Parents: Solomon Blair and Jane
Marriage to Elizabeth R. Bailey abt 1826
Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
They had 10 Children:
Soloman Blair 1828 – 1912
Amarylis Blair 1829 –
William "Bill" Bailey Blair 1831 – 1911
Joel Dyer Blair Sr. 1834 – 1907
John Stranther Blair 1838 –
Albert Jesse Blair 1840 –
Alfred Trigg Blair 1840 –
Martha C. Blair 1844 –
George E. Blair 1845 –
Zackariah T. Blair 1850 –
According to family he weighed over 300 pounds. He had to use a rope for a belt because there were no belts big enough for him. One of the chores assigned to the youngest daughter in the family was to put his shoes on his feet every morning because he was too fat to reach his feet. One night there was a fire in the house. His daughter ran in to help him with his shoes. He gave her a shove and said "Get out of here, girl!" He got his shoes on himself that night. It was a family joke from then on that he could put his shoes on himself if he wanted to badly enough. The other story that is told was that one day James was sitting on his porch and two Civil War soldiers rode by. They started making fun of him because he was so fat. He came off the porch, pulled one of the men off his horse, turned him upside down and shook him a few times. The soldiers then left quietly.
James and family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1834. In 1847 they moved to Texas, settling in Cameron.
Sometime during 1848 to 1850 James King Blair and family lived in Fulcher's Colony on the Salado Creek.
Census shows lived in Wilkerson Valley on the Lampasas Milam County 1850, #421, Value of real estate $80.00 living in Bell County on date of its organization 8/5/1850.
August 1850, election for the first set of officers for Bell County, elected one of four County Commissioners. First assembled on October 8, 1850.
James was a freighter who carried goods by wagon from the Brazos River back to Belton, that he died on the road and was buried where he died because they were afraid his body wouldn't "travel well".
Marriage to Elizabeth R. Bailey abt 1826
Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
They had 10 Children:
Soloman Blair 1828 – 1912
Amarylis Blair 1829 –
William "Bill" Bailey Blair 1831 – 1911
Joel Dyer Blair Sr. 1834 – 1907
John Stranther Blair 1838 –
Albert Jesse Blair 1840 –
Alfred Trigg Blair 1840 –
Martha C. Blair 1844 –
George E. Blair 1845 –
Zackariah T. Blair 1850 –
According to family he weighed over 300 pounds. He had to use a rope for a belt because there were no belts big enough for him. One of the chores assigned to the youngest daughter in the family was to put his shoes on his feet every morning because he was too fat to reach his feet. One night there was a fire in the house. His daughter ran in to help him with his shoes. He gave her a shove and said "Get out of here, girl!" He got his shoes on himself that night. It was a family joke from then on that he could put his shoes on himself if he wanted to badly enough. The other story that is told was that one day James was sitting on his porch and two Civil War soldiers rode by. They started making fun of him because he was so fat. He came off the porch, pulled one of the men off his horse, turned him upside down and shook him a few times. The soldiers then left quietly.
James and family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1834. In 1847 they moved to Texas, settling in Cameron.
Sometime during 1848 to 1850 James King Blair and family lived in Fulcher's Colony on the Salado Creek.
Census shows lived in Wilkerson Valley on the Lampasas Milam County 1850, #421, Value of real estate $80.00 living in Bell County on date of its organization 8/5/1850.
August 1850, election for the first set of officers for Bell County, elected one of four County Commissioners. First assembled on October 8, 1850.
James was a freighter who carried goods by wagon from the Brazos River back to Belton, that he died on the road and was buried where he died because they were afraid his body wouldn't "travel well".
Parents: Solomon Blair and Jane
Marriage to Elizabeth R. Bailey abt 1826
Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
They had 10 Children:
Soloman Blair 1828 – 1912
Amarylis Blair 1829 –
William "Bill" Bailey Blair 1831 – 1911
Joel Dyer Blair Sr. 1834 – 1907
John Stranther Blair 1838 –
Albert Jesse Blair 1840 –
Alfred Trigg Blair 1840 –
Martha C. Blair 1844 –
George E. Blair 1845 –
Zackariah T. Blair 1850 –
According to family he weighed over 300 pounds. He had to use a rope for a belt because there were no belts big enough for him. One of the chores assigned to the youngest daughter in the family was to put his shoes on his feet every morning because he was too fat to reach his feet. One night there was a fire in the house. His daughter ran in to help him with his shoes. He gave her a shove and said "Get out of here, girl!" He got his shoes on himself that night. It was a family joke from then on that he could put his shoes on himself if he wanted to badly enough. The other story that is told was that one day James was sitting on his porch and two Civil War soldiers rode by. They started making fun of him because he was so fat. He came off the porch, pulled one of the men off his horse, turned him upside down and shook him a few times. The soldiers then left quietly.
James and family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1834. In 1847 they moved to Texas, settling in Cameron.
Sometime during 1848 to 1850 James King Blair and family lived in Fulcher's Colony on the Salado Creek.
Census shows lived in Wilkerson Valley on the Lampasas Milam County 1850, #421, Value of real estate $80.00 living in Bell County on date of its organization 8/5/1850.
August 1850, election for the first set of officers for Bell County, elected one of four County Commissioners. First assembled on October 8, 1850.
James was a freighter who carried goods by wagon from the Brazos River back to Belton, that he died on the road and was buried where he died because they were afraid his body wouldn't "travel well".
Marriage to Elizabeth R. Bailey abt 1826
Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
They had 10 Children:
Soloman Blair 1828 – 1912
Amarylis Blair 1829 –
William "Bill" Bailey Blair 1831 – 1911
Joel Dyer Blair Sr. 1834 – 1907
John Stranther Blair 1838 –
Albert Jesse Blair 1840 –
Alfred Trigg Blair 1840 –
Martha C. Blair 1844 –
George E. Blair 1845 –
Zackariah T. Blair 1850 –
According to family he weighed over 300 pounds. He had to use a rope for a belt because there were no belts big enough for him. One of the chores assigned to the youngest daughter in the family was to put his shoes on his feet every morning because he was too fat to reach his feet. One night there was a fire in the house. His daughter ran in to help him with his shoes. He gave her a shove and said "Get out of here, girl!" He got his shoes on himself that night. It was a family joke from then on that he could put his shoes on himself if he wanted to badly enough. The other story that is told was that one day James was sitting on his porch and two Civil War soldiers rode by. They started making fun of him because he was so fat. He came off the porch, pulled one of the men off his horse, turned him upside down and shook him a few times. The soldiers then left quietly.
James and family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas in 1834. In 1847 they moved to Texas, settling in Cameron.
Sometime during 1848 to 1850 James King Blair and family lived in Fulcher's Colony on the Salado Creek.
Census shows lived in Wilkerson Valley on the Lampasas Milam County 1850, #421, Value of real estate $80.00 living in Bell County on date of its organization 8/5/1850.
August 1850, election for the first set of officers for Bell County, elected one of four County Commissioners. First assembled on October 8, 1850.
James was a freighter who carried goods by wagon from the Brazos River back to Belton, that he died on the road and was buried where he died because they were afraid his body wouldn't "travel well".
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