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John Francis Marion Blair

John Francis Marion Blair

Male 1826 - 1885  (58 years)

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  • Name John Francis Marion Blair 
    Born 3 Mar 1826  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1885  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4041  My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Reynolds
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2016 

    Father Samuel Britton Blair,   b. 11 Apr 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1870  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary S. "Polly" Reynolds,   b. 18 Mar 1791, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 26 Jul 1810  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • !MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh
    Family ID F1492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Portrait John Francis Marion Blair
    Portrait John Francis Marion Blair
    4041JohnFrancisMarionBlair.jpg

    Documents
    Petitioners in support of William Addison Young Blair
    Petitioners in support of William Addison Young Blair
    docJamesMitchellReynolds.jpg

  • Notes 
    • . JOHN FRANCIS BLAIR (William's grandson, see
      Descendants) was born on 1 January 1804 to James Blair and
      Polly Dickerson, as shown in family tree 768. John died on
      27 October 1860, aged 56, in TX.
      CHRISTEEN KEEN (William's grandson's wife) was born
      in 1810. Christeen died in 1861, aged about 51.
      John Francis Blair, aged 23, married Christeen Keen,
      aged about 17, on 8 September 1827. They had ten children:
      Elizabeth Ann Blair born on 27 July 1828 in VA;
      died on 12 April 1862
      James Keen Blair born on 19 January 1830 in VA;
      died on 11 February 1911
      Charles William Blair born on 15 September 1831
      Elenine Frances Blair born on 8 March 1834; died on
      19 March 1910
      John Henry Blair born in 1840; died in October 1860
      Thomas Wellington Blair born in 1842; died on 5
      October 1864
      George Whitfield Blair born on 25 May 1844; died on
      11 January 1932
      Wesley Witcher Blair born in 1846; died in August
      1867
      Elisha Edgar Blair born in 1849; died in 1895
      Francis Dickinson Blair born on 12 July 1851; died
      on 6 November 1930

      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/families.htm
      CHRISTIAN3 KEEN (JOHN2, CAPT. ELISHA1) was born Bet. 1809 -
      1810 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died Aug 1861 in
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She married JOHN FRANCIS
      BLAIR 13 Sep 1827 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He was
      born 01 Jan 1804 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died
      Oct 1860 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

      Notes for JOHN FRANCIS BLAIR:
      - Moved to Texas in 1858
      - Family lived in Stoney Mill
      Children of CHRISTIAN KEEN and JOHN BLAIR are:
      i. JAMES KEEN4 BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia; m. LUCY BARKSDALE RAGSDALE, 10 Dec 1849,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      ii. JOHN HENRY BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia; d. Oct 1860, Grayson County, Texas.
      iii. WESLEY WITCHER BLAIR, b.
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1867, Grayson County,
      Texas; m. SALLY EVANS.
      iv. GEORGE WHITFIELD BLAIR, b.
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. FRANCES SHORTRIDGE.
      v. ELISHA EDGAR BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania
      County, Virginia; m. SARAH THOMAS TURNER.
      vi. FRANCIS DICKINSON BLAIR, b.
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. MARY ELIZABETH MCKEE.
      vii. THOMAS WELLINGTON BLAIR, b.
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      viii. ELIZA ANN BLAIR, b. 27 Jul 1828,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 12 Apr 1882, Grayson
      County, Texas; m. WILLIAM DAVID WILLIAMS, 18 Jun 1844,
      Virginia; b. 12 Dec 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d.
      11 Aug 1861, Grayss.
      ix. CHARLES WILLIAM BLAIR, b. 1832,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. (1) MARTHA JANE P.
      GUEVIANT; m. (2) DORA DEGRAFFENREAD.
      Notes for CHARLES WILLIAM BLAIR:
      moved back to Pittsylvania County in 1882
      x. EMMELINE FRANCES BLAIR, b. 08 Mar
      1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 19 Mar 1910,
      Coleman County, Texas; m. PETER HARRY TURNER, 18 Dec 1850,
      Pittsylvania County, Virginia; b. 02 Sep 1822, Pittsylvania
      County, Virgi, Coleman County, Texas

      !NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
      Frances Reynolds

      !NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

      !BIRTH:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
      Frances Reynolds