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Benjamin Moore Blair
28 Nov 1860 – 18 Aug 1937
| Birth | 28 Nov 1860 |
| Death | 18 Aug 1937 |
| Cemetery | Weaverville Cemetery Weaverville , Trinity County , California , USA |
| Added by | Ruth Miller on 15 Feb 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125195876 |
Bio
Benjamin Moore Blair was born 26 Nov 1860 in Sacramento, California to Darwin Collins Blair and Ann Elizabeth Wilson Blair. The 1884~1885 and 1885~1886 McKenney's 8-County Directory list Benjamin living with his family, working as a laborer on 160 acres in the town of Cahto, Mendocino County, California. The town of Cahto was the post office and trading port for Long Valley, 45 miles from Ukiah on the Cloverdale and Humboldt Stage Road. It is now a ghost town. Benjamin married Hannah Maud Wilson, the daughter of Rufus Collin Wilson and Margarette Lydia Moore. They were the parents of Alvah Edwin Blair 1896~1963, Luella Blair (Vaughn) 1898~1972, Elsie Blair (Caraway) 1901~1937, Walter L. Blair 1904. Benjamin and Maud eventually divorced. Siblings of Benjamin Moore Blair: Mary Priscilla Blair (Fairbanks) 1848~1911; Frank Delos 1849~1925; Albert Brown Blair 1850~1904; Hannah Alena Blair (Manchester) 1851~1909; Cornelia Mable Blair (Middleton) 1857~1935; Ida Louisa Forest Blair (Mitchell) 1858~1936; John Rhoades Blair 1861~1920; William Harvey Blair 1865~1915; Rufus Collins Blair 1867~1956; Samuel Alvah Blair 1870~1872 (Blair/Wilson Family History, Ruth I. Blair Miller)
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Birth : Nov. 26 1860
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- Mary Percilla Blair Fairbank 1848–1911
- Frank Delos Blair 1849–1925
- Cornelia Mabel Blair Middleton 1857–1935
- Ida Louise Fern Blair Mitchell 1858–1936
- William Harvey Blair 1865–1915
- Rufus Collins Blair 1867–1956
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