George A. Blair and Mary Ann Sutton

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Husband George A. Blair ¹

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           Born: 24 Dec 1855 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1939
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: John H. Blair (1823-1896) 4 5
         Mother: Emily Griffin (1827-1902) 5

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       Marriage: 18 Oct 1877 6

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Wife Mary Ann Sutton ⁷

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           Born: 1855
     Christened: 
           Died: 1943
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Reuben Sutton, Jr. (Cir 1819-1892) 8
         Mother: Mary Smith (Abt 1822-Abt 1862) 8

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Children

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1 M Homer R. Blair ²

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           Born: Abt 1879
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1916 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eleanor M. Nelson (Abt 1881-      )
           Marr: 26 Oct 1904 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 9

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2 M Harry B. Blair ²

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           Born: Cal 30 Apr 1884
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Oct 1885
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Denton Herman Blair ²

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           Born: 1886
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Ada Pearl Porter (1887-1927) 2 11
           Marr: 1908

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4 M John Shedrick Blair ^{2 12}

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           Born: Abt 1888
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mabel Lois Buchanan (Abt 1889-      ) 2 12
           Marr: 30 Dec 1909 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

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5 F Hazel Verna Blair ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - George A. Blair

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He was born on the parental homestead in Victory Township, Venango County, PA, and remained with his parents up to the age of twenty years. His education was acquired in the local public schools, and he had thorough practical training in farm work, but business operations of other kinds had greater attraction for him. Much of his time was given to the production of oil, and he was interested in the B. & O. Oil Company and the Slippery Rock Oil Company, having controlling shares in both concerns, which he organized and directed skillfully, superintending the development work and production. Their operations were in the Pone Hill field, and they had thirty-five wells of average yield. In April, 1908, he established himself in business at Clintonville, handling hardware, implements and vehicles, and he built up a particularly large trade in oil well supplies. The business was conducted by the firm of G. A. Blair & Sons, and in addition to the original lines they were engaged as automobile dealers. On Oct. 7, 1916, Clintonville was visited by a destructive fire which entailed a loss of fifty thousand dollars among the business houses of the borough, and the Blair store was burned out a complete loss, the building, which Mr. Blair had erected, being totally wrecked. He bought another location, and lost no time in reestablishing himself. He was a Democrat in political conviction, but in matters affecting his home community he was inclined to respect good men and measures impartially, and he proved his public spirit during the two terms which he served as member of the borough council. [CAB, 624]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 623, 704.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 624.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 48.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1039.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 623.

6 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 21.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 624, 704.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 703.

9 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6678.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 97.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 991.

12 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 125.

13 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #8889.