James Sutton Blair and Lena Custis Watkins

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Husband James Sutton Blair ^{1 2 3}

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           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

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       Marriage: 8 Nov 1930 - Washington, D. C. 5

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   Other Spouse: Caroline Rowland "Carrie" Hall (      -      ) 6 7 8 - 27 Oct 1897 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 8

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Wife Lena Custis Watkins ⁵

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         Father: Joel Brown Watkins (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Blair (      -      ) 5

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   Other Spouse: Edward Payson Hall (      -      ) 5

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James Sutton Blair

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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.

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 422.

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

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 113.

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