Jackson County, Indiana Obituaries by Jonette Karen Johnson
1877 P. 84
Blair, James Sr. -- James Blair Sr., d. at his home in Grassy Fork Twp. on
the 11th, aged 80. He was a native of Ky., but came to Ind. at the age of
18yrs., & located upon the farm which he occupied during the remainder of his
life. (March 29) from The Brownstown Banner.
1886 P. 3
Blair, Sirrilda -- Died at the family residence in Grassy Fork Twp., Sat.,
Sept. 25, Mrs. John Blair, aged 55 years. She leaves a husband & 3 children.
(Mon., Sept. 27--S) (Seymour Times) Tampico news -- Mrs. Sirrilda Blair, wife
of John Blair -- who lives in the E portion of the twp., d. Sat. of heart
disease. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Collins, Sr. Three sons & 1
dau. are left to mourn her. She was buried in the Blair graveyard. (Tues.,
Sept. 28--S) Tampico news--Cyrilda, wife of John Blair, d. Sat. of heat
disease. (Thurs. Sept. 30-- B) Brownstown Banner.
History of Jackson Co., IN --1886
P. 399 It is said that the first election was held in this township was at
the house of old man Blair. (Grassy Fork Township)
P. 454 (Washington Township) The Blairs were there at an early date.
P.456 The Blair family was early members of the Baptist Church. (Washington
Twp.)
P. 674 & 675
James Blair, a prominent citizen of Jackson Township, is the ninth in order
of birth in the family of James and Deliah (Johnson) Blair. His father was a
native of Kentucky, and immigrated to this State in 1816; and John Blair,
grandfather of our subject, located in Indiana very early in this century.
Being a man of considerable education and influence, hospitable in
disposition and a justice of the peace, his residence was a favorite place
for the gathering of the people of the neighborhood. James Blair, Sr., had
ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity. Some years previous to the was
of the Rebellion, he was honored by an election to the office of county
commissioner. James Blair, Jr., whose name heads this sketch, was born
October 6, 1837, in Jackson County, Ind., and passed he's boyhood upon the
farm and at the common schools, where he acquired the rudiments of an
education. During his life he has been for 3 years a member of the State
militia, and in the late war he participated in the pursuit of the John
Morgan, the noted guerrilla.
675
On the 29th of January, 1871, Mr. Blair was married to Amanda E. Thompson, a
native of this county, but of Irish extraction; her parents, however, were
natives of Washington County, Md.. Of the three children born by this
marriage, Reova R. , and J. Robbie are living. In his political views Mr.
Blair is a Democrat, and in religion a Baptist, while his wife belongs to the
Christian Church.
P. 402
Mt. Pleasant, a missionary Baptist Church, organized 1829, by James Blair,
Charles Morgan, Peter Morgan, Joshua Kelley, and Kinchen Kelley, with Samuel
Mc Connell as pastor, and others.
P.332 May 11, 1818 (Brownstown Twp.) John Blair was appoinged inspector of
elections.
P. 397
Grassy Fort Township--In 1819 we find that a dozen or more families had
settled and built rude log huts. Among the first was John Blair.