Thomas Blair (1789 - 1875)

Born 5 May 1789 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Job) Blair — married 9 May 1816 in Fayette Co, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1875 at age 86 in Kossuth, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Biography

Thomas Blair was born 5 May 1789 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. ^[1] He was a son of William Blair and Catherine Evans. Thomas married Margaret Job 9 May 1816 in Fayette County, Ohio.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} He passed away 6 October 1875 in Kossuth, Des Moines County, Iowa. He was interred in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find A Grave Index,"
2. ↑ Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860,"
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870,"

• “Find a Grave Index,”

Thomas Blair

Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #15858818

• "United States Census, 1850," Iowa, Des Moines County, Yellow Spring Township 12 September 1850, page 391A (781), line 4, family 403

Blair, Thomas 61 M Farmer $1600 KY

Margaret 62 F KY

Lydia 28 F KY

Laura Ana 25 F KY

Sarah Ana 25 F KY

Margaret 23 F KY

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82V-6JQ : 28 July 2017), Thomas Blair, 1860.

Thomas Blair M 71 Kentucky

Margaret Blair F 71 Maryland

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ1-RGB : 12 April 2016), Thomas Blair, Iowa, United States; citing p. 14, family 104, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,887.

Thomas Blair M 80 Kentucky

Margarite Blair F 81 Maryland

Blair, Thomas. Burial: Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines Co, Iowa. Inscription: Thomas Blair, GAR marker for military service, died Dec 6, 1875, aged 86 yrs, 5 mos 1d.

"He was born to William Blair and Catherine Evans at the fort at Cane Ridge and died on his homestead farm at Round Prairie, which was located near Mediapolis. He moved with his parents to Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1798. He served in the military in the War of 1812, defending the northern border. He married Margaret Job on 9 May 1816 in Fayette County, Ohio (formed from Ross County in 1819). They migrated to Flat Rock, Indiana and in 1812, they moved on to Morgan County, Illinois, and then Pike County in the same state. He was a commissioner for the organization of Schuyler County, Illinois. He and his family were "staunch supporters of the anti-slavery movement." Their last move was in 1834 to Des Moines County, Iowa, where they settled the following spring in Round Prairie. In 1838, he served as a member of the Iowa Territorial Legislature and was an anti-slavery Whig and with the organization of the Republican party "to prevent the extension of slavery", he became a stalwart advocate. He was a farmer according to the various census records. "

• Ibid: Sharpless Fam, p529
• Bio Review of DesMoines, Iowa 1A, p179
• Yellow SpringsHuron Histp45-7
• Rev War Soldiers & Patriots Burird in Iowa by DAR (1978) p 18-21 cem inscrip