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John Francis Marion Blair

John Francis Marion Blair

Male 1826 - 1885  (58 years)

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  1. 1.  John Francis Marion BlairJohn Francis Marion Blair was born 3 Mar 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1885, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    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