Families of Jane Rankin Blair

JANE RANKIN BLAIR, daughter of BETSY RANKIN and MATTHEW BLAIR, was born in 1802 in Virginia,⁴⁵⁶ and died in 1878.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in West Point Cemetery, Liberty, Union, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

She married (1) JOHN HALL VAN LEAR on December 9, 1819 in Augusta County, Virginia.¹⁷⁹⁹ He died before 1826.

She married (2) WILLIAM H. THOMPSON on August 30, 1826 in Augusta County, Virginia.¹⁷⁹⁹ He was born in Virginia, and died before 1848.

She married (3) NATHANIEL MCCLURE on November 9, 1848 in Wayne County, Indiana.^{193, 1675} He was born December 24, 1789,⁸⁹ and died March 31, 1862.⁸⁹ He is buried in McClure Family Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.⁸⁹

• Descendant Reports
  • Alexander Blair Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jane R. Blair)
  • Descendants of William H. Thompson

Children of JANE RANKIN BLAIR and WILLIAM H. THOMPSON:

1. JOHN LEWIS THOMPSON, b. June 9, 1829, Augusta County, Virginia;¹⁷⁶⁸ m. (1) MARGARET E. FRYAR on May 15, 1851 in Wayne County, Indiana^{193, 1675}, m. (2) OLIVIA NASON on October 9, 1858 in Indiana⁸⁷⁹⁰; d. April 23, 1903, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
2. THOMAS GEORGE THOMPSON, b. August 26, 1831, Augusta County, Virginia;⁴⁹³¹ m. MARY A. TAYLOR on September 6, 1852 in Wayne County, Indiana^{193, 1675}; d. March 12, 1912, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.²⁰²
3. NANCY R. THOMPSON, b. 1835.
4. RACHEL ANN THOMPSON, b. 1839; m. NIMROD M. MILLER on August 19, 1858 in Wayne County, Indiana¹⁶⁷⁵; d. between 1879 and 1880.
5. MARGARET CAROLINE THOMPSON, b. 1842, Indiana; m. GEORGE W. PIERCE on September 14, 1860 in Wayne County, Indiana^{193, 1675}; d. January 9, 1892.⁴⁵⁶

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
August 20, 1850307	Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana	Jane Rankin Blair Nathaniel McClure John Lewis Thompson Thomas George Thompson Nancy R. Thompson Rachel Ann Thompson Margaret Caroline Thompson
June 28, 1860306	Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana	Nathaniel McClure Jane Rankin Blair Margaret Caroline Thompson
1870305	Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana	Nimrod M. Miller Rachel Ann Thompson Julia Miller Ellen B. Miller Mary Alice Miller David E. Miller Edward Elsworth Miller Charles C. Miller Cora May Miller Jane Rankin Blair
June 8, 18701864	Liberty, Union, Indiana	Margaret Caroline Thompson George W. Pierce Minnie Leliah Pierce Georgetta E. Pierce Effie May Pierce Jane Rankin Blair