Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Sutton Blair and Caroline Rowland "Carrie" Hall




Husband James Sutton Blair 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Mar 1870 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Father: Judge John Pringle Blair (1833/1835-1913) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Sutton (      -      ) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 27 Oct 1897 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 5

   Other Spouse: Lena Custis Watkins (      -      ) 6 - 8 Nov 1930 - Washington, D. C. 6



Wife Caroline Rowland "Carrie" Hall 5 7

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         Father: Rev. David Hall, D.D. (1828-      ) 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Walker (      -      ) 7 8 10




Children
1 M David Hall Blair 6

           Born: 30 Jun 1906 6
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         Spouse: Elinor Rinehart Gordon (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 12 Jul 1935 6


2 F Elizabeth Blair 6

           Born: 12 Sep 1911 6
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         Spouse: William S. Conklin, M.D. (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 25 Jul 1936 6



General Notes: Husband - James Sutton Blair


After completing his preliminary schooling, he became a student at Princeton University, at Princeton, New Jersey, where he was a member of the class of 1890. Early in his career he turned his attention to business affairs, becoming president of the First National Bank, of Indiana, and also of the Blair Lumber Company and the South Tennessee Lumber Company. He was also vice-president of the Indian Creek Lumber Company and treasurer of the Blair Coal Company.
Politically he supported the Republican party and its policies, without ever seeking public office. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He belonged to the Cosmopolitan Club and the Country Club, of Indiana, and Whig Hall, at Princeton, New Jersey.

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Sources


1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 680.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 143.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 420.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 679.

5 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 421.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 422.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 199.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 735.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 582.

10 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 908.


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