Brief Life History of Alonzo Sheridan
When Alonzo Sheridan Blair was born on 19 February 1828, in Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Blair, was 39 and his mother, Catherine Christian Jordan, was 26. He married Hannah Victoria Nolan Johnson on 22 October 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Conejos, Colorado, United States in 1885. He died on 23 July 1899, in Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States.
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- Alonzo S Blair, "United States Census, 1880"
- Alonzo Blair, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
- Alonzo Sheridan Blair, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: DeWitt, Texas, United States
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Conejos, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Conejos, Colorado, United States
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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