Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Blair and Isabella Jane Henry




Husband James Blair 1 2

           Born: 28 Nov 1833 - Porter Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1912
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         Father: William Blair (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Nancy Campbell (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 3 Nov 1859 2



Wife Isabella Jane Henry 2 4

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         Father: James Henry (1805-1872) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Brown (1805-1873) 4 5




Children
1 F Emma Blair 2

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2 M Ellsworth Blair 2

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3 F Ella Blair 2

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4 F Malinda Blair 2

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           Died: when five years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Bessie Blair 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Blair


He received his early educational training in the district schools of Porter township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer during the entire period of his active career. He was the owner of a finely improved farm of two hundred acres, located five miles distant from the village of New Bethlehem. In addition to diversified agriculture he was interested in breeding Shorthorn and Jersey cattle, and Poland China and Berkshire hogs. In earlier years he bred Percheron horses. Mr. Blair resided on his farm from 1870 until 1907, when he moved to Cottage Hill.
In politics Mr. Blair was a stalwart Republican. He and his wife were devout members of the Presbyterian church, in which faith they reared their children.

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Sources


1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 762.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 649.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 648.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP xxii.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 589, 649, 718.


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