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Carlton James Blair

Also Known As: "James Carlton Blair"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Atlas, Pike, Illinois, United States
Death: June 30, 1894 (67)
Thatcher, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States
Place of Burial: Stafford, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Blair and Jane Blair
Husband of Mary "Polly" Thorpe Blair (Allen)
Father of Carlton James Blair, Jr; William Blair; Sarah Jane Blair Chesley; Mary Priscilla (Blair) Echols; Joseph Erastus Blair and 3 others
Brother of Clarissa Blair; Hattie Blair; John Blair; Harrison Blair; Nancy Blair and 3 others
Half brother of Asher Blair; Johanna Dunning (Blair); Emma Josephine Anthony; Elizabeth Blair; Sophia Blair and 1 other

Managed by: Patricia Norton Chong
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About Carlton James Blair

Carlton James Blair, son of Michael Blair and Jane McNutt, was born 7 October 1826 at Atlas, Pike County, Illinois. He died 30 June 1884 at Graham County, Arizona, and is buried at Graham Cemetery, Plot: Block 9, Plot *, Number 38, Graham, Graham County, Arizona, United States. He married Mary "Polly" Thorpe Allen Blair (1832 - 1924), daughter of James Dickerson Allen (1804 - 1852) and Sarah Ann Hardy Allen (1804 - 1872), on 19 December 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory. They had at least eight known children.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel has no record of how or when Carlton James Blair emigrated to Utah, although he was there prior to the date of his marriage in December 1858. His older brother, Harrison Blair, and his brother's wife and three children traveled to Utah with an unknown company in 1857.

Marriage and Children

  1. Mary Thorpe Allen Blair (1832 - 1924)
    1. Carlton James Blair (1860 - 1860)
    2. William Blair (1861 - 1932)
    3. Sarah Jane Blair Chesley (1865 - 1925)
    4. Mary Priscilla Blair Echols (1867 - 1953)
    5. Joseph Erastus Blair (1869 - 1905)
    6. Georgiana Blair Echols (1871 - 1938)
    7. Lydia Clarissa Blair Salisbury (1873 - 1943)
    8. George Albert Blair (1876 - 1892)

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Carlton James Blair's Timeline

1826
October 7, 1826
Atlas, Pike, Illinois, United States
1860
February 2, 1860
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
1862
1862
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
1865
April 22, 1865
St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
1867
February 6, 1867
St George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
1870
February 28, 1870
St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
1871
July 22, 1871
St. George, Washington, Utah Territory
1873
October 19, 1873
St George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
1876
1876
Utah Territory, United States