David Evans Blair (1793 - 1874)

Born 25 Mar 1793 in Paris, Bourbon Co, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Job) Blair — married 9 Sep 1819 in Fayette County, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Oct 1874 at age 81 in Kossuth, Des Moines Co, Iowa

Biography

David Evans Blair was born 25 March 1793 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. ^[1] He was the son of William Blair and Catherine Evans. He married Sarah Job 9 September 1819 in Fayette County, Ohio. ^{[2] [3] [4]} He passed away 9 October 1874 in Kossuth, Des Moines County, Iowa and was interred in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. ^[1]

David had military service during the War of 1812. He married Sarah Job on 9 September 1819 at Fayette County, Ohio (Fayette was formed out of Ross County in 1810). They immigrated in 1819 to Flat Rock, Indiana with his parents and they moved on to Illinois. In May 1836, he and his wife moved Des Moines County, Iowa, having been a claim maker in the Northwest Territory. During claim days, he was an arbitrator and aided in enforcing claim laws in the region between the Flint River and the Iowa River. At the land sales in 1838, he was the bidder and as such, bought all settlers' claims sold at that time in Huron and Yellow Springs Townships. He erected the first frame house in 1840 in Yellow Springs Township.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find A Grave Index,"
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860,"
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870,"

• "Find A Grave Index,"

David Evans Blair

Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #16169444

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4D-2NJ : 12 April 2016), David Blair, Yellow Springs, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; citing family 369, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

David Blair M 58 Kentucky

Sarah Blair F 59 Missouri

Morris Blair M 25 Illinois

Lydia Blair F 21 Illinois

Catherine Blair F 19 Illinois

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82V-6J9 : 28 July 2017), David Blair, 1860.

David Blair M 66 Kentucky

Sarah Blair F 67 Maryland

Morris Blair M 34 Illinois

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVM-CGP : 12 April 2016), David E Blair, Iowa, United States; citing p. 44, family 326, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,887.

David E Blair M 76 Kentucky

Sarah Blair F 78 Maryland

Morris Blair M 44 Illinois

Anna Nelson F 15 Sweden