Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES T.
BLAKE
C. T. BLAKE.--For the past thirty-two years, C. T. Blake has resided in California and through his progressive business methods has directly influenced the general development of the locality in which he has made his home. His birth occurred in Iowa, July 28, 1863, and he is a son of James and Jane (Talbert) Blake. The education of C. T. Blake was obtained in the public schools and the practical school of experience. He removed to California in 1891 and for four years was an engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, after which he was harbor-master, having charge of the city wharf at Sacramento for two years. In 1917 he established the company known as the Independent Milk Company. He has built a modern plant and equipped it with the most up-to-date machinery; he specializes in a chicken feed of his own discovery and there is such a demand for it that his plant is constantly busy. Mr. Blake also makes a health drink, known as Lacto, which is being widely sold throughout the state of California. Mr. Blake disposed of his business to his son, Irva James Blake, because he wished to devote all his time to prospecting for oil in the Napa Valley. He was the original finder of the location which the Napa Oil and Gas Company are developing. He is a director in this company.
Mr. Blake’s marriage united him with Miss Anna Walser and they have four children, Arthur, Irva, J. E., and C. T., Jr. Fraternally Mr. Blake is a member of the Odd Fellows, and in politics votes the Republican ticket.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 905.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.