Family Group Sheet
NameDavid Caskey Blair
Birth5 Jul 1829, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death5 May 1901, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BurialBlair Cemetery, Morgan Co., Ky
FatherWilliam L. Blair (1805-1866)
MotherLydia Caskey (1808-1879)
Other spousesMary Jane Cassity
Marriage20 Jun 1854, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseClarinda A. Nickell
Birth26 Feb 1832, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Jul 1870, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BurialBlair Cemetery, Morgan Co., Ky
FatherJohn Joseph Nickell (~1807-~1881)
MotherMalinda Fugate (1808-1893)
Children
SpouseLouisa Elam
Birth12 Jul 1856, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death16 Apr 1913, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseRachel "Frances" Elam
Birth15 Sep 1857, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death5 May 1934, Ashland, Boyd Co., Kentucky
SpouseMartha Elizabeth Easterling , 1C3R
Birth30 Dec 1858, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Aug 1942, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Elizabeth Elam
SpouseLula Hinton
SpouseGardner H. Lewis
6 FAlmarinda Blair (Died as Child)
Birth7 Oct 1861, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Aug 1863, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth6 Jun 1863, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death6 Jan 1952, Clark Co., Kentucky
SpouseAnnie J. Carter
SpouseMalinda Robinson
SpouseDamie J. Cogswell
Birth20 Apr 1865, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Jan 1913, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseJames “Jim” Thomas Easterling , 1C3R
Birth5 Jul 1867, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death21 Nov 1965, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseLucinda Elam
SpouseRachel Ann Cassity , Half 2C4R
Birth12 Jun 1869, Blair's Mills, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1 Sep 1939, Boyd Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Lois ("Molly") Easterling , 1C3R
Notes for David Caskey Blair
This family is on both Debbie Howard’s web site27 in the report on Descendants of William Blair, and also in Don Nickell’s web site.29
Census
1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 87 (Blair’s Mill), p. 21 (handwritten), 540A (stamped/microfilm), lists as family #178:
Blair, David, 51; Mary, 38, wife; Aaron, 16, son; Francis, 15, dau; Grant, 13, son; Marion, 11, son; Harriet, 8, dau; Lucy, 6, dau; Ambrose, 4, son; Eliza, 1, dau; Dorothy, 40, sister, single. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 6, enumerated 19 June, lists on p. 16B as family #265/267:
Blair, David C., 70, b. July 1829, farmer; Dortha, wife, 64, b. Aug 1835, married 0 years, mother of 2 children, 0 living; Isaac C., son, 19, b. Feb 1881; Ambros N., son, 24, b. Mary 1876, married 0 years; Virginia E., dau-in-law, 19, b. July 1880, married 0 years, 0 children; Lydie F., dau, 15, b. Nov 1884; Easterling, Corda, granddau, 3, b. Nov 1896.
Corda Easterling is the daughter of Robin H. Easterling and Ann Eliza Blair, who died in Dec 1896.
Blair, David, 51; Mary, 38, wife; Aaron, 16, son; Francis, 15, dau; Grant, 13, son; Marion, 11, son; Harriet, 8, dau; Lucy, 6, dau; Ambrose, 4, son; Eliza, 1, dau; Dorothy, 40, sister, single. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 6, enumerated 19 June, lists on p. 16B as family #265/267:
Blair, David C., 70, b. July 1829, farmer; Dortha, wife, 64, b. Aug 1835, married 0 years, mother of 2 children, 0 living; Isaac C., son, 19, b. Feb 1881; Ambros N., son, 24, b. Mary 1876, married 0 years; Virginia E., dau-in-law, 19, b. July 1880, married 0 years, 0 children; Lydie F., dau, 15, b. Nov 1884; Easterling, Corda, granddau, 3, b. Nov 1896.
Corda Easterling is the daughter of Robin H. Easterling and Ann Eliza Blair, who died in Dec 1896.
Notes for Clarinda A. Nickell
Her gravestone says “Clarinda A. Nickell, wife of D. C. Nickell, died July 20, 1870, aged 83 years 4 months 24 days.”
Census Notes for David Caskey & Clarinda A. (Family)
1860 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 1, enumerated 14 June, lists on pp. 21-22 as family #130/128:
David C. Blair, 30, farmer; Clerinda, 28; James, 4; John C. B., 3; William G., 2; Franklin P., 1; Martha E., 3/12. All born in Kentucky.
(The next household is that of my great-great grandparents Isaac Hall and Ann Martin.)
1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Blairs Mills precinct, Bangor P.O., enumerated 23 July, lists on p. 10 as family #73/70:
Blair, David, 40, farmer; Clarinda, 37; James M., 15; John C. B., 14; William G., 12; Martha E., 14; Frank P., 10; Aaron, 7; Rachel, 5; Grant, 3; David, 1/12, b. June; Sargent, Sarah A., 45, b. Ky; Arminta, 6, b. Indiana. All Blairs born in Ky.
Sarah Sargent is David’s sister.
David C. Blair, 30, farmer; Clerinda, 28; James, 4; John C. B., 3; William G., 2; Franklin P., 1; Martha E., 3/12. All born in Kentucky.
(The next household is that of my great-great grandparents Isaac Hall and Ann Martin.)
1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Blairs Mills precinct, Bangor P.O., enumerated 23 July, lists on p. 10 as family #73/70:
Blair, David, 40, farmer; Clarinda, 37; James M., 15; John C. B., 14; William G., 12; Martha E., 14; Frank P., 10; Aaron, 7; Rachel, 5; Grant, 3; David, 1/12, b. June; Sargent, Sarah A., 45, b. Ky; Arminta, 6, b. Indiana. All Blairs born in Ky.
Sarah Sargent is David’s sister.
