Rev. Daniel Blain was the son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham Harrison. He married Mary Louisa Mercer, the daughter of John C. Mercer and Mary C. Waller on 3 Jan 1867, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
On the 1850 Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found Presbyterian Minister, James Blain, 43; Susan Blain, 41; Daniel Blain, 11; Mary Blain, 10; Randolph Blain, 8; Charlotte Blain, 5 and Lucy Blain, 2, all Virginia born.
On the 1860 Williamsburg, James City, Virginia census, I found minister S W Blain, 52; Susan J Blain, 52; teacher Daniel Blain, 21; Mary R Blain, 19; R H Blain, 17; Charlotte E Blain, 14 and Lucy C Blain, 11, all Virginia born.
On the 1880 Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia census, I found teacher Danl. Blaine (Ancestry lists Dan L in error), 41; wife M.L. Blaine 41; sons: Jno. M. Blaine, 11; Randolph Blaine, 9; Saml. S. Blaine, 7; Hugh H. Blaine, 5 and Robert W. Blaine, 11/12, all Virginia born.
On the 1900 Samuel Miller, Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found preacher Daniel Blain, 61, born Nov 1838; wife of 33 years Mary L Blain, 60, Jan 1840, had 8 kids, 6 living; sons: teacher Hugh M Blain, 25, Dec 1874; student R W Blain, 20, Jun 1880 and student Cory R Blain, 18, Mar 1882; plus house servants: John Scott, 72; Lucindy Scott, 57 and Herbert L Scott 1, all Virginia born.
"Staff officer for Gens. Pendleton and Magruder; Ordinance Sgt./clerk,1st Rockbridge(Va.)Arty.;" may have also served as Pvt.,in Co.E,1st Va. Cav. Regt. Also listed as born Rockbridge Co. I note other sources say Cumberland County, instead.
He shares kinship with President Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph cousin, Jane Randolph Jefferson line. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewarejamesbakercalder/randolphisham0001.htm#id404.
From Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock's book below: "DANIEL BLAIN- is a son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham (Harrison) Blain, now residents in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, November 20, 1838, was educated at Washington College and at Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and his marriage was solemnized at Williamsburg, Virginia, January 3, 1867. His wife is Mary Louisa, daughter of Dr. John C. an Mary C. (Waller) Mercer, her parents residents in Williamsburg. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 12, 1839. The children of Daniel Blain and wife were born: John Mercer, April 30, 1869; Randolph Harrison, January 12, 1871; Samuel Stuart, October 18, 1872; Hugh Mercer, December 26,1874; Daniel, November 23, 1877, died October 28, 1879; Robert Waller, June 19, 1879; Cary Randolph, March 11, 1882. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Rev. Daniel Blain, professor of languages and mathematics in Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia. He was a native of South Carolina, and married Mary Hanna, daughter of Matthew Hanna, Esq., of Lexington, Virginia. The maternal grandfather of the present Daniel Blain was Randolph Harrison of Clifton, Cumberland county, Virginia, who married Mary Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph of Dungenness, Goochland county, Virginia. Mary Louisa, wife of Rev. Daniel Blain, is a granddaughter of Colonel Hugh Mercer, of Fredericksburg, who was a son of General Hugh Mercer, who fell at the battle of Princeton. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Robert Page Waller, of Williamsburg."
Rev. Daniel Blain, "The subject of this sketch entered the Confederate army as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery; he was made ordnance sergeant on staff of General William N. Pendleton, chief of artillery for the Army of Northern Virginia. He served from May, 1861, till April, 1865, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. Randolph Harrison Blain, attorney-at-law, Louisville, Kentucky, his only brother, enlisted as a private in the Richmond Howitzers, was commissioned first lieutenant in the State Line troops, and then first lieutenant of Jackson's horse artillery, which company he was commanding at close of the war. Both brothers were wounded in the service. Rev. Daniel Blain was pastor at Collierstown, Rockbridge county, 1867-71, since which time he has filled his present pastorate at Christiansburg, Montgomery county, Virginia." The above is from Virginia and Virginians, Eminent Virginians, Executives of Virginia, 1606 - 1889, by Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock and Virgil Anson Lewis, Genea. Publishing Co., 1996.
"BLAIN, DANIEL (1838-1906). PAPERS, 1864-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery in the Civil War; later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and a high school principal. Papers include four letters, written July 5 and September 18, 1864, from camp near Petersburg, Virginia, to his future wife. Writes about the chaplaincy in the CSA Army, sitting with a dying man in his last hours, the freedom he had before the war, and news from the front in Mobile, Alabama. Refers to the shelling of Petersburg and the Democratic Party Chicago Convention. Also includes a post-war diary (1868-70) written by Blain as a newly ordained Presbyterian minister. Writes of Confederate officers in and around Lexington, Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his travels around the county, church business, the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the stillborn birth of his son. Ms90-002." The Special Collections Department of Newman Library at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA online at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/guidecw.htm includes the above, in their Guide to the Civil War Manuscript Collections.
REV. DANIEL BLAIN, D. D. The funeral of Dr. Blain took place in the Old Grove church on Saturday morning. October 6, at 11 o'clock, and was conducted by the Rev. R. A. Robinson, of Norfolk, a former pastor. It was very largely attended and was a deeply impressive occasion. Dr. Blain had ministered to the congregation for sixteen years, and filled a large place In the love and confidence of the people of all classes. He lived to see his six sons fitted for honorable and useful positions in life, with the exception of the Rev. J. Mercer Blain, who has returned to China, all of these young men were present. The church continues the salary to Mrs. Blain through this year. She will make her home with her son, Mr. Randolph Blain, in Louisville, Ky. The following account of Dr. Blain and the interment in Lexington is taken from the Lexington Gazette: The Rev. Daniel Blain, D. D., a well konwn educator and prominent minister of the West Hanover Presbytery, died at his home at Covesville, Albermarle county after an illness of four months. The funeral services took from Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from the Covesville Presbyterian church of which Dr. Blain had been pastor for seventeen years. The remains were brought to Lexington for interment, reaching here Saturday night over the Chesapeake and Ohio. They were taken to the Presbyterian church for the night, and the burial services were held at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles, who was assisted by Rev. F. G. Railey. The body was buried by the side of the grave of Dr. Blain's grandfather, Rev. Dr. Daniel Blain, who at one time was professor at Washington College and former pastor of Timber Ridge Presbyterian church. Dr. Blain was educated at Washington and Lee University, graduating with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1858. He enlisted in the Confederate service May 27, 1861, as a member of the Rockbridge artillery, was later transferred to the ordinance department, and was paroled at Appomattox. In the early seventies. Dr. Blain was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Collierstown. For some years he was principal of Cove Academy at Covesville, Va. Dr. Blain is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Mary L. Mercer of Williamsburg, Va., and six sons, as follows: Rev. J. Mercer Blain, missionary to China; R. H. Blain, Jr., of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel S. Blain, of Roanoke; Hugh M. Blain, of Sherman, Texas; R. Waller Blain, Charleston, S. C., and C. R. Blain of Norfolk. Four of the sons accompained the remains of their father to Lexington, also Messrs. H. S. Martin and J. J. Boaz of Covesville. Published in the Central Presbyterian, Vol 41, # 40, 17 Oct 1906.
There is inormation about Daniel in his wife Mary's obit in the 8 Nov 1916 issue of the Presbyterian of the South, p 22 (see photo excerpt).
Bio by LSP
On the 1850 Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found Presbyterian Minister, James Blain, 43; Susan Blain, 41; Daniel Blain, 11; Mary Blain, 10; Randolph Blain, 8; Charlotte Blain, 5 and Lucy Blain, 2, all Virginia born.
On the 1860 Williamsburg, James City, Virginia census, I found minister S W Blain, 52; Susan J Blain, 52; teacher Daniel Blain, 21; Mary R Blain, 19; R H Blain, 17; Charlotte E Blain, 14 and Lucy C Blain, 11, all Virginia born.
On the 1880 Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia census, I found teacher Danl. Blaine (Ancestry lists Dan L in error), 41; wife M.L. Blaine 41; sons: Jno. M. Blaine, 11; Randolph Blaine, 9; Saml. S. Blaine, 7; Hugh H. Blaine, 5 and Robert W. Blaine, 11/12, all Virginia born.
On the 1900 Samuel Miller, Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found preacher Daniel Blain, 61, born Nov 1838; wife of 33 years Mary L Blain, 60, Jan 1840, had 8 kids, 6 living; sons: teacher Hugh M Blain, 25, Dec 1874; student R W Blain, 20, Jun 1880 and student Cory R Blain, 18, Mar 1882; plus house servants: John Scott, 72; Lucindy Scott, 57 and Herbert L Scott 1, all Virginia born.
"Staff officer for Gens. Pendleton and Magruder; Ordinance Sgt./clerk,1st Rockbridge(Va.)Arty.;" may have also served as Pvt.,in Co.E,1st Va. Cav. Regt. Also listed as born Rockbridge Co. I note other sources say Cumberland County, instead.
He shares kinship with President Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph cousin, Jane Randolph Jefferson line. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewarejamesbakercalder/randolphisham0001.htm#id404.
From Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock's book below: "DANIEL BLAIN- is a son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham (Harrison) Blain, now residents in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, November 20, 1838, was educated at Washington College and at Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and his marriage was solemnized at Williamsburg, Virginia, January 3, 1867. His wife is Mary Louisa, daughter of Dr. John C. an Mary C. (Waller) Mercer, her parents residents in Williamsburg. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 12, 1839. The children of Daniel Blain and wife were born: John Mercer, April 30, 1869; Randolph Harrison, January 12, 1871; Samuel Stuart, October 18, 1872; Hugh Mercer, December 26,1874; Daniel, November 23, 1877, died October 28, 1879; Robert Waller, June 19, 1879; Cary Randolph, March 11, 1882. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Rev. Daniel Blain, professor of languages and mathematics in Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia. He was a native of South Carolina, and married Mary Hanna, daughter of Matthew Hanna, Esq., of Lexington, Virginia. The maternal grandfather of the present Daniel Blain was Randolph Harrison of Clifton, Cumberland county, Virginia, who married Mary Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph of Dungenness, Goochland county, Virginia. Mary Louisa, wife of Rev. Daniel Blain, is a granddaughter of Colonel Hugh Mercer, of Fredericksburg, who was a son of General Hugh Mercer, who fell at the battle of Princeton. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Robert Page Waller, of Williamsburg."
Rev. Daniel Blain, "The subject of this sketch entered the Confederate army as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery; he was made ordnance sergeant on staff of General William N. Pendleton, chief of artillery for the Army of Northern Virginia. He served from May, 1861, till April, 1865, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. Randolph Harrison Blain, attorney-at-law, Louisville, Kentucky, his only brother, enlisted as a private in the Richmond Howitzers, was commissioned first lieutenant in the State Line troops, and then first lieutenant of Jackson's horse artillery, which company he was commanding at close of the war. Both brothers were wounded in the service. Rev. Daniel Blain was pastor at Collierstown, Rockbridge county, 1867-71, since which time he has filled his present pastorate at Christiansburg, Montgomery county, Virginia." The above is from Virginia and Virginians, Eminent Virginians, Executives of Virginia, 1606 - 1889, by Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock and Virgil Anson Lewis, Genea. Publishing Co., 1996.
"BLAIN, DANIEL (1838-1906). PAPERS, 1864-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery in the Civil War; later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and a high school principal. Papers include four letters, written July 5 and September 18, 1864, from camp near Petersburg, Virginia, to his future wife. Writes about the chaplaincy in the CSA Army, sitting with a dying man in his last hours, the freedom he had before the war, and news from the front in Mobile, Alabama. Refers to the shelling of Petersburg and the Democratic Party Chicago Convention. Also includes a post-war diary (1868-70) written by Blain as a newly ordained Presbyterian minister. Writes of Confederate officers in and around Lexington, Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his travels around the county, church business, the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the stillborn birth of his son. Ms90-002." The Special Collections Department of Newman Library at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA online at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/guidecw.htm includes the above, in their Guide to the Civil War Manuscript Collections.
REV. DANIEL BLAIN, D. D. The funeral of Dr. Blain took place in the Old Grove church on Saturday morning. October 6, at 11 o'clock, and was conducted by the Rev. R. A. Robinson, of Norfolk, a former pastor. It was very largely attended and was a deeply impressive occasion. Dr. Blain had ministered to the congregation for sixteen years, and filled a large place In the love and confidence of the people of all classes. He lived to see his six sons fitted for honorable and useful positions in life, with the exception of the Rev. J. Mercer Blain, who has returned to China, all of these young men were present. The church continues the salary to Mrs. Blain through this year. She will make her home with her son, Mr. Randolph Blain, in Louisville, Ky. The following account of Dr. Blain and the interment in Lexington is taken from the Lexington Gazette: The Rev. Daniel Blain, D. D., a well konwn educator and prominent minister of the West Hanover Presbytery, died at his home at Covesville, Albermarle county after an illness of four months. The funeral services took from Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from the Covesville Presbyterian church of which Dr. Blain had been pastor for seventeen years. The remains were brought to Lexington for interment, reaching here Saturday night over the Chesapeake and Ohio. They were taken to the Presbyterian church for the night, and the burial services were held at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles, who was assisted by Rev. F. G. Railey. The body was buried by the side of the grave of Dr. Blain's grandfather, Rev. Dr. Daniel Blain, who at one time was professor at Washington College and former pastor of Timber Ridge Presbyterian church. Dr. Blain was educated at Washington and Lee University, graduating with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1858. He enlisted in the Confederate service May 27, 1861, as a member of the Rockbridge artillery, was later transferred to the ordinance department, and was paroled at Appomattox. In the early seventies. Dr. Blain was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Collierstown. For some years he was principal of Cove Academy at Covesville, Va. Dr. Blain is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Mary L. Mercer of Williamsburg, Va., and six sons, as follows: Rev. J. Mercer Blain, missionary to China; R. H. Blain, Jr., of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel S. Blain, of Roanoke; Hugh M. Blain, of Sherman, Texas; R. Waller Blain, Charleston, S. C., and C. R. Blain of Norfolk. Four of the sons accompained the remains of their father to Lexington, also Messrs. H. S. Martin and J. J. Boaz of Covesville. Published in the Central Presbyterian, Vol 41, # 40, 17 Oct 1906.
There is inormation about Daniel in his wife Mary's obit in the 8 Nov 1916 issue of the Presbyterian of the South, p 22 (see photo excerpt).
Bio by LSP
Rev. Daniel Blain was the son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham Harrison. He married Mary Louisa Mercer, the daughter of John C. Mercer and Mary C. Waller on 3 Jan 1867, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
On the 1850 Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found Presbyterian Minister, James Blain, 43; Susan Blain, 41; Daniel Blain, 11; Mary Blain, 10; Randolph Blain, 8; Charlotte Blain, 5 and Lucy Blain, 2, all Virginia born.
On the 1860 Williamsburg, James City, Virginia census, I found minister S W Blain, 52; Susan J Blain, 52; teacher Daniel Blain, 21; Mary R Blain, 19; R H Blain, 17; Charlotte E Blain, 14 and Lucy C Blain, 11, all Virginia born.
On the 1880 Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia census, I found teacher Danl. Blaine (Ancestry lists Dan L in error), 41; wife M.L. Blaine 41; sons: Jno. M. Blaine, 11; Randolph Blaine, 9; Saml. S. Blaine, 7; Hugh H. Blaine, 5 and Robert W. Blaine, 11/12, all Virginia born.
On the 1900 Samuel Miller, Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found preacher Daniel Blain, 61, born Nov 1838; wife of 33 years Mary L Blain, 60, Jan 1840, had 8 kids, 6 living; sons: teacher Hugh M Blain, 25, Dec 1874; student R W Blain, 20, Jun 1880 and student Cory R Blain, 18, Mar 1882; plus house servants: John Scott, 72; Lucindy Scott, 57 and Herbert L Scott 1, all Virginia born.
"Staff officer for Gens. Pendleton and Magruder; Ordinance Sgt./clerk,1st Rockbridge(Va.)Arty.;" may have also served as Pvt.,in Co.E,1st Va. Cav. Regt. Also listed as born Rockbridge Co. I note other sources say Cumberland County, instead.
He shares kinship with President Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph cousin, Jane Randolph Jefferson line. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewarejamesbakercalder/randolphisham0001.htm#id404.
From Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock's book below: "DANIEL BLAIN- is a son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham (Harrison) Blain, now residents in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, November 20, 1838, was educated at Washington College and at Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and his marriage was solemnized at Williamsburg, Virginia, January 3, 1867. His wife is Mary Louisa, daughter of Dr. John C. an Mary C. (Waller) Mercer, her parents residents in Williamsburg. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 12, 1839. The children of Daniel Blain and wife were born: John Mercer, April 30, 1869; Randolph Harrison, January 12, 1871; Samuel Stuart, October 18, 1872; Hugh Mercer, December 26,1874; Daniel, November 23, 1877, died October 28, 1879; Robert Waller, June 19, 1879; Cary Randolph, March 11, 1882. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Rev. Daniel Blain, professor of languages and mathematics in Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia. He was a native of South Carolina, and married Mary Hanna, daughter of Matthew Hanna, Esq., of Lexington, Virginia. The maternal grandfather of the present Daniel Blain was Randolph Harrison of Clifton, Cumberland county, Virginia, who married Mary Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph of Dungenness, Goochland county, Virginia. Mary Louisa, wife of Rev. Daniel Blain, is a granddaughter of Colonel Hugh Mercer, of Fredericksburg, who was a son of General Hugh Mercer, who fell at the battle of Princeton. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Robert Page Waller, of Williamsburg."
Rev. Daniel Blain, "The subject of this sketch entered the Confederate army as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery; he was made ordnance sergeant on staff of General William N. Pendleton, chief of artillery for the Army of Northern Virginia. He served from May, 1861, till April, 1865, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. Randolph Harrison Blain, attorney-at-law, Louisville, Kentucky, his only brother, enlisted as a private in the Richmond Howitzers, was commissioned first lieutenant in the State Line troops, and then first lieutenant of Jackson's horse artillery, which company he was commanding at close of the war. Both brothers were wounded in the service. Rev. Daniel Blain was pastor at Collierstown, Rockbridge county, 1867-71, since which time he has filled his present pastorate at Christiansburg, Montgomery county, Virginia." The above is from Virginia and Virginians, Eminent Virginians, Executives of Virginia, 1606 - 1889, by Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock and Virgil Anson Lewis, Genea. Publishing Co., 1996.
"BLAIN, DANIEL (1838-1906). PAPERS, 1864-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery in the Civil War; later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and a high school principal. Papers include four letters, written July 5 and September 18, 1864, from camp near Petersburg, Virginia, to his future wife. Writes about the chaplaincy in the CSA Army, sitting with a dying man in his last hours, the freedom he had before the war, and news from the front in Mobile, Alabama. Refers to the shelling of Petersburg and the Democratic Party Chicago Convention. Also includes a post-war diary (1868-70) written by Blain as a newly ordained Presbyterian minister. Writes of Confederate officers in and around Lexington, Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his travels around the county, church business, the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the stillborn birth of his son. Ms90-002." The Special Collections Department of Newman Library at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA online at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/guidecw.htm includes the above, in their Guide to the Civil War Manuscript Collections.
REV. DANIEL BLAIN, D. D. The funeral of Dr. Blain took place in the Old Grove church on Saturday morning. October 6, at 11 o'clock, and was conducted by the Rev. R. A. Robinson, of Norfolk, a former pastor. It was very largely attended and was a deeply impressive occasion. Dr. Blain had ministered to the congregation for sixteen years, and filled a large place In the love and confidence of the people of all classes. He lived to see his six sons fitted for honorable and useful positions in life, with the exception of the Rev. J. Mercer Blain, who has returned to China, all of these young men were present. The church continues the salary to Mrs. Blain through this year. She will make her home with her son, Mr. Randolph Blain, in Louisville, Ky. The following account of Dr. Blain and the interment in Lexington is taken from the Lexington Gazette: The Rev. Daniel Blain, D. D., a well konwn educator and prominent minister of the West Hanover Presbytery, died at his home at Covesville, Albermarle county after an illness of four months. The funeral services took from Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from the Covesville Presbyterian church of which Dr. Blain had been pastor for seventeen years. The remains were brought to Lexington for interment, reaching here Saturday night over the Chesapeake and Ohio. They were taken to the Presbyterian church for the night, and the burial services were held at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles, who was assisted by Rev. F. G. Railey. The body was buried by the side of the grave of Dr. Blain's grandfather, Rev. Dr. Daniel Blain, who at one time was professor at Washington College and former pastor of Timber Ridge Presbyterian church. Dr. Blain was educated at Washington and Lee University, graduating with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1858. He enlisted in the Confederate service May 27, 1861, as a member of the Rockbridge artillery, was later transferred to the ordinance department, and was paroled at Appomattox. In the early seventies. Dr. Blain was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Collierstown. For some years he was principal of Cove Academy at Covesville, Va. Dr. Blain is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Mary L. Mercer of Williamsburg, Va., and six sons, as follows: Rev. J. Mercer Blain, missionary to China; R. H. Blain, Jr., of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel S. Blain, of Roanoke; Hugh M. Blain, of Sherman, Texas; R. Waller Blain, Charleston, S. C., and C. R. Blain of Norfolk. Four of the sons accompained the remains of their father to Lexington, also Messrs. H. S. Martin and J. J. Boaz of Covesville. Published in the Central Presbyterian, Vol 41, # 40, 17 Oct 1906.
There is inormation about Daniel in his wife Mary's obit in the 8 Nov 1916 issue of the Presbyterian of the South, p 22 (see photo excerpt).
Bio by LSP
On the 1850 Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found Presbyterian Minister, James Blain, 43; Susan Blain, 41; Daniel Blain, 11; Mary Blain, 10; Randolph Blain, 8; Charlotte Blain, 5 and Lucy Blain, 2, all Virginia born.
On the 1860 Williamsburg, James City, Virginia census, I found minister S W Blain, 52; Susan J Blain, 52; teacher Daniel Blain, 21; Mary R Blain, 19; R H Blain, 17; Charlotte E Blain, 14 and Lucy C Blain, 11, all Virginia born.
On the 1880 Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia census, I found teacher Danl. Blaine (Ancestry lists Dan L in error), 41; wife M.L. Blaine 41; sons: Jno. M. Blaine, 11; Randolph Blaine, 9; Saml. S. Blaine, 7; Hugh H. Blaine, 5 and Robert W. Blaine, 11/12, all Virginia born.
On the 1900 Samuel Miller, Albemarle Co., Virginia census, I found preacher Daniel Blain, 61, born Nov 1838; wife of 33 years Mary L Blain, 60, Jan 1840, had 8 kids, 6 living; sons: teacher Hugh M Blain, 25, Dec 1874; student R W Blain, 20, Jun 1880 and student Cory R Blain, 18, Mar 1882; plus house servants: John Scott, 72; Lucindy Scott, 57 and Herbert L Scott 1, all Virginia born.
"Staff officer for Gens. Pendleton and Magruder; Ordinance Sgt./clerk,1st Rockbridge(Va.)Arty.;" may have also served as Pvt.,in Co.E,1st Va. Cav. Regt. Also listed as born Rockbridge Co. I note other sources say Cumberland County, instead.
He shares kinship with President Thomas Jefferson through his Randolph cousin, Jane Randolph Jefferson line. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewarejamesbakercalder/randolphisham0001.htm#id404.
From Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock's book below: "DANIEL BLAIN- is a son of Rev. Samuel Wilson Blain and Susan Isham (Harrison) Blain, now residents in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, November 20, 1838, was educated at Washington College and at Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and his marriage was solemnized at Williamsburg, Virginia, January 3, 1867. His wife is Mary Louisa, daughter of Dr. John C. an Mary C. (Waller) Mercer, her parents residents in Williamsburg. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 12, 1839. The children of Daniel Blain and wife were born: John Mercer, April 30, 1869; Randolph Harrison, January 12, 1871; Samuel Stuart, October 18, 1872; Hugh Mercer, December 26,1874; Daniel, November 23, 1877, died October 28, 1879; Robert Waller, June 19, 1879; Cary Randolph, March 11, 1882. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Rev. Daniel Blain, professor of languages and mathematics in Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia. He was a native of South Carolina, and married Mary Hanna, daughter of Matthew Hanna, Esq., of Lexington, Virginia. The maternal grandfather of the present Daniel Blain was Randolph Harrison of Clifton, Cumberland county, Virginia, who married Mary Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph of Dungenness, Goochland county, Virginia. Mary Louisa, wife of Rev. Daniel Blain, is a granddaughter of Colonel Hugh Mercer, of Fredericksburg, who was a son of General Hugh Mercer, who fell at the battle of Princeton. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Robert Page Waller, of Williamsburg."
Rev. Daniel Blain, "The subject of this sketch entered the Confederate army as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery; he was made ordnance sergeant on staff of General William N. Pendleton, chief of artillery for the Army of Northern Virginia. He served from May, 1861, till April, 1865, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. Randolph Harrison Blain, attorney-at-law, Louisville, Kentucky, his only brother, enlisted as a private in the Richmond Howitzers, was commissioned first lieutenant in the State Line troops, and then first lieutenant of Jackson's horse artillery, which company he was commanding at close of the war. Both brothers were wounded in the service. Rev. Daniel Blain was pastor at Collierstown, Rockbridge county, 1867-71, since which time he has filled his present pastorate at Christiansburg, Montgomery county, Virginia." The above is from Virginia and Virginians, Eminent Virginians, Executives of Virginia, 1606 - 1889, by Dr. Robert Alonzo Brock and Virgil Anson Lewis, Genea. Publishing Co., 1996.
"BLAIN, DANIEL (1838-1906). PAPERS, 1864-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery in the Civil War; later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and a high school principal. Papers include four letters, written July 5 and September 18, 1864, from camp near Petersburg, Virginia, to his future wife. Writes about the chaplaincy in the CSA Army, sitting with a dying man in his last hours, the freedom he had before the war, and news from the front in Mobile, Alabama. Refers to the shelling of Petersburg and the Democratic Party Chicago Convention. Also includes a post-war diary (1868-70) written by Blain as a newly ordained Presbyterian minister. Writes of Confederate officers in and around Lexington, Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his travels around the county, church business, the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the stillborn birth of his son. Ms90-002." The Special Collections Department of Newman Library at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA online at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/guidecw.htm includes the above, in their Guide to the Civil War Manuscript Collections.
REV. DANIEL BLAIN, D. D. The funeral of Dr. Blain took place in the Old Grove church on Saturday morning. October 6, at 11 o'clock, and was conducted by the Rev. R. A. Robinson, of Norfolk, a former pastor. It was very largely attended and was a deeply impressive occasion. Dr. Blain had ministered to the congregation for sixteen years, and filled a large place In the love and confidence of the people of all classes. He lived to see his six sons fitted for honorable and useful positions in life, with the exception of the Rev. J. Mercer Blain, who has returned to China, all of these young men were present. The church continues the salary to Mrs. Blain through this year. She will make her home with her son, Mr. Randolph Blain, in Louisville, Ky. The following account of Dr. Blain and the interment in Lexington is taken from the Lexington Gazette: The Rev. Daniel Blain, D. D., a well konwn educator and prominent minister of the West Hanover Presbytery, died at his home at Covesville, Albermarle county after an illness of four months. The funeral services took from Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from the Covesville Presbyterian church of which Dr. Blain had been pastor for seventeen years. The remains were brought to Lexington for interment, reaching here Saturday night over the Chesapeake and Ohio. They were taken to the Presbyterian church for the night, and the burial services were held at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles, who was assisted by Rev. F. G. Railey. The body was buried by the side of the grave of Dr. Blain's grandfather, Rev. Dr. Daniel Blain, who at one time was professor at Washington College and former pastor of Timber Ridge Presbyterian church. Dr. Blain was educated at Washington and Lee University, graduating with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1858. He enlisted in the Confederate service May 27, 1861, as a member of the Rockbridge artillery, was later transferred to the ordinance department, and was paroled at Appomattox. In the early seventies. Dr. Blain was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Collierstown. For some years he was principal of Cove Academy at Covesville, Va. Dr. Blain is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Mary L. Mercer of Williamsburg, Va., and six sons, as follows: Rev. J. Mercer Blain, missionary to China; R. H. Blain, Jr., of Louisville, Ky.; Samuel S. Blain, of Roanoke; Hugh M. Blain, of Sherman, Texas; R. Waller Blain, Charleston, S. C., and C. R. Blain of Norfolk. Four of the sons accompained the remains of their father to Lexington, also Messrs. H. S. Martin and J. J. Boaz of Covesville. Published in the Central Presbyterian, Vol 41, # 40, 17 Oct 1906.
There is inormation about Daniel in his wife Mary's obit in the 8 Nov 1916 issue of the Presbyterian of the South, p 22 (see photo excerpt).
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REV. DANIEL BLAIN
BORN
NOV. 20, 1838
DIED
OCT. 4, 1906
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A Confederate
soldier, a faithful
preacher and
teacher.
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