Clay Leslie "Toby" Blair

Brief Life History of Clay Leslie "Toby"

When Clay Leslie "Toby" Blair was born on 22 December 1863, in Greene, Missouri, United States, his father, William Preston Blair Jr, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 34. He married Martha Ann Finch on 17 February 1887. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Jackson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 16 February 1911, in Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Audrain, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clay Leslie "Toby" Blair
1863–1911
Martha Ann Finch
1863–1948
Marriage: 17 February 1887
Walter Blair
1887–
Alpha Blair
1889–1977
Jesse William Blair
1891–1972
Emmett or Emit Blair
1893–1918
Zona Bell Blair
1896–1977
Evert Roy Blair
1898–1955
Hubert Leslie Blair
1903–1975

Sources (12)

  • Clay Blair in household of Wm. Blair, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Clay S. Blair - Government record: birth-name: Clay S. Blair
  • C. L. Blair, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

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."

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

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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