| Birth: | Aug. 22, 1802
Foul Rift
Warren County
New Jersey, USA | | Death: | Dec. 2, 1899
Blairstown
Warren County
New Jersey, USA | 
Wealthy merchant, railroad tycoon, and founder of Blair Academy. The township of Blairstown New Jersey was named for J.I. Blair in 1839 along with several other towns Blair plotted in the midwest. Blairstown Iowa, Blairsburg Iowa, Blairstown Missouri, Blair Nebraska, and many other towns in the midwest were plotted by Blair while he was building his great Railroad expansion in the midwest as well as his railroad empire in his native New Jersey.
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Gravel Hill Cemetery
Blairstown
Warren County
New Jersey, USA
Plot: Blair family plot |
Created by: Brian K. Rhodes
Record added: Aug 25, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 15493870 |
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Rhonda Nelson
Added: Aug. 18, 2009 |
You were one of the greatest men who ever lived Mr. Blair, rest in peace sir!
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Brian K. Rhodes
Added: Aug. 25, 2006 |
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