Lydia (Allen) Blair (1829 - 1906)

Born 8 Apr 1829 in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Tarlton Blair — married 29 Aug 1858 in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1906 at age 77 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Allen Name Study.

Lydia (Allen) Blair was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Lydia was born in Salem County, New Jersey on 8 April 1829, daughter of James Allen and Sarah Hardy. ^[1] In the 1850 census, Lydia, 22, no occupation listed, is living in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with her parents, farmers, and seven younger siblings. ^[2] Two years later, she is listed in the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, immigrating with the Isaac M. Stewart Company. Lydia departed on 19 June and arrived in the "State of Deseret" on 22 September 1852. ^[3]

On 29 Aug 1858 in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Lydia was married to Tarlton Blair. A year later, he married her sister, Eliza. ^{[citation needed]} In 1860 the Blair family was living in Ogden City, Weber County, Utah Territory: Tolton, Lydia, Tolton M, and Pracilla. Eliza is not listed in this census. ^[4] She is, however, in the next census. 1870, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory: Tarlton Blair, his two wives, Lyda and Eliza, and six children - Mitchel, Presela, Sarah, John, Francis, and David. ^[5] She seems to be again not present for the 1880 census, as the Price City, Washington County household consists of simply Tarlton, Lydia, Michale, Francis, and Charlotta Blair, as well as married daughter Priscilla Hendrix. ^[6] The 1900 census in Pine Valley, Washington County has only Tarlton and Lydia A. Blair. ^[7]

Lydia Allen Blair passed away on 6 December 1906 at the age of 77 in St. George, Washington County. ^[8] She was a widow of two years. Her sister Eliza lived another 16 years.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor. Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2022.
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2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-WJZ : 19 December 2020), Lydia Allen in household of Jas D Allen, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CYC5 : 10 February 2018), Lydia Allen, 22 Sep 1852; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-). Buried: 07 Dec 1906, St George City Cemetery, St George, Washington, UT, USA
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSF-9W3B?cc=1473181&wc=7QY4-SW5%3A1589436327%2C1589436559%2C1589436561 : 24 March 2017), Utah Territory > Weber > Ogden City > image 11 of 38; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-LX2 : 29 May 2021), Lyda Blair in entry for Tarlton Blair, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBV-91QM?cc=1417683&wc=XCMF-HZ9%3A1589415070%2C1589395180%2C1589415284%2C1589395457 : 24 December 2015), Utah > Washington > Price City > ED 93 > image 2 of 3; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRY-XRM : 13 January 2022), Lydia A. Blair in entry for Tarlton Blair, 1900.
8. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZL5-RPJ : 3 March 2021), Lydia Allen Blair, 06 Dec 1906; citing St George, Washington, Utah, United States, certificate 45, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #109850