From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904 Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE W. BLAIR George W. Blair has resided in the west for nearly twenty years and since 1897 he has dwelt on his fine fruit farm, three miles west Tumtum, Stevens county. He has made a first class record in general gardening and raising fruit, devoting eight acres to all the various kinds of successfully raised in this latitude. Mr Blair has good improvements and also raises stock to- gether with his other work. During the time of his residence in the west, he has done considerable lumber manufacturing. George W. Blair was born in Wise county, Virginia, on March 3, 1858, the son of Jacob and Louisa (Hutchins) Blair, natives of South Carolina. A large estate is pending settlement in the family, of which, however, Mr. Blair knows little. Our subject has the following brothers and sisters, James, Reuben, Malinda, Elizabeth Duckring, John, Frank, and William. George received his education from the public schools of Meeker county, Minnesota whither the family came in the early sixties. When twenty-two he married and settled down there to farm. Five years later, in 1885, he came thence to Washington and selected a place in Spokane county. In 1897 he migrated from that county and is doing a fine business in the lines mentioned. In 1880, in Meeker county, Minnesota, Mr. Blair married Miss Mary, only child of William and Nancy (Taylor) Keesee, natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively. They removed to Minnesota in 1865, where the mother died. The father died in the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Blair the following children have been born: Rueben, married and living in Stevens county; Minnie wife of Alvah Logsdon, of Lacrosse, Washington; Harold; Howard; Maud, wife of Richard Bigger, of Hillyard, Washington; Frank; Annie, and Lawerence, deceased. Mr. Blair is a liberal man in political matters, having voted for Blaine, Cleveland, Weaver and Bryan. From 1895 to 1899 he was deputy assessor Fraternally, Mr. Blair is affiliated with the I.O.O.F. and he and his wife belong to the Congregational church. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.