Hiram P. Blair

Brief Life History of Hiram P.

When Hiram P. Blair was born on 12 March 1897, in Letcher, Letcher, Kentucky, United States, his father, Samuel D. Blair, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Hampton, was 29. He married Melvina Whitaker on 25 July 1915, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 5, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Letcher, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 12 November 1919, in Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram P. Blair
1897–1919
Melvina Whitaker
1897–1984
Marriage: 25 July 1915
Pelma Jean Blair
1916–2013
Ethel Agnes BLAIR
1919–2007

Sources (12)

  • Herman in household of Samuel, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Hiram Blair, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Hiram Blair, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Governor Shot

On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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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