Benjamin Cranston Blair (1861 - 1920)

Born 8 Apr 1861 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Elizabeth (Dean) Blair — married 13 Feb 1881 in Clarke, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1920 at age 59 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Cranston Blair was born on 08 Apr 1861 in Georgia, USA to Jesse Green and Elizabeth Jane (Culp) Blair.^[1]

Ben married Martha Elizabeth Dean on 13 Feb 1881 in Clarke, Georgia, USA.^[2]

Children:
Charles Clifford Blair 1882 Georgia
Allie Blair 1884 Georgia
Lawrence Grover Blair 1886 Georgia
Cora Blair 1890 South Carolina
John Ralph Blair 1894 South Carolina
James Claud Blair Sr 1896 Tennessee
Helen E Blair 1900 South Carolina

Ben died on 10 Aug 1920 in Collins, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA at age 60 and was buried in Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, USA on 11 Aug 1920.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSG-V81 : 17 October 2014), Benjamine Blair in household of Green Blair, Georgia, United States; citing p. 9, family 60, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,642.
2. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-FZK : 18 July 2016), Benjamine C. Blair and Mattie Dean, 13 Feb 1881; citing Marriage, Clarke, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 214,495.
3. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N98H-SQH : 18 April 2016), Benjamin Cranston Blair, 10 Aug 1920; citing , Blair, Benjamin Cranston, 1920, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,590.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50827284

See also:

• Ancestry Profile
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LJ-SBG : 14 July 2016), Benjamin Blair in household of Greene Blair, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 12, sheet 262D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0140; FHL microfilm 1,254,140.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TB-HZ3 : accessed 24 November 2016), Ben C Blair in household of Sallie Washam, Rock Hill city Ward 1-4, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,545.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M58Y-CD2 : accessed 24 November 2016), Benjamin C Blair, Centerville, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 10A, family 171, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1448; FHL microfilm 1,375,461.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68Z-SDQ : accessed 24 November 2016), Benjamin Blair, Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108, sheet 36B, line 52, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1709; FHL microfilm 1,821,709.