11/28/1839 - Born, Madison Co., TN (or Macon, Fayette Co., TN)
Father: John Key Blaydes (1800-1876)
Mother: Sarah A. "Sallie" Coleman (1807-1864)
11/04/1850 - Lived with his parents and sibs, District 11, Fayette Co., TN (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as James E.)
1859-1860 - Attended, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN
07/11/1860 - Lived with the Dr. James W. Carr family, Fayette Co., TN (indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as "Doc Blades")
08/13/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. B, 7th TN Cavalry (Duckworth's), Confederate States Army, Camp Clopton, TN
1860-1862 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1862 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Hickory Withe, Fayette Co. TN; preceptor: Dr. James W. Kerr (Probably Dr. James W. Carr); thesis: "Inguinal Hernia")
08/31/1862 - Pvt. Co. B, 7th TN Cavalry
10/31/1862 - Pvt. Co. B, 7th TN Cavalry
05/12/1864 - "Detached as Asst. Surgeon, Maj. Genl. Loring's Staff"
01/04/1864 - Mother, Sarah, died in Oakland, Fayette Co., TN
05/11/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, 2nd Regiment Engineers, paroled by the U. S. Army, Gainesville, AL
05/03/1866 - Married, Malinda Elizabeth Payne (1839-1888), Tipton, Tipton Co., TN
06/27/1870 - Practiced medicine, District 7, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, E. M., and two children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "J. E. Blades")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Portersville, Tipton Co., TN
07/19/1876 - Father, John, died in Arlington, Shelby Co., TN (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Oakland, Fayette Co., TN; FindAGrave #106789535)
06/10/1880 - Practiced medicine, District 7, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Elizabeth, and four children; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "J. E. Bloydes")
1886 - Practiced medicine in Atoka, Tipton Co., TN
11/15/1888 - Wife, Malinda, died in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Tipton Co., TN; FindAGrave #7821191)
1890 - Practiced medicine in Atoka, Tipton Co., TN
1890 - Married, Elizabeth Taylor "Lizzie" Boyd (1861-1949)
06/27/1900 - Practiced medicine, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Lizzie, two daughters, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Jasper Blaydes")
04/26/1910 - Practiced medicine, Covington, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Elizabeth, two daughters, and one son; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Dr. J. E. Blades")
02/07/1916 - Died suddenly of apoplexy in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton Co., TN; FindAGrave #7821190) "Dr. James Elliott Blaydes, one of the most prominent and wealthiest citizens of Covington, died very suddenly at 5 o'clock this afternoon in Alexander's drug store on the east side of the public square. Dr. Blaydes, while on the street, become suddenly ill and went into the drug store to secure some simple remedy. Suddenly he fell to the floor and expired in a few minutes of heart failure. Medical aid was quickly summoned, but to no avail. Dr. Blaydes was one of the best known and wealthiest citizens of this county. Hew as born in Macon, Fayette Co., TN, and was 76 years of age. He was a gallant Confederate soldier, serving in the Seventh Tennessee Cavalry. Soon after the war he moved to Tipton County and in 1866 married Miss Elizabeth Payne, who died years ago. Of this union, three children survive, namely: Dr. A. B. Blaydes of Atoka, Mesdames Mary Alle Fleming and Clemmin Witherington of Memphis. Dr. Blaydes is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Blaydes and three children, Dr. Elliott Blaydes of Bessemer, Ala., and Misses Grace and Edith Blaydes of this city. Dr. Blaydes was very popular with his many acquaintances. He lived for many years in Atoka, but has been a resident of Covington for the past 15 years. The hour for the funeral has not yet been determined." [The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Feb. 8, 1916, p. 16, c. 2.]
09/18/1916 - Son, Dr. James Elliott Blaydes, Jr., was charged with murdering Dr. William M. Avery in Bessemer, Jefferson Co., AL. during a fight [Birmingham Age-Herald, Birmingham, AL, Sept. 19, 1916, p. 12, c. 3 & 4.]
07/06/1949 - Widow, Elizabeth, died in Memphis, TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton Co., TN; FindAGrave #15660419)

Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/04/2022. Unpublished database.

The following biography of James Elliott Blaydes was written in a History of Tipton County, Tennessee published by the Goodspeed Company prior to the death of Blaydes' first wife, Malinda in 1888. After her death, he married Elizabeth T. Boyd in Atlanta, Georgia on July 28, 1890:

"Dr. James E. Blaydes, a well known practicing physician of Atoka, Tipton Co., Tenn., was born in Madison County November 28, 1839, and is a son of John K. and Sallie (Coleman) Blaydes, who were both natives of Virginia.... Our subject received a good education, and in 1858 entered the Nashville Medical College, where he took his first course of lectures. In 1861 he went to Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, and received a diploma. In the summer of 1861 he volunteered as private in the Confederate service, enlisting in Company B, Seventh Tennessee Regiment of cavalry, which joined Forrest. After serving six or eight months as private, he was made surgeon of the Second Engineering Regiment of Gen. Loring's division, where he remained until the war closed. He returned home in June 1865. The war left him without means and it was with difficulty that he commenced the practice of his profession; but he located at Portersville, Tipton County, and in a very short time built up a large practice, and was soon recognized as one of the most skillful physicians of the county. May 3, 1866, he married Malinda E. Payne, of Tipton County, born February 20, 1839, and by this marriage had two sons and four daughters-one son and one daughter living. Dr. Blaydes has been an excellent prosperous man; his wife had a few thousand dollars and this, with the income from his large practice, enabled him to buy land and sell to an advantage. He owns 3,500 acres. Dr. Blaydes is a Democrat. While not holding membership with any church, he is a firm believer in the Christian religion, and in sympathy with the doctrine of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is one of Tipton County's most valuable citizens."

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/tipton/goodspeed/a-f.txt [Tipton County, TN Goodspeed's Biographies]