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Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair 1862–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 October 1862

Birth Location: Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America

Death Date: 15 August 1940

Death Location: Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: John Jr.

Mother: Nancy Strange

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Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair was born in 1862 in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of John Bailey Blair Jr And Nancy Ellen M Blair Strange. Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair passed away in 1940 in Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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  • Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair was born in 1862 in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of John Bailey Blair Jr And Nancy Ellen M Blair Strange.
  • Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair passed away in 1940 in Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Colonel Blair's Ancestors

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Colonel Blair
1862–1940
Birth Place: Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Parents
John Bailey Blair Jr.
1823–1898
Edmonson County, Kentucky USA
Nancy (Ellen (m Blair)) Strange
1822–1875
Edmonson, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
John (Bailey) Blair
1785–1849
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Margaret ((Pace?)) Strange
1785–1870
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Blair
1767–1813
Elizabeth Bailey
1765–1827
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Blair
1737–1803
Margaret Brown
1737–1777
Joseph Bailey
1730–1809
Mary Stanton
1736–1784

Colonel Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1862
28 October 1862
Birth of Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America
1940
15 August 1940
Age 78
Death of Colonel Rueseau Bailey "Reason" Blair in Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America
Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 October 1862
    Event Place: Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 August 1940
    Event Place: Hart County, Kentucky, United States of America

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