Family Group Sheet
NameMillard Blair, 2C2R
Birth4 Dec 1891, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death27 Oct 1960, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialBrown Cemetery, off U.S. 60, Morehead, Ky
FatherFrancis Marion Blair (1869-1939)
MotherMary Lois ("Molly") Easterling (1871-1903)
Marriage28 Jun 1919, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseOla M. Forman
BirthOct 1899, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death7 Feb 1981, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialBrown Cemetery, off U.S. 60, Morehead, Ky
FatherBallard T. Forman (1872-1961)
MotherMary “Polly” Ann Lewis (1881-1948)
Other spousesHassard Martin Hall, 1C2R
Children
1 MEarnest Blair, 3C1R
Birth5 Aug 1920, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Oct 1950, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky
2 MEarl Blair, 3C1R
Birth31 Dec 1921, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseThelma Jane Brewer , 5C2R
3 MMillard Blair Jr. (Died as Infant), 3C1R
Birth15 Jan 1937, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Jan 1937, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Millard Blair
Rowan County News, Nov 3, 1960: “Death came Saturday to Millard Blair at age 69. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at Clearfield Tabernacle by Reverends Otis Flannery and Ramah Johnson. Burial followed in Brown Cemetery. Mr. Blair, son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Marion Blair, was born in Morgan County Dec 4, 1891, but spent most of his life in Rowan. In 1919 he married Ola Flannery, who survives. They became the parents of two children of whom one, Earl Blair, Morehead, survives. Mr. Blair also leaves four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Other immediate survivors include his stepmother, Mrs. Virgie Blair, Morgan County; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Hall, Morehead; a half-brother, Harlan Blair, Orlando, Fla., and four half-sisters, Winnie, Mary, Edith and Katherine, all of Orlando. Mr.Blair, a veteran of World War I, received many Army decorations and citations. Among the major battles in which he participated were: St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry and Toul Sector.”
The reference to Millard’s wife as Ola Flannery is inconsistent with other records, including their marriage license and the birth records for their children.
The reference to Millard’s wife as Ola Flannery is inconsistent with other records, including their marriage license and the birth records for their children.
Notes for Millard & Ola M. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 11, p. 116, records the marriage on 28 June 1919 of Millard Blair, age 27, residence Rowan Co., born in Morgan Co., son of F. M. and Mollie Blair, to Olah Foreman, age 19, born in and resident of Rowan Co., daughter of B. F. and Polly Foreman, by J. H. Hall,, Minister of the Church of God, witnesses Clara Hall and Ballard Foreman.
(The middle initial of Olah’s father is definitely given as F, by comparison with all the F’s in Forman and the T in W. T. Caudill, the county clerk. But other records show his middle initial as T.)
(The middle initial of Olah’s father is definitely given as F, by comparison with all the F’s in Forman and the T in W. T. Caudill, the county clerk. But other records show his middle initial as T.)
Census
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearcy precinct, enumerated 13 Jan, lists on p. 2B as family #40/41:
Blair, Millard, 27, brakeman at railroad; Olah, wife, 20. Both born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, ED 103-6, enumerated 22 April, lists on p. 10A as family #166, on Lower Lick Fork:
Blair, Millard, 48, laborer at tile plant; Olah, wife, 39; Ernest, son, 19; Earl, son, 14. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
Blair, Millard, 27, brakeman at railroad; Olah, wife, 20. Both born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, ED 103-6, enumerated 22 April, lists on p. 10A as family #166, on Lower Lick Fork:
Blair, Millard, 48, laborer at tile plant; Olah, wife, 39; Ernest, son, 19; Earl, son, 14. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
