BLAIR, Salome Annette (Mrs. Albert Houston Blair), Wa-Keeney, Trego Co., Kan.

Born Kusaiae, Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean, Aug. 31, 1856; dau. Rev. George and Nancy Annette (Shaw) Pierson; ed. in common school, East Oakland, Cal; High School, Adel, Ia.; Rockford Coll., grad. '76; grad. fine arts dep't, Bethany Coll., Lindsborg, Kan. (painting), '06; m. Jan. 1, 1880, Albert Houston Blair; children: Stella Annette, b. Aug. 3, 1881; Lucy Emily, b. Aug. 14, 1882; Julia Maud, b. Jan. 2, 1886. Deputy clerk of the District Court, 1884-85. Assisted in organization of Osborne Women's Presbyterial Missionary Soc., 1890. Active in Presbyterian Church and Sunday-school, and in choir work. Has been pres. and sec. County Sunday-school Ass'n; church organist; active in philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics. Mem. Order of the Eastern Star. Recreations: Needlework, painting, music Mem. Tourist Club, Soc. Fed. with Kansas Sixth Dist. Fed. W.C. (treas.).

Source: "Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915" ⁹⁸⁰⁶