Thomas Elmer Blair and Tuna Foster

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Husband Thomas Elmer Blair ¹

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           Born: 19 Apr 1871 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: William Marion Blair (1851-1916) 4 5 6
         Mother: Eleanor Amanda Henderson (1851-1895) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 21 May 1903 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

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   Other Spouse: Bertha May Carner (1873-1901) 2 - 25 Dec 1894 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Etta Carner (1883-1964) 9

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Wife Tuna Foster ¹

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            AKA: June Foster 6
           Born: 1868
     Christened: 
           Died: 1921
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: James Foster (1827-1889) 10 11 12
         Mother: Elizabeth McCandless (1836-1921) 1 10 12

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Elmer Blair

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It is difficult to understand this man's marital history. When wedding Bertha Carner he stated that he had not been married before. When wedding Tuna Foster he stated that his previous wife had died in 1891, before his marriage to Carner.

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General Notes: Wife - Tuna Foster

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Residing in Grove City, Mercer Co, PA, in 1919.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 865.

2 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 62.

3 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 150.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 993.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1035.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 325.

7 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6047.

8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2885.

9 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 34.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 864.

12 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 54.