Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2010, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Title: History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio Authors: Aldrich, Lewis Cass. City of Publication: Syracuse, N.Y. : Publisher: D. Mason & Co., Publication Date: 1888 Transcribed by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== (Page 648 - Brief Personals) BLAIR, Alfred H., Washington, Texas p.o., was born in Portage county, O., in 1825, and settled in Henry county in 1863. He was engaged in the stock business in 1845, frequently passing through Henry county on his way to Indiana, he became familiar with the county at an early date. He was a son of Alfred and Julia (Miller) Blair. Julia was born in Vermont and her husband in Massachusetts. They were married in Portage county, in 1824, and had a family of six children, four of whom are now living: Alfred H., Elston, Henry M., and Samantha. The father died in 1835, and the mother in February, 1882, at the age of eighty-three years. Alfred H. Blair, was married in 1853, to Clarissa Vaughn of Vermont. She died in 1854, and he then married Jane Silvernail, in 1863. She was born in Greene county, N.Y. They have had a family of three children, Mary, Carlos, and John. Alfred H. Blair has been township trustee, assessor, and now resides on a homestead of 80 acres. ==========================================================================