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John Geddes Blair

Birth: 21 Oct 1787
Death: 7 Mar 1851 (aged 63)
Burial: Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.5521548, Longitude: -77.4323131
Plot: Range 10, Sec. 5
Memorial ID: 57295272 View Source

Son of Rev. John Durbarrow Blair and Mary Winston. Married Sarah Ann Eyre Heron on 27 Mar 1812 in Richmond, VA.
Served as Ensign, Richmond Light Infantry Blues in 1814.
The Valentine Richmond History Center has an oil painting of him that was painted around 1845.
His paternal grandparents were Rev. John Blair and Ms. (Susan or Elizabeth) Durbarrow.

Father of 13 children, including:
Sarah Herron Blair (1813-1890; md Lewis Edwin Harvie),
John Durbarrow Blair (1814-1879),
Mary Elizabeth Blair (1819-1912); md John Brockenbrough Harvie),
Lewis Harvie Blair,
James Heron Blair (27 Aug 1821 - 4 Jun 1887, VA),
Josephine M. Blair (1829-1891),
Peggy Forshee Blair(1831-1908), md Alfred Gibbs,

Son of Rev. John Durbarrow Blair and Mary Winston. Married Sarah Ann Eyre Heron on 27 Mar 1812 in Richmond, VA.
Served as Ensign, Richmond Light Infantry Blues in 1814.
The Valentine Richmond History Center has an oil painting of him that was painted around 1845.
His paternal grandparents were Rev. John Blair and Ms. (Susan or Elizabeth) Durbarrow.

Father of 13 children, including:
Sarah Herron Blair (1813-1890; md Lewis Edwin Harvie),
John Durbarrow Blair (1814-1879),
Mary Elizabeth Blair (1819-1912); md John Brockenbrough Harvie),
Lewis Harvie Blair,
James Heron Blair (27 Aug 1821 - 4 Jun 1887, VA),
Josephine M. Blair (1829-1891),
Peggy Forshee Blair(1831-1908), md Alfred Gibbs,

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John Geddes Blair
Born October 21, 1787,
Died March 7, 1851.

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Sarah Anne Eyre Heron Blair

1794–1871

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Maintained by: Victor E. Everhart, PhD
Originally Created by: sassytazzy
Added: Aug 18, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57295272/john_geddes-blair: accessed ), memorial page for John Geddes Blair (21 Oct 1787–7 Mar 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57295272, citing Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).

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