Jeanette Haymond was born on August 23, 1859. in La Salle, La Salle County, Illinois. She was the youngest of nine children born to John S. Haymond, b. 1810 and Rachael McGee, b. 1815. She was five feet six inches tall with dark hair and brown eyes, and she wore eyeglasses late in her life. Her husband always called her "Muffy," and the rest of her Blair/Haymond family called her "Nettie." Her Father was a farmer in La Salle County, Illinois, who died when she was young (1880 federal census shows Rachael McGee Haymond as a widow).
Jeanette Haymond and George W. Blair married in Illinois before the young family relocated to Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. While there is conflicting information on the place of their marriage, the Dekalb County, Illinois marriage index lists the joining of George W. Blair and Jeanette Haymond on February 17, 1880.
George W. Blair's father was William Wallace Blair, a prominent Mormon Elder who had converted to the Mormon faith. The president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church had authorized the purchase of over three thousand acres to form a reorganized Mormon community in 1870. Lamoni, which is just north of the Missouri border, was chosen for the site because of its good farmland and because of its proximity about 100 miles north of Temple Lot, which is an important Biblical location of church teachings. The Mormons had been evicted from Temple Lot and Missouri in the Mormon War of 1838. Lamoni was formally platted adjacent to newly laid tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1879.
George and Jeanette Blair had three children, all born in Lamoni, Iowa: Wallace Haymond Blair, b. 1880, Mabel H. Blair, born 1882, and Edna Hazel Blair, b. 1885. The federal and Iowa state census records from 1880, 1885, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 confirm their residence, first on a farm in Decatur County and later in the town of Lamoni. They were described by their grandchildren as a "nice aristocratic couple of the Victorian era."
The book of "The History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its People," Volume 2. Author: Howell, J. M. Publisher: Chicago: The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1915, includes George W Blair and provides the following insight on his wife:
George W. Blair remained in Illinois until February, 1880, when he was married to Miss Jeannette Haymond, of Sandwich, Illinois, but following that event he removed to Lamoni, Iowa, arriving here in March. He (they) resided upon a farm in Decatur County for about eight years and then took up residence in Lamoni, where he (George Blair) was engaged in the mercantile business with his father, his brother Wilham, and Thomas Bell, the name of the firm being Blair & Bell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blair have been born a son and two daughters, namely: Wallace H., who married Lulu Gillen and who is editor of the Lamoni Chronicle; Mrs. E. G. Younker, of Washington, D. C; and Mrs. B. W. Hart, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart is engaged in the insurance business, in which he is meeting with a gratifying measure of prosperity. To him and his wife has been born a son. Mr. Younker is president of the Sanitary Grocery Company, which operates forty-two grocery stores in the city of Washington and he is one of the leaders in the business circles of that city.
At age 80, Jeanette Blair fell ill to a "strong fever" in the autumn of 1939 and was hospitalized. Concern for his wife led to stress, and George W. Blair died of a heart attack at his home on November 3, 1939. His grandson, Byron Wellington Hart II, wrote that George passed away while taking a nap at home in the presence of Byron's older brother, John Blair Hart. Jeanette was in failing health and was not told of her husband's passing by the family. In early December she realized that George had not visited her for several weeks and asked her granddaughter, Rosalie Blair, "He's dead, isn't he?" Jeanette died shortly after, on December 6, 1939, and is buried next to her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
By Joe Kubec and Mary Hart
Jeanette Haymond and George W. Blair married in Illinois before the young family relocated to Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. While there is conflicting information on the place of their marriage, the Dekalb County, Illinois marriage index lists the joining of George W. Blair and Jeanette Haymond on February 17, 1880.
George W. Blair's father was William Wallace Blair, a prominent Mormon Elder who had converted to the Mormon faith. The president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church had authorized the purchase of over three thousand acres to form a reorganized Mormon community in 1870. Lamoni, which is just north of the Missouri border, was chosen for the site because of its good farmland and because of its proximity about 100 miles north of Temple Lot, which is an important Biblical location of church teachings. The Mormons had been evicted from Temple Lot and Missouri in the Mormon War of 1838. Lamoni was formally platted adjacent to newly laid tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1879.
George and Jeanette Blair had three children, all born in Lamoni, Iowa: Wallace Haymond Blair, b. 1880, Mabel H. Blair, born 1882, and Edna Hazel Blair, b. 1885. The federal and Iowa state census records from 1880, 1885, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 confirm their residence, first on a farm in Decatur County and later in the town of Lamoni. They were described by their grandchildren as a "nice aristocratic couple of the Victorian era."
The book of "The History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its People," Volume 2. Author: Howell, J. M. Publisher: Chicago: The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1915, includes George W Blair and provides the following insight on his wife:
George W. Blair remained in Illinois until February, 1880, when he was married to Miss Jeannette Haymond, of Sandwich, Illinois, but following that event he removed to Lamoni, Iowa, arriving here in March. He (they) resided upon a farm in Decatur County for about eight years and then took up residence in Lamoni, where he (George Blair) was engaged in the mercantile business with his father, his brother Wilham, and Thomas Bell, the name of the firm being Blair & Bell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blair have been born a son and two daughters, namely: Wallace H., who married Lulu Gillen and who is editor of the Lamoni Chronicle; Mrs. E. G. Younker, of Washington, D. C; and Mrs. B. W. Hart, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart is engaged in the insurance business, in which he is meeting with a gratifying measure of prosperity. To him and his wife has been born a son. Mr. Younker is president of the Sanitary Grocery Company, which operates forty-two grocery stores in the city of Washington and he is one of the leaders in the business circles of that city.
At age 80, Jeanette Blair fell ill to a "strong fever" in the autumn of 1939 and was hospitalized. Concern for his wife led to stress, and George W. Blair died of a heart attack at his home on November 3, 1939. His grandson, Byron Wellington Hart II, wrote that George passed away while taking a nap at home in the presence of Byron's older brother, John Blair Hart. Jeanette was in failing health and was not told of her husband's passing by the family. In early December she realized that George had not visited her for several weeks and asked her granddaughter, Rosalie Blair, "He's dead, isn't he?" Jeanette died shortly after, on December 6, 1939, and is buried next to her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
By Joe Kubec and Mary Hart
Jeanette Haymond was born on August 23, 1859. in La Salle, La Salle County, Illinois. She was the youngest of nine children born to John S. Haymond, b. 1810 and Rachael McGee, b. 1815. She was five feet six inches tall with dark hair and brown eyes, and she wore eyeglasses late in her life. Her husband always called her "Muffy," and the rest of her Blair/Haymond family called her "Nettie." Her Father was a farmer in La Salle County, Illinois, who died when she was young (1880 federal census shows Rachael McGee Haymond as a widow).
Jeanette Haymond and George W. Blair married in Illinois before the young family relocated to Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. While there is conflicting information on the place of their marriage, the Dekalb County, Illinois marriage index lists the joining of George W. Blair and Jeanette Haymond on February 17, 1880.
George W. Blair's father was William Wallace Blair, a prominent Mormon Elder who had converted to the Mormon faith. The president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church had authorized the purchase of over three thousand acres to form a reorganized Mormon community in 1870. Lamoni, which is just north of the Missouri border, was chosen for the site because of its good farmland and because of its proximity about 100 miles north of Temple Lot, which is an important Biblical location of church teachings. The Mormons had been evicted from Temple Lot and Missouri in the Mormon War of 1838. Lamoni was formally platted adjacent to newly laid tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1879.
George and Jeanette Blair had three children, all born in Lamoni, Iowa: Wallace Haymond Blair, b. 1880, Mabel H. Blair, born 1882, and Edna Hazel Blair, b. 1885. The federal and Iowa state census records from 1880, 1885, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 confirm their residence, first on a farm in Decatur County and later in the town of Lamoni. They were described by their grandchildren as a "nice aristocratic couple of the Victorian era."
The book of "The History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its People," Volume 2. Author: Howell, J. M. Publisher: Chicago: The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1915, includes George W Blair and provides the following insight on his wife:
George W. Blair remained in Illinois until February, 1880, when he was married to Miss Jeannette Haymond, of Sandwich, Illinois, but following that event he removed to Lamoni, Iowa, arriving here in March. He (they) resided upon a farm in Decatur County for about eight years and then took up residence in Lamoni, where he (George Blair) was engaged in the mercantile business with his father, his brother Wilham, and Thomas Bell, the name of the firm being Blair & Bell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blair have been born a son and two daughters, namely: Wallace H., who married Lulu Gillen and who is editor of the Lamoni Chronicle; Mrs. E. G. Younker, of Washington, D. C; and Mrs. B. W. Hart, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart is engaged in the insurance business, in which he is meeting with a gratifying measure of prosperity. To him and his wife has been born a son. Mr. Younker is president of the Sanitary Grocery Company, which operates forty-two grocery stores in the city of Washington and he is one of the leaders in the business circles of that city.
At age 80, Jeanette Blair fell ill to a "strong fever" in the autumn of 1939 and was hospitalized. Concern for his wife led to stress, and George W. Blair died of a heart attack at his home on November 3, 1939. His grandson, Byron Wellington Hart II, wrote that George passed away while taking a nap at home in the presence of Byron's older brother, John Blair Hart. Jeanette was in failing health and was not told of her husband's passing by the family. In early December she realized that George had not visited her for several weeks and asked her granddaughter, Rosalie Blair, "He's dead, isn't he?" Jeanette died shortly after, on December 6, 1939, and is buried next to her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
By Joe Kubec and Mary Hart
Jeanette Haymond and George W. Blair married in Illinois before the young family relocated to Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa. While there is conflicting information on the place of their marriage, the Dekalb County, Illinois marriage index lists the joining of George W. Blair and Jeanette Haymond on February 17, 1880.
George W. Blair's father was William Wallace Blair, a prominent Mormon Elder who had converted to the Mormon faith. The president of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church had authorized the purchase of over three thousand acres to form a reorganized Mormon community in 1870. Lamoni, which is just north of the Missouri border, was chosen for the site because of its good farmland and because of its proximity about 100 miles north of Temple Lot, which is an important Biblical location of church teachings. The Mormons had been evicted from Temple Lot and Missouri in the Mormon War of 1838. Lamoni was formally platted adjacent to newly laid tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1879.
George and Jeanette Blair had three children, all born in Lamoni, Iowa: Wallace Haymond Blair, b. 1880, Mabel H. Blair, born 1882, and Edna Hazel Blair, b. 1885. The federal and Iowa state census records from 1880, 1885, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 confirm their residence, first on a farm in Decatur County and later in the town of Lamoni. They were described by their grandchildren as a "nice aristocratic couple of the Victorian era."
The book of "The History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its People," Volume 2. Author: Howell, J. M. Publisher: Chicago: The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1915, includes George W Blair and provides the following insight on his wife:
George W. Blair remained in Illinois until February, 1880, when he was married to Miss Jeannette Haymond, of Sandwich, Illinois, but following that event he removed to Lamoni, Iowa, arriving here in March. He (they) resided upon a farm in Decatur County for about eight years and then took up residence in Lamoni, where he (George Blair) was engaged in the mercantile business with his father, his brother Wilham, and Thomas Bell, the name of the firm being Blair & Bell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blair have been born a son and two daughters, namely: Wallace H., who married Lulu Gillen and who is editor of the Lamoni Chronicle; Mrs. E. G. Younker, of Washington, D. C; and Mrs. B. W. Hart, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Hart is engaged in the insurance business, in which he is meeting with a gratifying measure of prosperity. To him and his wife has been born a son. Mr. Younker is president of the Sanitary Grocery Company, which operates forty-two grocery stores in the city of Washington and he is one of the leaders in the business circles of that city.
At age 80, Jeanette Blair fell ill to a "strong fever" in the autumn of 1939 and was hospitalized. Concern for his wife led to stress, and George W. Blair died of a heart attack at his home on November 3, 1939. His grandson, Byron Wellington Hart II, wrote that George passed away while taking a nap at home in the presence of Byron's older brother, John Blair Hart. Jeanette was in failing health and was not told of her husband's passing by the family. In early December she realized that George had not visited her for several weeks and asked her granddaughter, Rosalie Blair, "He's dead, isn't he?" Jeanette died shortly after, on December 6, 1939, and is buried next to her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
By Joe Kubec and Mary Hart
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