. . "Colonel John Y. (Young) F. (Filmore) Blake was born October 6, 1856 in Bolivar, Missouri, and died January 24, 1907, New York City. An American soldier, freedom fighter and lecturer. He was an ardent Irish American and an advocate of resistance to British imperialism."@en . . . . "John Blake (soldier)"@en . . . . . "Colonel John Y. (Young) F. (Filmore) Blake was born October 6, 1856 in Bolivar, Missouri, and died January 24, 1907, New York City. An American soldier, freedom fighter and lecturer. He was an ardent Irish American and an advocate of resistance to British imperialism."@en .