John Henry Blair b
20 Jan 1838 d 5 Jul 1920 Letcher Co KY; buried Blair Cemetery, Whitesburg,
Letcher Co KY; s/o
Charles Blair and Sarah
Sally Creech. John Henry Blair m. 3 Sept 1857 Big Stone Gap, Wise Co VA to Melissa
Wells b 28 Aug 1838 d 9 Sept 1919 Letcher Co KY; buried Blair Cemetery,
Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; d/o Joseph Wells and Mariah
Booth. (1860 Wise Co VA
Census). Children of John Henry Blair and Melissa Wells
I. Tennessee Jane "Tressa" Blair b 8 Oct 1858 Wise Co VA; m. Add Miller. Child
of Add Miller and Tennessee Jane "Tressa" Blair;
1. Connie Miller; m. Ben Sergent
Tennessee Jane "Tressa" Blair m. Feb 1876 to Joe Collier
II. Joseph M Blair b 21 Apr 1860 VA d 11 Oct 1939; Wise Co VA; m. 7 Feb 1883 (or
6 Feb 1883) Wise Co VA to Nancy "Nannie Bell" Kilgore b 23 Aug 1867 d 27 Dec
1904 Wise Co VA; d/o George Washington Kilgore and Rhoda Elizabeth Hoback.
Children of Joseph M Blair and Nancy "Nannie Bell" Kilgore;
1. Stella Trigg Blair b 25 Mar 1885 Wise Co VA d 4 Jul 1944; m. 14 Nov 1903 Wise
Co VA to M L Carpenter b about 1863 VT. Stella Trigg Blair m. about 1911 NY to
Albert Stecker b 9 Feb 1886
2. George Arnold Blair b 12 Aug 1886 Wise Co VA d 25 Jul 1958 Johnson City TN;
buried Montverde, FL; m. about 1914 Chicago IL to Myrtle Edwards b about 1893 d
1 Aug 1959 Knoxville, Knox Co TN; buried Morristown, TN. George Arnold Blair m.
about 1946 Travares FL to Dorothy Schultz b about 1898 Campbell Co TN d 25 Dec
1957 Winter Garden FL; buried Montverde FL
3. Mattie Bess Blair b 7 Apr 1891 Wise Co VA d 31 Jan 1951 Abingdon VA; m. about
1909 Wise Co VA to Charles K Ellison b ? d 1961 Abingdon VA.
4. Charlie Lee Blair b 19 Jun 1894 Wise Co VA d 8 May 1982 Knoxville, Knox Co
TN; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co TN; m. 7 Jun 1924 Clinton,
Anderson Co TN to Alta Elizabeth Sams b 29 Apr 1899 Kittyton, Unicoi Co TN d 1
May 1986; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co TN.
Joseph M Blair m. 1905 to Martha Angeline Ellison b 22 Dec 1869 Hancock Co TN d
14 Feb 1955; buried Wise, Wise Co VA. Children of Joseph M Blair and Martha
Angeline Ellison;
1. Teddy Wade Blair b about 1907 Wise, Wise Co VA d about 1907 Wise VA
2. Etta Virginia Blair b 22 Feb 1909 Wise, Wise Co VA; m. Earl J Short
3. Carrie Mae Blari b 21 Aug 1914 Wise, Wise Co VA; m. 4 Feb 1935 Tazewell Co VA
to Robert Phil David
III. Charles F Blair b 26 Feb 1862 VA d 1901 Letcher Co KY; buried Sergent and
Blair Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; m. 28 Dec 1889 Wise Co VA to Sarah
Virginia Bray b 1868 Wise Co VA; d/o
John T Bray and Nancy Elkins. Children of Charles F Blair and Virginia
"Jennie" Bray (Brahe);
1. Carrie Blair; m. Garrett Wright. Children of Garrett Wright and Carrie Blair;
i. Hazel Wright ii. Earl Wright
2. Henry P Blair b about 1898 VA; m. 25 Oct 1919 Letcher Co KY to Minta Combs.
Children of Henry P Blair and Minta Combs; i. Charles Blair ii. David Blair
IV. Sarah Syrama Blair
(Sylvania Susan) b 25 Nov 1866 Wise Co VA d 28 May 1891 Letcher Co KY from
fever; buried Wiley Gardner Cemetery, near Norton, Wise Co VA; m. 26 Dec 1882 Wise Co VA
to James Monroe Hill b Feb 1863 Wise Co VA d 22 Aug 1939 s/o James Monroe Hill
and Elizabeth "Betty" Jones
V. Martha Isabelle Blair b 28 Aug 1867 VA; m. 17 Sept 1883 (or 29 Sept 1883)
Wise Co VA to Henry W Hill b 3 Mar 1860 Wise Co VA d 1933; buried Henry Hill
Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o James Monroe Hill and Elizabeth "Betty" Jones. Henry W
Hill m. Martha J Unknown b 1868.
VI. Frances H Blair b 14 Apr 1870 Wise Co VA d 8 Jan 1890
VII. Cynthia M Blair b 26 Nov 1872 VA; m. 16 Jul 1891 to Joseph D Pendleton.
Children of Joseph D Pendleton and Cynthia M Blair;
1. Fitchue Pendleton
2. Bertha Pendleton
3. Myrtle Pendleton
4. Rosa Pendleton
5. John Pendleton
IX. William H Blair b 4 Sept 1875 Letcher Co KY d 2 Jan 1958; m. 25 Dec 1895 to
Lydia M Kincer
X. Patrick Henry Blair b 31 Jan 1878 Big Stone Gap VA d 1928 Southdown, KY;
contracted polio and was partially paralyzed from it and never fully recovered;
m. Alice Bray (aka Brahe) b 1880 Big Stone Gap VA d 1956 Southdown, KY; d/o
John T Bray
and Nancy "Nannie" Elkins.
IX. Creed Flannery Blair b 26 May 1881 KY d 14 Feb 1894; buried Whitesburg,
Letcher Co KY
