Dr. Jesse Blakemore
1862-1952

Southern Standard Little Rock, Ar Feb 23, 1894 names mentioned: Buchanan, Gannaway Fort Smith Times Aug 4, 1907 names mentioned: Fryback, Stevenson Dr Jesse Lee Blakemore BIRTH 26 May 1862 Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas DEATH 3 Nov 1952 (aged 90) Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma BURIAL Greenhill Cemetery Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla His oldest son, John Augustus Blakemore, wrote a genealogy called "Known Descendants of Edward Blakemore, Junior of Lancaster County, Virginia". In that book, the son's biography of the father reads: Jesse Lee Blakemore, son of Dr. William Finley Blakemore and Nannie Trammell Blakemore. Born 26 May, 1862 at Greenwood, Ark. AB Emory and Henry college, Emory, Virginia. MD Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Post Graduate Student at New York Polyclinic Hospital, New York, N. Y. Assistant Physician Arkansas State Insane Assylum. Physician at Muskogee, Okla. m. first 13 Feb 1894 at Emory, Va. Mary (Mamie) Walker Buchanan, d. James Augustus Buchanan and Mary Glenn Thomas Buchanan. Issue: John Augustus. m. second 15 Feb 1923 at Muskogee Okla. Hattie Randle, d. Bert Asbury Randle and Nancy Ethel Lewis Randle. Issue: Jessie Lee, William Randle and Mary Alice. In 1896 he built the Fite and Blakemore Hospital, later called the Muskogee Hospital. He and Dr. Francis Bartow Fite were partners in the practice of medicine, which partnership continued from 1891 to the death of Dr. Fite. He was a member of the Oklahoma State Medical Association; Muskogee Medical Association; Indian Territory Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; AF&AM; Scotish Rite; Knights Templar; Presbyterian; Vice President of the Commercial Bank; Director of the Commercial National Bank; President Muskogee Country Club; elected a member of the Muskogee City Council. 1609 Boston Ave., Muskogee, Okla. died 3 Nov. 1952. Buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla. Jesse Lee Blakemore was named for his uncle, of the same name. He had a long and productive life, and died at the age of 90. He was 69 years old when his daughter Mary Alice was born. There are several biographical notes on his life. Here is one: Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma : including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa. Benedict, John Downing,. Chicago. S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.. 1922. Vol II Biographical page 428 Dr. Jesse L. Blakemore, a physician and surgeon of Muskogee since 1891 and now president of the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital of this city, was born in Greenwood, Arkansas, and after acquiring a public school education continued his studies in the Emory and Henry College of Virginia, there completing his course with the class of 1885. His liberal literary training has served as an excellent foundation on which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge. Desiring to become a physician, he matriculated in the medical department of Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, and was graduated with the class of 1888. He has further pursued his studies in the New York City Polyclinic College and private reading and research into the standard literature of the profession have also greatly promoted his efficiency. In the year 1891 he opened an office in Muskogee and through the intervening period, covering three decades, he has remained in general practice here. He is most careful in the diagnosis of his cases and most conscientious in the performance of all professional duties and by reason of his ability, his sympathy and his helpfulness he has become the loved family physician in many of the leading households of the city. He has also done splendid hospital work as one of the promoters of the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital, of which he is now the president. His standing among his contemporaries and colleagues in the profession is shown in the fact that he has been honored with the presidency of the Muskogee County Medical Society. He also belongs to the Oklahoma State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association. Dr. Blakemore was married to Miss Mamie Buchanan, a native of Emory, Virginia, and they became the parents of a son, John Augustus, who is now following farming in the Old Dominion. Dr. Blakemore lost his wife in March, 1895, and her passing was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to many friends, as well as to her immediate family. Dr. Blakemore belongs to the Masonic fraternity as a Knights Templar and Consistory Mason and as a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In club circles, too, he is widely and favorably known, belonging to the Country Club and the Wauhillau Club and he is a most congenial companion on a fishing or hunting trip, in which he finds great enjoyment and needed recreation from the onerous professional duties that devolve upon him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death notice in the Ada (Oklahoma) Evening News on November 4, 1952 PIONEER MEDIC DIES MUSKOGEE, Okla., Nov. 4 - A Pioneer Muskogee and Indian territory physician, Dr. Jesse Lee Blakemore, died at his home last night after a heart attack. He was 90. Dr. Blakemore came to Oklahoma from Arkansas in 1892. He was the 168th doctor to be licensed in the new state. He retired from practice in 1949. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.