He was educated at Kansas Wesleyan College, where he obtained both a Doctorate of Divinity and a L.L.D. degree. He also went to McCormick Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1901. He married Edith Perl Allen on 2 June 1901 at Dickinson County, Kansas with the ceremony performed by her father, Rev. E. W. Allen. In August 1901, he and Edith became missionaries to Korea under the Presybterian Board of Missions and served in Pyongyang, Korea (later North Korea) for 40 years with five different year long leaves in the U.S. during that time. They came back permanently in 1940 and settled in Topeka, Kansas. He married a second time to an unknown woman as referenced in the sentence: "he and the first Mrs. Blair lived in a cottage surrounded by roses in Pyongyang." He was the author of the books, "Gold in Korea" and "Chan Sung's Confession." After his retirement in 1947 from missionary work, he served as a minister in several Presybterian churches in the U.S. There were articles about him and his work in the "Topeka Capital" issues of 2 June 1919, 6 October 1957, 15 December 1957, and 13 December 1960.
He was educated at Kansas Wesleyan College, where he obtained both a Doctorate of Divinity and a L.L.D. degree. He also went to McCormick Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1901. He married Edith Perl Allen on 2 June 1901 at Dickinson County, Kansas with the ceremony performed by her father, Rev. E. W. Allen. In August 1901, he and Edith became missionaries to Korea under the Presybterian Board of Missions and served in Pyongyang, Korea (later North Korea) for 40 years with five different year long leaves in the U.S. during that time. They came back permanently in 1940 and settled in Topeka, Kansas. He married a second time to an unknown woman as referenced in the sentence: "he and the first Mrs. Blair lived in a cottage surrounded by roses in Pyongyang." He was the author of the books, "Gold in Korea" and "Chan Sung's Confession." After his retirement in 1947 from missionary work, he served as a minister in several Presybterian churches in the U.S. There were articles about him and his work in the "Topeka Capital" issues of 2 June 1919, 6 October 1957, 15 December 1957, and 13 December 1960.
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Blair Plot
William Newton Blair
Missionary to Korea
Beloved Husband of Edith Allen Blair
Born July 11, 1876
Went to Heaven May 2, 1970
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Buried in a common family plot with Charles W., Edgar W., Edith, Emma A. and Mabel.
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