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Francis Keech BLAIR

Francis Keech BLAIR

Male 1896 - 1952  (56 years)


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  • Name Francis Keech BLAIR
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 18 Jan 1896  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 4 May 1917 to 3 May 1921  [3, 5] 
    Seaman, USNRF, World War I 
    • Served aboard the minelayer U.S.S. Canonicus from Aug 17 1918 to Jan 5 1919 in Scotland and North Sea. "During the summer and fall of 1918 [the Canonicus] participated in laying the North Sea mine barrage, an anti-submarine barrier intended to limit the German U-Boat threat. Canonicus returned to the U.S. at the beginning of 1919, less than two months after the end of World War I's fighting. Reconverted to a troop transport and transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force, she made three voyages from France to the East Coast, bringing home more than four-thousand veterans of the "Great War"."
      http://shipscribe.com/usnaux/ww1/ships/id1696.htm
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    laborer in rubber factory 
    Occupation 1930  [7] 
    cement salesman 
    Census 1940  Roanoke, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Location specified as "Veterans Administration Facilty (Nervous and Mental Diseases)."
    Education Bethany College  [8] 
    Education West Union H.S. (played on school's first basketball team, 1914)  [9] 
    Occupation 1940  [10] 
    traveling salesman 
    Death 14 Oct 1952  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 12] 
    Person ID I75337  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 May 2018

    Father Jackson VanBuren BLAIR,   b. 16 Apr 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1936, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Mother Ella Maria SMITH,   b. 15 Dec 1859, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1933, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F32175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    75337_BLAIR_FrancisKeech_1896-1952_IOOF--BlockhouseHill--Cem_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		75337_BLAIR_FrancisKeech_1896-1952_IOOF--BlockhouseHill--Cem_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    999999_2ndGrade_WestUnionWV_19Apr1905.jpg    		999999_2ndGrade_WestUnionWV_19Apr1905.jpg
    West Union Grade School, Doddridge County, West Virginia, 19 April 1905
    Front Row, L to R: Dewey Doak, George Stasel, Corley Kinney, Keech Blair, James Grant, Romeo Smith
    Middle Row, L to R: Blaine Shepherd, Boyd Gatrell, Horatio "Rash" McKendree, Charlie Simpson, Ashley Doak, Claude Smith
    Top Row, L to R: Delphia Twyford, Elizabeth Bland, Gracie Chapman, Idel (Nutter) Kehoe (Teacher), Estie Cox, Nellie McCauley, Irene Faulkner

    Documents
    999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg    		999999_FirstWestUnionHSBasketballTeam_1914_WestUnionHerald_7Nov1957.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    8. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 1/4/1917.

    9. [S691] West Union Herald, 11/7/1957.

    10. [S127] 1940 Census.

    11. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.