Brief Life History of James Monroe
When James Monroe Blair was born on 12 October 1861, in Arkansas, United States, his father, James Harvey Blair, was 37 and his mother, Fredonia Olivia Wilkins, was 32. He married Pheobe Alice Langham on 17 July 1887, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kemp Township, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 5, Haskell, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 22 February 1927, in Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (34)
- Jas M Blair in household of Jas H Blair, "United States Census, 1870"
- J.M. Blair, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Spouse and Children
1861–1927 Male
1872–1961 Female
Children (11)
1888–1948 Male
1891–1968 Female
1893–1988 Female
1895–1970 Female
1898–1968 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1824–1906 Male
1829–1879 Female
Siblings (5)
1850– Male
1853–1926 Female
1854–1940 Male
1857– Male
1861–1927 Male
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Pea Ridge
Age 1
1863
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 20
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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