Clarissa Emily (Houston) Blair (1822-1906)

Clarissa Emily Blair formerly Houston

Born 28 Mar 1822 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Caleb Houston and Elizabeth P. (Purdy) Houston

Sister of Francis A. Houston, Harriett (Houston) Bell, Samuel Dexter Houston Sr., John Purdy Houston, Elizabeth Ann Marie (Houston) Rankin, Henry James Houston and Martha Nelson (Houston) Herrington

Wife of Newton Blair — married 18 Nov 1841 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Mother of Mary Evaline (Blair) Strickler, Leonidas H. Blair, Charles Norris Blair, Edgar Wilson Blair, Henry James Blair, Sarah Elizabeth (Blair) Covert, Albert Houston Blair, Harriett Winslow (Blair) Carkhuff, Helen Bruce (Blair) Fleming, Thomas Spencer Blair, Bryson Purdy Blair and Ada F. Blair

Died 13 Aug 1906 at age 84 in Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Clarissa was born 28 March 1822 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. ^[1] She was the daughter of Caleb Houston and Elizabeth Purdy. She married Newton Blair Nov 18, 1841 in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[2] ^[3] She passed away 13 August 1906 in Riverside, Riverside County, California. She was buried in Solomon Cemetery (Prairie Mound), Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas. ^[1]

"Compendium of American Genealogy,"

Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, Disc 2, Volume IV, Lineage Records, page 384; 3-Newton (Blair)(1817-83), to Solomon, KS, 1866, with wife and 10 children, m 1841, Emily Houston (d 1906; Caleb 4, m 1815, Elizabeth Purdy; Samuel 5, Am. Rev.);

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Find a Grave Index,"
↑ "United States Census, 1860,"
↑ "United States Census, 1870,"

“Find a Grave Index,”

Clarissa Emily “Emily” Houston Blair

Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #36766023

"United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82V-6GD : 13 December 2017), Clarrissa Blair in entry for Newton Blair, 1860.

Newton Blair M 42 Ohio

Clarrissa Blair F 38 Ohio

Mary Blair F 17 Iowa

Charles Blair M 15 Iowa

Edgar Blair M 13 Iowa

Henry Blair M 10 Iowa

Albert Blair M 8 Iowa

Harriett Blair F 6 Iowa

LHelen Blair F 6 Iowa

Thomas Blair M 3 Iowa

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJV-4VS : 12 April 2016), Emiley C Blair in household of Newton Blair, Kansas, United States; citing p. 12, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,931.

Newton Blair M 52 Illinois

Emiley C Blair F 49 Ohio

Housten Blair M 18 Iowa

Harriet W Blair F 17 Iowa

Hellen B Blair F 17 Iowa

Thomas E Blair M 14 Iowa

Brison P Blair M 9 Iowa

Ada F Blair F 0 Kansas

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clarissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clarissa: