Hiram Blair and Drusilla Craft

Hiram Blair
and Drusilla Craft

Hiram Blair b Jun 1836 Cowan Creek, Letcher Co KY; s/o John Robinson Blair and Elizabeth Harrison. Hiram Blair m. 11 Aug 1864 Letcher Co KY to Drusilla Craft b 4 Feb 1836 d 10 Feb 1930; d/o Archaleous Craft and Letty Webb. (Other source gives her name as Rainey Ritter Craft and her parents as William Craft and Rachel Parker). Children of Hiram Blair and Drusilla Craft;

1. Jessie A Blair b 14 Apr 1855 Letcher Co KY d 1 Jul 1875.

2. Sarah Blair b 9 Oct 1857 Letcher Co KY m. 23 Jan 1878 Letcher Co KY to Gideon Adams b about 1858 Letcher Co KY; s/o Stephen Adams and Ursula Ison.

3. Alamander "Bud" Blair b 17 Sept 1860 KY d 27 Dec 1940 KY buried Defeated Creek, KY, m. 3 Apr 1881 KY to Elizabeth Betty Jane Back b 18 Oct 1862 KY d 5 Jan 1948 KY buried Defeated Creek, KY; d/o Lewis Back and Winefred Sumner.

4. Elihu Blair b 10 May 1862 d 2 Feb 1948 buried Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY m. 10 Dec 1881 Letcher Co KY to Sally Back.

5. Samuel D Blair b 2 Jun 1865 Crafts Colley Letcher Co KY

6. Johnny Blair

7. Joseph Blair

8. Edward Grant Blair b 1 Oct 1874 Letcher Co KY d 25 Sept 1957; m. 8 Sept 1897 to Sarah Hampton b 6 Dec 1883 KY d 10 Jul 1931; d/o Solomon Hampton and Atha Caudill.

9. Celia Blair m. William Jackson Irvin; s/o William Thomas Irvin and Martha Patsy Stamper.

10. Tizzie Blair; m. Male Fields

11. Elizabeth Blair b 1875 Blackey, KY d 1940 Appalachia VA; m. Henry Harrison Fields b 1869 Letcher Co KY d 1952 Gate City VA; s/o James Fields and Lucy Caudill. Children of Henry Harrison Fields and Elizabeth Blair;

i. Morton Fields b 14 Dec 1914 Stonegap VA d 25 Aug 1994 Blountville, TN; m. Annie Octavia Coomer b 2 Aug 1914 Lee Co VA d 19 Dec 2002 Blountville, TN; d/o George Jackson Coomer and Susan Griffin.

Drusilla Craft and
Ephraim Thomas Hammonds

Drusilla Craft b 4 Feb 1836 KY d 10 Feb 1930 KY; d/o Archaleous Craft and Letty Webb. Drusilla Craft m. 5 Jan 1854 to Ephraim Thomas Hammonds b 1834 KY. (1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Ephraim Thomas Hammonds and Drucilla Craft;

1. Archelous Hammonds b 19 May 1856 d 22 Oct 1910 Knott Co KY; buried Hale Cemetery, Wolfpen, Knott Co KY; m. 20 Mar 1873 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Lettie Jane Adams b 3 Jan 1853 Letcher Co KY d 8 Sept 1883; buried Thornton Cemetery, Letcher Co KY; d/o William Green Adams and Mary "Polly" Webb.

2. Enoch Hammonds; m. 21 Dec 1892 to Laura Ann Jones

3. Benjamin Hammonds m. Mary Ann Hale b 4 Sept 1872 (or 14 Sept 1872) d 5 Sept 1904; buried Hale Cemetery, Wolfpen, Knott Co KY; d/o John Hale and Ailcy Breeding. Benjamin Hammonds m. Minnie Adams b 1891 d 7 Jan 1928; buried Hale Cemetery, Wolfpen, Knott Co KY. Benjamin Hammonds served in the Civil War as a Private in Co D of the 13th KY Cav, CSA. Child of Benjamin Hammonds and Minnie Adams;

i. Lona Hammonds m. Leslie McFall; s/o Tilden McFall and Mary Chaney Reynolds.

Hiram Blair and
Jennie Back

Hiram Blair b Jun 1838 Cowan Creek, Letcher Co KY; s/o John Robinson Blair and Elizabeth Harrison. Hiram Blair m. 14 Aug 1882 to Jennie Back. Children of Hiram Blair and Jennie Black;

1. Henry Blair b about 1883 Letcher Co KY; m. Maude Coldiron.

2. Robert Blair b about 1885 Letcher Co KY; m. Barbara Jent b 8 Apr 1897 d about 1950; d/o Sylvester Jent and Lucinda Smith. Children of Robert Blair and Barbara Jent;

i. Martha Jane Blair b 24 Nov 1917 d 4 Jun 1995; buried Mt. Olivet Regular Baptist Church Blackey, KY; m. 24 Dec 1936 to Tildon Caudill b 7 Aug 1910; s/o Jim Caudill and Polly Caudill. Children of Tildon Caudill and Martha Jane Blair;

I. Shelby Caudill (male)

II. Bobby James Caudill

III. Jerry Lynn Caudill (male)

IV. Curtis Tildon Caudill

V. Wilma Lou Caudill; m. Male Mullins

VI. Wava Caudill (female); m. Male Combs

VII. Billie Caudill (female); m. Male Banks

VIII. Barbara Ann Caudill; m. Male Adams

IX. Brenda Kay Caudill m. Male Adams

X. Sherry Lee Caudill m. Male Parks

XI. Delana Sue Caudill m. Male Eldridge

2. Delbert Blair b 14 Dec 1919; m. 21 Nov 1943 to Juanita Back b 6 May 1923; d/o Elihu Back and Alta Back.

3. Arlin Damon Blair; m. Pansy Back; d/o Lloyd Back and Sally Adams.

4. Sylvester Doc Blair; m. Beulah Turner

5. Avenell Blair

6. Sim Blair; m. Female Witt