Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George Brown Blair    
          Occupation:                      tailor  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Harriet E. Morgan   2,3,1  
             Married: Jan-23-1852          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: ca 1830               5
                Died: Feb- 4-1864           6
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Morgan Morgan   (1801 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Elenor "Nellie" Cleveland   (1813 -     ) 
Notes 1 
           M Child 1: Jackson VanBuren Blair 6     
                Born: Apr-16-1853          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7,8,9,10
                Died: Apr-22-1936          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  11,7,10
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  11,13
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1879                 in Doddridge Co, WV  9
          Occupation:                      lawyer  9,8,13,11 (see note 2)
           Education:                      Fairmont College (1875)  
                Wife: Ella Maria Smith  b. Dec-15-1859  d. May-19-1933  
             Married: Jul-31-1879          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7,9
           M Child 2: Morgan F. Blair 6     
           F Child 3: Mary Blair 6     
           M Child 4: Thomas J. Blair 6     
           M Child 5: William A. Blair 6     

Sources:
(1) A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895) (FamilySearch.org 
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), p. 509. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(6) A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895) (FamilySearch.org 
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), p. 510. 
(7) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, National No. 87275, Ohio No. 5285. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) Headstone (year only) 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(13) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1930, location specified as 403 Church Street.
Note (2) Connection, if any, of the following item to Jackson VanBuren Blair is not
known.

News article, "Wheeling Daily Intelligencer," Wednesday, March 22, 1865, in
its entirety:
OIL MATTERS
     Some of the best indication of oil in West Virginia are said to exist in
the counties of Gilmer and Doddridge.  Oil springs were recently discovered on
two different head drains of Cabin Run -- a branch of the North Fork of Hughes
River.  Some practical oil men who have recently explored Doddridge and leased
and bought property there, say that the geological character of several head
vales of Middle Island Creek in Doddridge is so identically similar to that of
Oil and Sugar creeks in Venango County, Pa., that were a man transported from
one county to the other in his sleep, he would not discover it when waking up.
     A friend writing to us from New York says:
     "Hon. J. B. Blair and some friends are here on oil business -- John S.
Carlile also was here a few days ago, trying to sell some oil territory."







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