Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair

Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair (Gist)
Also Known As:	"Eliza"
Birthdate:	circa 1795
Birthplace:	Buckingham County, Virginia, United States
Death:	July 05, 1877 (77-86) Silver Springs, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial:	Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Col. Nathaniel Gist and Judith Cary Scott Wife of Francis 'Frank' Preston Blair and Francis Preston Blair Mother of Montgomery Blair, U.S. Postmaster General; Juliet Blair; Elizabeth Lee; James Blair and Sen. Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, (D-MO) Sister of Sarah Howard Bledsoe; Henry Cary Gist; Judith Bell Boswell; Anna Maria Hart; Davidella C. Gist and 6 others Half sister of Sequoyah 'George Guess' Gist; Moses Gist; Martha Elizabeth Benge Gist; George Sequoyah Gist; Anne Hart and 2 others

Managed by:	Tina Marie Brown
Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

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Biography

1812 Married Francis Preston Blair on 21 Jul 1812 in Franklin County, Kentucky.[1]

"...daughter of Nathaniel Gist, an Indian agent and planter, and Judith Cary Bell."[2]

Sources

↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5G-BTB : 4 December 2014), Francis Preston Blair and Eliza Gist, 21 Jul 1812; citing Franklin Co., Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 266,195.
↑ https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001416
Wikipedia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7260587/eliza-violet-blair
Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, By George A. Hanson, Hanson, pg 48.

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1795	1795	Birth of Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair Buckingham County, Virginia, United States
1813	May 10, 1813	Birth of Montgomery Blair, U.S. Postmaster General Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
1816	February 22, 1816	Birth of Juliet Blair
1818	June 30, 1818	Birth of Elizabeth Lee Lexington, Franklin, Kentucky
1819	October 7, 1819	Birth of James Blair Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
1821	February 19, 1821	Birth of Sen. Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, (D-MO) Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
1877	July 5, 1877 Age 82	Death of Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair Silver Springs, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
????		Burial of Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA

Elizabeth Violet Howard Blair (Gist)