Families of Anna Blair

ANNA BLAIR, daughter of MALINDA JANE CARTRIGHT and REV. HENRY JAMES BLAIR, was born September 3, 1873 in Solomon City, Kansas,⁵⁵⁰⁰ and died October 2, 1949 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.⁵⁵⁰⁰ She is buried in City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon.^{5500, 456}

She married (1) HANS BERNARD HANSEN on April 11, 1892 in Marion County, Oregon.¹¹³⁵⁷

She married (2) MARION HERBERT BUELL on July 24, 1899 in Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon.^{5500, 2598} He was born in 1862 in Elkhorn, Oregon,⁵⁵⁰¹ and died July 17, 1944 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.⁵⁵⁰¹ He is buried in City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon.^{5507, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Anna Blair)

Children of ANNA BLAIR and HANS BERNARD HANSEN:

1. MARY HANSEN, b. February 28, 1893, Salem, Marion, Oregon;⁹⁸⁸ m. WALTER EARLE WREN on January 10, 1912 in Marion County, Oregon⁸²¹⁹; d. June 4, 1989, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington.⁹⁸⁸
2. HERBERT BERNARD HANSEN, b. February 9, 1894, Lake Elsinore, Riverside, California;^{7905, 11363} m. EDNA FRANCES RANDALL in September, 1917 in Oregon; d. November 4, 1959, Salem, Marion, Oregon.⁷⁹⁰⁵

Children of ANNA BLAIR and MARION HERBERT BUELL:

3. LENA BUELL, b. July 20, 1900, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon;^{11352, 56} d. May 3, 1982, Salem, Marion, Oregon.¹¹³⁵²

Personal Information

• Anna Blair was a member of the Salem First Free Methodist Church, Marion County, Oregon. ⁵⁵⁰⁰

• Marion Herbert Buell was a member of the Salem United Brethren Church, Marion County, Oregon. ⁵⁵⁰¹

Work History

Obituaries

Capital Journal, July 18, 1944⁵⁵⁰¹

Pioneer Dies At 82 Years

One of the first white children born in this section of the country, Marion Herbert Buell, member of one of Oregon's old pioneer families, died at his home at 1360 Waller street Monday.

Born 82 years ago in Elkhorn, Oregon, Buell spent most of his life in Yamhill county and had Indian children as his playmates. A retired farmer, he came to Salem to make his home 16 years ago. He was a member of the United Brethren church.

Survivng are his wife, Anna, of Salem; two daughter[s], Miss Lena Buell of [S]alem and Mrs. Mary Wren of Washougal, Wash.; a son, Herbert Hanson of Salem; a brother, Charles W. Buell of Jefferson; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Announcement of funeral services will be made later by the Howell-Edwards chapel (Walker-Howell Funeral Home).

Statesman Journal, October 3, 1949⁵⁵⁰⁰

Anna Buell, 76, Succumbs to Long Illness

Anna Blair Buell, who had resided in Salem for 21 years, died Sunday at her home at 1360 Waller st., following three years' illness. She was 76.

Mrs. Buell was born in Solomon City, Kansas, September 3, 1873, and came to Oregon when 16 years old. She married Venard Hanson, who died a few years later.

At Sheridan in 1899 she married Marion Herbert Buell, son of a pioneer family for whom the community of Buell in Polk county was named. Mr. Buell's father and grandfather built a chapel, originally called the Plains, more than 100 years ago at the site which later became Buell.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Buell had been employes of California Packing company in Salem in recent years. He died five years ago. She was a member of the Free Methodist church.

Surviving are two daughters, Lena Buell of Salem and Mrs. Mary Wren of Walla Walla, Wash., a son, Herbert Hanson of Salem; a brother, Oscar N. Blair of Gresham; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Howell-Edwards chapel with the Rev. J. N. Walker officiating. Interment will be in City View cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 16, 18804793	Culver, Ottawa, Kansas	Henry James Blair Malinda Jane Cartright Laura Belle Blair Anna Blair Oscar Newton Blair Mary Blair
June 20, 19005502	Jackson, Polk, Oregon	Anna Blair Marion Herbert Buell Mary Hansen Herbert Bernard Hansen
April 22, 19105503	Falls City, Polk, Oregon	Anna Blair Marion Herbert Buell Mary Hansen Herbert Bernard Hansen Lena Buell
January 2, 19205504	Falls City, Polk, Oregon	Anna Blair Marion Herbert Buell Lena Buell
April 19, 19305505	Salem, Marion, Oregon	Anna Blair Marion Herbert Buell Lena Buell
April 12, 19405506	Salem, Marion, Oregon	Anna Blair Marion Herbert Buell Lena Buell