Article About Elihu Blair and Celia Adams and Family (Unknown Newspaper)

Elihu Blair and Celia Adams

Elihu Blair b 25 Apr 1825 d 25 Oct 1903; s/o John Robinson Blair and Elizabeth Harrison. Elihu Blair m. 5 Mar 1846 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Cecila Adams b 30 Aug 1824 Rockhouse, Perry (now Letcher) Co KY d 16 Mar 1914; d/o Stephen Shank Steve Adams and Elizabeth Betsy Whitaker. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Elihu Blair and Cecelia Adams

1. Elizabeth Blair b about 1847 d 1861; never married.

2. Hiram B Blair b 7 Apr 1848 d 23 Aug 1873; never married.

3. William L Blair b 21 Oct 1849 Letcher Co KY d 30 Apr 1896 Letcher Co KY; m. 31 Oct 1872 Letcher Co KY to Martha Williams b 1 Aug 1850 Letcher Co KY d 12 Mar 1912; d/o William Williams and Mary A Polly.

4. Samuel Blair b 4 May 1851 Letcher Co KY d 7 Jun 1936 OK; m. 24 Oct 1878 to Henrietta Webb b 7 Dec 1860 Mayking, Letcher Co KY d 3 Dec 1928 OK d/o Wiley W Webb and Elizabeth Betsy Polly.

5. Jesse A Blair b 5 Jan 1853 Letcher Co KY d 6 May 1882 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, shot and killed Will Combs (source). Never married.

6. Stephen Riley Blair b 7 Mar 1855 Letcher Co KY d 15 Feb 1928 Letcher Co KY; m. 1875 Letcher Co KY to Martha R Polly b 16 Nov 1857 Letcher Co KY d 20 Feb 1935 KY; d/o Henry C Polly and Mary Polly Sergent.

7. John Robertson Blair b 9 Feb 1857 Letcher Co KY d 10 Apr 1932; m. Rachel Fairchild b 1855 d 1950.

8. Louise Blair b 1858 d 1882; never married.

9. Unnamed Male Blair b 17 Apr 1859 Letcher Co KY d 17 Apr 1859 Letcher Co KY.

10. Joseph Blair b 1860; m. Rosa Hogg.

11. Julia Ann Blair b 17 Apr 1866 d 17 Dec 1930; m. James Monroe Hill b 12 Mar 1856 Letcher Co KY d 17 Aug 1931; buried Blair Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher Co KY; s/o James Monroe Hill and Rhoda Robinette.

Thanks to Nancy Mullins Schacht for additions and corrections on this family 24 May 2018 on Facebook.