City: Nashville
BLAKE, Vachel Weldon, teacher; born Cuero, Tex., April 27, 1881; English descent; son of Daniel Bigelow and Mary (Weldon) BLAKE; father’s occupation, physician; paternal grandparents Joshua and Frances Jemima (Bigelow) BLAKE, maternal grandparents Vachel and Sophia (Dodge) WELDON; primary and preparatory education at Cuero, Tex., public and private schools, and collegiate at Vanderbilt University; graduated from latter with B.A. degree, 1909; M.A., 1910; in early life was in the wholesale hardware business as receiving clerk for the Goyer Company, Greenville, Miss., 1904-05; Monumental Draughtsman for Foster & Herbert Cut Stone Company, Nashville, Tenn., May to September, 1905; partner and Business Manager Blake Bros. & Flick, Sheet Music, wholesale retail and publishing, Nashville, Tenn., 1905-06; married Cecil BAILEY, April 7, 1907; Past Chancellor Knights of Pythias; Democrat; served in State Militia of Tennessee and Mississippi; member of M.E. Church, South; January, 1907, to October, 1907, was receiving clerk to floor salesman, Knight & Wall Company, wholesale and retail hardware, Tampa, Fla.; address 2012 West End avenue, Nashville, Tenn.
