Brief Life History of James F
When James F Blair was born on 10 May 1863, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Washington Blair, was 42 and his mother, Matilda Spradlin, was 43. He married Elizabeth Hitchcock on 7 January 1886, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Paintsville, Johnson, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3, Johnson, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 11 November 1938, in Johnson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sam Blair Cemetery, Denver, Johnson, Kentucky, United States.
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- James F Blair in household of George W Blair, "United States Census, 1870"
- James F Blair, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- James F Blair, „Find A Grave Index“
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Scotland called Blair, named with Scottish Gaelic blàr (genitive blàir) ‘plain, field’, especially a battlefield (Irish blár). There were families of this name in the Middle Ages taking their names from any of the places called Blair in Dysart parish Fife, Dalry parish Ayrshire, and Blairgowrie in Perthshire.
Americanized form of French Belair and Blais .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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