Lamoille Lucy Parish and Charles Norris Blair

CHARLES NORRIS BLAIR, son of EMILY CLARISSA HOUSTON and NEWTON BLAIR, was born December 8, 1845 in Kossuth, Des Moines, Iowa,⁴⁷⁸³ and died March 1, 1909 in Saline County, Kansas.⁴⁷⁸³ He is buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas.^{4783, 456}

He married LAMOILLE LUCY PARISH on June 30, 1870 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas.⁴⁶⁹⁴ She was born August 7, 1847 in Watertown, Ontario, Canada,^{706, 8329} and died February 29, 1932 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶ She is buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas.^{706, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Charles N. Blair)

Children of LAMOILLE LUCY PARISH and CHARLES NORRIS BLAIR:

1. FRANKIE G. BLAIR, b. October 9, 1871, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ d. November 12, 1872, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Prairie Mound Cemetery, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶
2. NELLIE BLAIR, b. June 5, 1873, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ m. GEORGE ARTHUR STREETER on September 28, 1899 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas⁸³³⁰; d. February 22, 1963, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶
3. CHARLES ORVILLE BLAIR, b. July 6, 1877, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;^{456, 8289} m. RACHEL CURTISS on March 12, 1906 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas⁴⁷⁷⁵; d. June 6, 1922, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.^{8289, 456}
4. EFFIE LEMOILE BLAIR, b. October 18, 1880, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;⁷⁰⁶ m. CAMERON LUTHER ORR on September 22, 1904⁵⁰⁵⁶; d. September 14, 1950, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
5. ARTHUR NEWTON BLAIR, b. October 24, 1883, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ m. EDITH DOUGHERTY on November 30, 1911 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. August 11, 1963, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas.¹²²²¹
6. HARRIET E. BLAIR, b. January 23, 1885, Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas;^{56, 456} d. December 26, 1969, Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas.^{56, 456}

Personal Information

• Charles Norris Blair was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Salina, Kansas. ⁴⁷⁸³

Military Service

Work History

Obituaries

Salina Evening Journal, March 4, 1909⁴⁷⁸³

C. N. Blair died at his home two miles south of town, Monday morning, at 2:40 o'clock. Mr. Blair was an early settler, having located here in the 60's. He was a soldier in the civil war, and an earnest Christian man. He had a kind, gentlemanly manner and was loved by all who knew him. He has been a sufferer for a long time with a cancer of the stomach and his death has been expected. He died at the age of 63 years. He leaves a wife, two sons and three daughters to mourn the loss of a loving husband and father, and the community has lost in him a good friend and citizen. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, of which he has been a member about 40 years and held the office of elder for a number of years. He was laid to rest in the Prairie Mound cemetery.

Kansas City Times, March 1, 1932⁸³²⁹

MRS. CHARLES N. BLAIR DIES

The End at 84 to Mother of Mrs. Cameron L. Orr

Mrs. Lamoille L. Blair, 84 years old, died last night at her home, 5411 Holmes street.

Mrs. Blair was born in Watertown, Ontario, Canada. As a child she went with her parents to Solomon, Kas., and later with her husband, Charles N. Blair, homesteaded a farm near there. After his death about twenty-one years ago she came to Kansas City.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cameron L. Orr and Miss Harriet E. Blair, both of 5411 Holmes street, and Mrs. Nellie B. Streeter, Montrose hotel, and a son, Arthur M. Blair, Hurley, N. M. Mrs. Blair was an aunt of David E. Blair of St. Louis, former justice of the Missouri supreme court.

Funeral services and burial will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday in Solomon.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 12, 18501704	Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines, Iowa	Newton Blair Emily Clarissa Houston Mary Evaline Blair Charles Norris Blair Edgar Wilson Blair Henry James Blair Sarah Elizabeth Blair
June 11, 18601703	Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines, Iowa	Newton Blair Emily Clarissa Houston Mary Evaline Blair Charles Norris Blair Edgar Wilson Blair Henry James Blair Albert Houston Blair Harriet Winslow Blair Helen Bruce Blair Thomas Spencer Blair
March 1, 18754781	Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas	Newton Blair Emily Clarissa Houston Charles Norris Blair Albert Houston Blair Thomas Spencer Blair Bryson Purdy Blair Lamoille Lucy Parish Nellie Blair
June 8, 18804748	Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas	Charles Norris Blair Lamoille Lucy Parish Nellie Blair Charles Orville Blair
18854782	Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas	Charles Norris Blair Lamoille Lucy Parish Nellie Blair Charles Orville Blair Effie LeMoile Blair Arthur Newton Blair Harriet E. Blair
June 18, 19003202	Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas	Charles Norris Blair Lamoille Lucy Parish Charles Orville Blair Effie LeMoile Blair Arthur Newton Blair Harriet E. Blair
1905499	Lincoln, Dickinson, Kansas	Charles Norris Blair Lamoille Lucy Parish Harriet E. Blair
January 11, 1920293	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Effie LeMoile Blair Cameron Luther Orr Charles Blair Orr Harriet E. Blair Harriett Louise Jean Orr Lamoille Lucy Parish
April 11, 1930480	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Lamoille Lucy Parish Harriet E. Blair