Brief Life History of Charles Lee
When Charles Lee Blair was born on 19 June 1894, in Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph M Blair, was 34 and his mother, Nancy V Belle Kilgore, was 26. He married Alta Elizabeth Sams on 7 June 1924, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 8 May 1982, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Knox, Tennessee, United States.
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- Charles L Blair, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles L Blair, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Charles Blair, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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