No marker is present but it is located between the two stone pictured. Stone on left is Alfred Ogle McCurtain and stone on the right is for Mary H. Murray, Emma Elizabeth Murray, and William F. Murray

He is listed as a Kingman County Kansas Civil War Veteran.
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ANOTHER VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL

Nathan Jasper Blake, one of the veterans of the Civil war, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Zella Tredick, in this city. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon and interment made at Walnut Hill.

Deceased was a native of Indiana where he was born in Parke county December 29, 1840. He volunteered in 1861 under Lincoln’s first call, serving in the 4th Iowa Infantry. After his discharge he was united in marriage September 6, 1864, to Nancy Jane Bates at Bedford, Iowa. Five children were born to them, all of whom survive.

They are among the old settlers of this county, having come here in 1878. At that time they settled in what is now Richland township, on the Cleveland Ridge, pre-empting the farm now resided on by Frank Pro. They were active members of the early community and Mr. Blake himself was prominent in Republican county politics. He had voted for Abraham Lincoln as his first vote and supported every Republican presidential candidate since then. He was especially active during the years when Frank Gillette was a power in political circles here.

Mrs. Blake died about nine years ago and since then he has resided among his children most of the time. The five are Mrs. Alpha Dugan of Kingfisher, Okla., Mrs. Maggie Jackson of Delphi, Ind., Mrs. Nettie Jackson of Cogar, Okla., Irwin Blake of Basil and Mrs. Zella Tredick of Kingman, Kans.
This information was contributed by LORENA #46917011
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Additional Information

Nathan Jasper and Joseph Newton Blake were twins.

Civil War, Company K - privates: N. J. Blake, Bedford, discharged January 8, 1862, for disability. Enlisted August 31, 1861.
[Source: History of Taylor County, Iowa 1881, page 518.]

In September 1862, Private Nathan Jasper Blake again served with his brother Daniel. He was part of Company B, 4th Battalion of Southern Border Brigade, a total of 97 men under Captain John Flick. This Battalion was enlisted to defend guerrilla bands from Missouri raiders.
[Source: History of Taylor County, Iowa 1881, page 539.]

Blake, N. J. living SW of Bedford, has sold his farm and will be moving to southern Kansas.
[Source: The Bedford Times Republican, Bedford, Iowa, 12 Dec 1878. Abstracted Newspaper Index of Page and Taylor Counties, Iowa 1858 - 1979, c. 1998, 1999, 2000 by Pat O'Dell]

NATHAN J. BLAKE
Mr. Blake was one of the first settlers in Richland Township. Since the year 1878 this locality had been his home having been one of the first to recognize the amazing fertility of the soil, which is so well adapted to the raising of both wheat and cattle. Mr. Blake was born in 1840 in Indiana and moved to Iowa in 1856, then in 1864 married Nancy J. Bates and continued to reside in Iowa until 1878, moving to Kingman County. He retired in the attractive village of Basil. His family members were as follows: Alfaratta Duggan, Margaret Jackson, Nettie Jackson, Irvin, the station agent at Basil and Zella McCurtain Tredick.
The latter Zella McCurtain Tredick was married to Charley McCurtain in 1893 and married the second time to A. C. Tredick, a Kingman banker in 1903. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Eastern Star and a charter member of PEO. She had three children, two sons preceded her in death, one daughter Jane T. Walter survived her death which occured January 8, 1952. See story of A. C. Tredick Family.
[Source: Kingman County History, p. 102, c. 1984, copy received from Kingman Carnegie Library, Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas, January 4, 2002]

The additional information was provided by Lynn.)