Individual Details

"A. Sidney Blair, youngest son of John Blair and wife, Charity Bourne, married Mildred James, sister to Emeline James, who married L. D. Blair. Sidney Blair settled first at the old Blair Forge, on Chestnut Creek; afterwards bought the farm at Hales's Ferry from William B. Hale, and since that time it has been known as Blair's Ferry on New River, near Fries and Washington Cotton Mills. To A. S. Blair and wife were born three children; two died in infancy. One daughter, Rosa B. was drowned in the dam at the old Blair Forge. She, with her nurse, was playing near the dam, and saw some flowers blooming near the water, and in her effort to get the flowers, fell into the water and was drowned before she could be recovered. There is a memorial window in the Methodist Church at Fries, put in by Mr. Blair and his wife, in memory of themselves and their children. They were both members of the Methodist Church, South." (PIONEER SETTLERS OF GRAYSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1982 [originally published 1914], by Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls, pages 45 - 46.)

Spouse	Mildred James ( - )
Child	Blair ( - )
Child	Blair ( - )
Child	Rosa B. Blair ( - )

Father	John Blair (1772 - 1853)
Mother	Charity Bourne (1775 - 1860)
Sibling	Thomas Blair ( - )
Sibling	Lorenzo Dow "L. D." Blair ( - )
Sibling	Polly Blair ( - )
Sibling	Rosa Bourne Blair ( - )
Sibling	Rebecca Blair ( - )
Sibling	Celia Blair ( - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Blair ( - )
Sibling	Lucinda Blair ( - )