Bios: F. C. BLAIR, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      F. C. BLAIR,
  
  [p. 699] who has had a varied career in the field of business and is at
  the present time a resident of Pittsburg, comes of an old and well known
  family of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where he now owns a farm of 175
  acres at Lawrence Furnace, in Slippery Rock Township. He was born in
  Plaingrove Township April 2, 1874, and is a son of Charles A. and
  Christina (Allen) Blair, and a grandson of John Blair.
  
  John Blair, the grandfather, was born in Huntington [sic] County,
  Pennsylvania, and was in his boyhood when brought to Lawrence County by
  his parents, who became large land owners in Plaingrove Township. There
  John grew to maturity and followed farming all his life, owning a large
  and valuable farm.
  
  Charles A. Blair, father of F. C., was born in Plaingrove Township and
  received his education in the primitive schools of that vicinity. He
  early in life learned the trade of a cabinet maker, and worked at it in
  New Castle at a time when that city was a small village and a pond stood
  where the city building now stands. After leaving New Castle he
  purchased a farm in Plaingrove Township, where he now lives, at the age
  of seventy-six years, in the enjoyment of good health. He married
  Christina Allen, a daughter of William Allen, of Lawrence County, and
  they had four children: Mrs. T. W. Thompson, of Plaingrove; Mrs. W. C.
  Smitten, of Pittsburg; F. C. Blair, and Clark, now deceased, who married
  a Miss Mabel Rhodes, by whom he had a daughter, Edith.
  
  F. C. Blair attended the district schools of Plaingrove Township and
  after completing his school work engaged as a dealer in junk for seven
  years, it proving a very remunerative business. He then engaged in the
  milk business for three years, being one of the largest producers for
  the Sanitary Milk Company. He then, for one year, operated the store at
  Lawrence Furnace, now conducted by Lawrence Hogue, after which he moved
  to Pittsburg and engaged in the grocery business until 1907. Since
  April, 1907, he has been a member of the city police force in Pittsburg,
  and has proved an excellent and efficient officer. His farm of 175 acres
  in Slippery Rock Township is a valuable property and one of the best
  improved in the township.
  
  Mr. Blair was united in marriage with Jennie Evans, a daughter of David
  Evans, of Jackson Center, Mercer County, and they have one son, Charles
  Evans, born October 17, 1904. Politically, Mr. Blair is a Democrat. In
  religious faith, he and his wife are Presbyterians.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 26 Nov 2001