 1999 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX 2 Jimmie Blake b: 08 Mar 1919 in Dresden , TX; d: 09 Apr 1919 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Photo of Cemetery Marker 2 John Dixon Blake b: 22 Jun 1920; d: 29 Apr 1986 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: 01 May 1986 Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Photo of Cemetery Marker; Obituary .... +June Eleanor Long 2 Florence Bea Blake b: 09 Aug 1922 in Navarro County, TX; d: 06 Jan 2004 in Houston, TX; Burial: 10 Jan 2004 Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Cemetery Marker Photo; Obituary .... +Frederick Lamar Graves b: 18 Apr 1921; m: 20 Apr 1940; d: 26 Sep 1944 in near Admiralty Islands during WWII; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX *2nd Husband of [2] Florence Bea Blake: .... +Sam Louis Wilson b: 05 Jun 1922; m: 25 Dec 1945; d: 06 Nov 1998 in Houston, TX; Burial: 09 Nov 1998 Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Cemetery Marker Photo; Photo 2;WWII Veteran; Men and Women in WWII Biography
2 Thelma Fletcher “Polly” Blake b: 07 Sep 1924 in Navarro County, TX; d: 27 Mar 1982 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX
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Obituary 2 Virginia Blake b: 26 Apr 1927 in Navarro Co., TX .... +Thomas Cortez Henry b: Aft. 1920 in TX; m: Bef. 1948 *2nd Husband of Virginia Blake: .... +James Clark Brown m: Aft. 1948; d: in Houston, Harris Co., TX 2 Robert Knox Blake, Jr. b: 12 Jan 1931 in Navarro County, TX; d: 09 Nov 1958 in Houston, Harris Co., TX; Burial: Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX; Cemetery Marker Photo .... +Bertha Nevada Grounds m: 27 Jun 1953 Notes:
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