James Blair and Mary Wallace

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Husband James Blair ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1773 - York Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1855 - Girard Twp, Erie Co, PA 1 2 3
         Buried:  - Girard Cemetery, Girard, Erie Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Wallace ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1780 - Chester Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jun 1873 1 3
         Buried:  - Girard Cemetery, Girard, Erie Co, PA

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Children

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1 M William Blair ²

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           Died: Bef 1896
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2 M John W. Blair ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1807 - Erie Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1896
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Candace Strong (1809-      ) 1

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3 M Robert Blair ²

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           Died: Bef 1896
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4 F Jane Blair ²

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           Died: Bef 1896
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5 M James Blair ^{1 2}

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           Died: Aft 1884
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6 M Joseph Blair ^{1 2}

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           Died: Aft 1884
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7 M David P. Blair ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 May 1818 - Girard Twp, Erie Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Aft 1884
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         Spouse: Caroline Wallace (      -1890) 1 2
           Marr: 5 Mar 1874 1

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8 M Samuel Blair ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 May 1821 - Girard Twp, Erie Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Spouse: Harriet Wells (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 22 Jun 1865 3

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General Notes: Husband - James Blair

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He and his wife located their home in the thickly wooded heights of Elk Creek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1803. They came from Fayette County, floating their household effects to Meadville, from whence they were brought on horseback. They paid $50 for 400 acres of land, and, after paying taxes on it seven years, abandoned it. Mr. Blair subsequently made a purchase in Girard township, later occupied by his son David, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives.

His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania; his father died when he was a child. James came to Erie County in 1803, and was engaged on the preliminary survey of the county. About two years later he settled permanently on Elk creek, in Girard township. He took up 400 acres of land, but owing to some deficiency in his title, later he had to repurchase it. He followed pioneer farming, devoting much time to clearing his land of the timber, and taught school some.

He and his wife were born in eastern Pennsylvania, and both crossed the mountains when they were young, and they were there married. Coming to Girard township in Erie County in 1803, James Blair secured a piece of land, and in the following year brought his family there. This farm was located about three miles south of Girard, and the initial purchase consisted of one hundred and one acres, heavily covered with timber, but in time he succeeded in clearing and placing it under cultivation, and he lived and died in the little log house which he erected thereon. James Blair was a Whig, active in politics, and he served as an assessor and as a township collector. Both he and his wife were earnest members of the Presbyterian church, and he helped to organize the church of that denomination in Girard and was one of its first elders.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were the parents of eight children (another source: six); Samuel was the youngest.

1 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 55.

2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 795.

3 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 417.