News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    John Francis Marion Blair[1]

    Male 1826 - 1885  (59 years)


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    • Name John Francis Marion Blair  [2
      Born 1826  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      Gender Male 
      Died 1885 
      Notes 
      • . JOHN FRANCIS BLAIR (William's grandson, see Descendants) was born on 1 January 1804 to James Blair and Polly Dickerson, as shown in family tree 768. John died on 27 October 1860, aged 56, in TX.
        CHRISTEEN KEEN (William's grandson's wife) was born in 1810. Christeen died in 1861, aged about 51.
        John Francis Blair, aged 23, married Christeen Keen, aged about 17, on 8 September 1827. They had ten children:
        Elizabeth Ann Blair born on 27 July 1828 in VA; died on 12 April 1862
        James Keen Blair born on 19 January 1830 in VA; died on 11 February 1911
        Charles William Blair born on 15 September 1831
        Elenine Frances Blair born on 8 March 1834; died on 19 March 1910
        John Henry Blair born in 1840; died in October 1860
        Thomas Wellington Blair born in 1842; died on 5 October 1864
        George Whitfield Blair born on 25 May 1844; died on 11 January 1932
        Wesley Witcher Blair born in 1846; died in August 1867
        Elisha Edgar Blair born in 1849; died in 1895
        Francis Dickinson Blair born on 12 July 1851; died on 6 November 1930

        http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/families.htm
        CHRISTIAN3 KEEN (JOHN2, CAPT. ELISHA1) was born Bet. 1809 - 1810 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died Aug 1861 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She married JOHN FRANCIS BLAIR 13 Sep 1827 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He was born 01 Jan 1804 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and died Oct 1860 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

        Notes for JOHN FRANCIS BLAIR:
        - Moved to Texas in 1858
        - Family lived in Stoney Mill
        Children of CHRISTIAN KEEN and JOHN BLAIR are:
        i. JAMES KEEN4 BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. LUCY BARKSDALE RAGSDALE, 10 Dec 1849, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
        ii. JOHN HENRY BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. Oct 1860, Grayson County, Texas.
        iii. WESLEY WITCHER BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1867, Grayson County, Texas; m. SALLY EVANS.
        iv. GEORGE WHITFIELD BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. FRANCES SHORTRIDGE.
        v. ELISHA EDGAR BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. SARAH THOMAS TURNER.
        vi. FRANCIS DICKINSON BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. MARY ELIZABETH MCKEE.
        vii. THOMAS WELLINGTON BLAIR, b. Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
        viii. ELIZA ANN BLAIR, b. 27 Jul 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 12 Apr 1882, Grayson County, Texas; m. WILLIAM DAVID WILLIAMS, 18 Jun 1844, Virginia; b. 12 Dec 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 11 Aug 1861, Grayson County, Texas.
        ix. CHARLES WILLIAM BLAIR, b. 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; m. (1) MARTHA JANE P. GUEVIANT; m. (2) DORA DEGRAFFENREAD.
        Notes for CHARLES WILLIAM BLAIR:
        moved back to Pittsylvania County in 1882
        x. EMMELINE FRANCES BLAIR, b. 08 Mar 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 19 Mar 1910, Coleman County, Texas; m. PETER HARRY TURNER, 18 Dec 1850, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; b. 02 Sep 1822, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 11 Aug 1901, Coleman County, Texas
      Person ID I4041  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny, Margret Devin Reynolds Descendants
      Last Modified 12 Nov 2011 

      Father Samuel Brittain Blair, Sr.,   b. 11 Apr 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1870  (Age 80 years) 
      Mother Mary S. "Polly" Reynolds,   b. 18 Mar 1791, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Apr 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
      Married 26 Jul 1810  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Family ID F1492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        John Francis Marion Blair m. Mary C. Mahan
        See Lineages: Joseph Reynolds His Parents and Progeny by Anna Evans
        http://www.the-eggman.com/publish/reynolds01.pdf

        Two accounts of the family of John Francis Marion Blair

      2. [S04249] Boisseau, Mary Leigh.

      3. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        www.Cottagehill.com/southside/i1983.htm#i21067
        John Francis Marion Blair
        1826-1885