| Name |
Patrick Newton "Uncle Zeke" BLAKE |
| Born |
8 Apr 1867 |
Braxton Co, WV  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1900 |
Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV |
| Occupation |
newspaper humorist/columnist, author of "Buzzardtown News" [1] |
- Writing under the pen name "Uncle Zeke," Patrick Newton Blake was author of the humor column "The Buzzardtown News," which appeared in various West Virginia newspapers in the arly 1900s.
https://orlandostonesoup.blogspot.com/2007/03/depression-hits-buzzardtown.html
Uncle Zeke: The Bard of Buzzardtown
ISBN 0-87012-825-6
by David Parmer
Before the birth of Will Rogers, the Oil Creek valley, wedged between the communities of Orlando and Burnsville, gave rise to another witty and sardonic fellow by the name of Patrick Newton Blake. In addition to the names of "P.N." and "Newt," he answered journalistically to the name of "Uncle Zeke" for a span of over forty years. In his weekly comments in the Weston Independent and Braxton Democrat newspapers. In his weekly comments, he regaled the readers about the comings and goings of the folk of "Buzzard Town," his mythical home community. Hardbound with dust jacket. 144 pages. Another title by this author is Tales of Old Orlando.
2012
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| Occupation |
1900 [2] |
| day laborer |
| Died |
23 May 1951 |
Braxton Co, WV [1, 3] |
| Buried |
Orlando Cemetery, Orlando, Braxton Co, WV [1] |
| Person ID |
I111451 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
25 Oct 2022 |
1867 - 1951 (84 years)
