[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.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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