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Matthew Blair, I

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Birthplace: paisley, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: January 19, 1867 (40-48)
Elk Horn Sawmill, El Dorado, California, United States
Place of Burial: placerville, california
Immediate Family:

Son of John Blair, I and Agnes Blair
Husband of Elizabeth Blair
Father of John Blair; James Blair; Matthew E Blair, II and Agnes Alderson(Blair)
Brother of Mary Williamson(Blair); James Blair; Janet Turney(Blair); John Blair and Robert Blair
Half brother of Andrew Blair Savigny; Annie Elizabeth Savigny; Agnes Blair Savigny; George Hemming Savigny; James Savigny and 13 others

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About Matthew Blair, I

He made the trip from Ohio to California by steam ship c. 1870 with his wife and son, Matthew, and joined his brothers, John and James, in the lumber business. They logged and ran sawmills. The first mill began operation about 1856 near the 5-Mile House (near Hwy 50 or Immigrant Trail). Blairs' District School began in 1865. They also had Dashaway Sawmill, in the vicinity of Sportsman's Hall Restaurant, Pollock Pines, CA. Matthew Blair was killed at their Elk Horn Sawmill in 1867. He had been working alone washing a channel through a 15' bank of sawdust. It caved in and he was found the next day with his dog lying over him, strands of his hair protruding from the sawdust.

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Matthew Blair, I's Timeline

1822
March 17, 1822
Birth of Matthew Blair, I
paisley, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1848
October 16, 1848
Birth of Matthew E Blair, II
BarHead, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1867
January 19, 1867
Age 44
Death of Matthew Blair, I
Elk Horn Sawmill, El Dorado, California, United States
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Birth of John Blair
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Birth of James Blair
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Birth of Agnes Alderson(Blair)
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Burial of Matthew Blair, I
placerville, california
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