Martha A. (Gardner) Blair (1835 - 1927)

Born 2 Feb 1835 in Scott, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Emanuel James Hickam — married 1855 (to 16 Dec 1863) in Scott, Virginia, United States

Wife of Thomas Blair — married 14 Sep 1868 in Scott County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 10 May 1927 at age 92 in Scott, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Martha was the daughter of Ewell and Martha Barnhart Gardner. She married Emanuel James Hickam, the son of George & Frankey Dixon Hickam. They were the parents of George, Ewell, Reuben and Squire Hickam. Emanuel died of typhoid fever while serving as a Pvt in Co F of the 14th Ky Vol Inf., in 1863.

She married Thomas Blair on September 14, 1868 in Scott County, Virginia. He was the son of John & Lucy Ann Blair, the widower of Margaret Morgan Blair and the father of Mary Ruth and Eliza Ann Blair.

The couple worked together to raise their blended family. In addition, Thomas and Martha were the parents of Cecily Josephine and James Henry Blair. Mr. Blair, and their daughter, Cecily, both passed away in 1871.

After she was widowed, Martha remained a mother to her stepdaughters and devoted herself to raising them and her sons, Ewell, Squire, and James, to adulthood. When the children had grown up, she accepted an invitation to live in the home of her son, Squire Hickam, and, later, maintained her own household. Mrs. Blair passed away, in 1927, after a long and admirable life.

•Pension Records: Martha, drew a Widow's Pension based on her husband's military service [cert 161.782]. When she married Thomas Blair, E. Derting was appointed as guardian to oversee pension payments made to her minor children [cert 161.783]. After Martha's second husband, Thomas, passed away, she refiled for pension benefits on September 16, 1901 [cert 161.782]. That document appears in the Remarried Widows Pension Applications section of military records.

Sources

• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-Z19F : 20 August 2018), Martha Gardner in entry for Ernell Hickam, 29 Dec 1919; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Scott, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ7-P2Q : accessed 2 January 2019), Martha Blair in household of Squire E Hickan, Fulkerson District (west part), Scott, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 11B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,727.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCR7-P58 : 15 July 2017), Martha Blair, Fulkerson, Scott, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 75, sheet 216A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1389; FHL microfilm 1,255,389.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-NBQ : 12 April 2016), Martha Blair in household of Thomas Blair, Virginia, United States; citing p. 15, family 101, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,176.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM3-K5B : 13 December 2017), Martha A Hickam in entry for Emanuel J Hickam, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DP-LY4 : 12 April 2016), Martha Gardner in household of Ewd Gardner, Scott county, part of, Scott, Virginia, United States; citing family 260, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR9F-RVK : 11 February 2018), Thomas Blair and Martha Hickman, 14 Sep 1868; citing Scott, Virginia, reference 337187; FHL microfilm 337,187.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122558787/martha-blair

Martha Gardner Blair Birth 2 Feb 1835 Scott County, Virginia, USA Death 10 May 1927 (aged 92) Scott County, Virginia, USA Burial Derting-Hickam Cemetery Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia, USA Memorial ID 122558787