Austin Blair
1818 - 1894 (76 years)-
Name Austin Blair Born 8 Feb 1818 Carolin, Tompkins Co., NY 
Gender Male Died 6 Aug 1894 Jackson, MI Buried BL Person ID I00516 Am Anc of MI Gov Last Modified 28 Mar 2017
Father George Blair, b. 29 Nov 1786, Rutland, MA , d. 20 Dec 1869, Speedwell, Tomkins Co., NY (Age 83 years) Mother Rhoda Blackman, b. 5 Oct 1790, Berkshire, MA , d. 8 Jul 1874, Tompkins Co., NY (Age 83 years) Married 7 May 1817 Tompkins Co., NY Family ID F0239 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Persis Lyman, b. 1820, d. Jan 1844, Eaton Rapids, MI (Age 24 years) Married 18 Feb 1841 Jackson, MI Children 1. Gertrude Blair, b. 17 Feb 1842, Eaton Rapids, MI , d. 12 Sep 1842 (Age 0 years)Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 Family ID F0235 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth Pratt, b. 2 Feb 1823, Braintree, MA , d. 28 Apr 1847, Jackson, MI (Age 24 years) Married 25 May 1846 Lorraine Co., Ohio Children 1. James Hunter Blair, b. Abt 1847, d. Abt 1847 (Age ~ 0 years) Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 Family ID F0236 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Sarah Louisa Horton, b. 11 Aug 1824, Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY , d. 1 Jul 1897, Jackson, MI (Age 72 years) Married 16 Feb 1849 Jackson, MI Children 1. George Henry Blair, b. 10 Apr 1850, d. 1903 (Age 52 years) 2. Nelly Blair, b. 10 Oct 1851, d. Sep 1852 (Age 0 years) 3. Charles Austin Blair, b. 10 Apr 1854, d. 1912 (Age 57 years) 4. Frederick J. Blair, b. 15 Dec 1860, bur. BL, HO 5. Austin True Blair, b. 27 Jan 1864, bur. BL Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 Family ID F0237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thirteenth Governor of MI 1861-1864
Governor during the Civil War
Biographical Director of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol II (Iowa-MO), edited by Robert Sobel and John Raimo, 1978 Meckler Books, page 748.
First Ladies of MI by Wildah Weddon, NOG Press, 1977, pages 40-43.
MI Governors Their Life Stories by Wildah Weddon, NOG Press, 1994, pages 42-46.
- Thirteenth Governor of MI 1861-1864