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Batavia NY Daily News - 12/26/1916

Charles Otis Blair, a patrolman in
the Batavia police department, died at
9 o'clock on Sunday morning at his
home, No. 24 Montclair avenue, from
tubercular meningitis. Mr. Blair had
been confined to his bed five weeks.
Mr. Blair was born at Byron pn
June 17. 1870, his parents being Mr.
and Mrs. Ell Blair. On December 25,
1894, he married Miss Olive A. Gardner
at South Byron and had he lived
another day he would have observed
the 22d anniversary of his wedding.
Twenty-two years ago also Mr. and
Mrs. Blair moved to Batavia, and 12
years ago under the first administration
of Mayor Burkhart, as president
of the village, he was sworn in as a
police officer. Under former Mayor
H. M. Johnson he was made a captain
of police, the office being created at
that time.
Mr. Blair was also prominent in the
Are department, where he served as
second assistant chief under Chief William
Locke. He was an honorary member
of the Zephyrs until that company
was disbanded with the passing of the
volunteer department. He was a
member of t h e Batavia Exempt Firemen's
Association and the Modern
Woodmen of''America. He was a
warm-hearted and likeable man who
had hosts of friends and his death will
be sincerely mourned. Besides his
wife he is survived by a son, Harold
Gardner Blair; his mother, Mrs. Lucy
A. Blair; a brother, William B. Blair,
and a sister, Mrs. Pearl V. Warner,
all pf Batavia, and two other brothers,
John J. Blair of Alaska and Morgan
L. Blair of Buffalo.
The funeral will be held at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from his
late home, the Rev. S. U. Mock officiating,
and the body will be placed in
the vault a t Elmwood cemetery.

Charles married GARDNER, Olive A on 25 Dec 1894 in South Byron, Genesee County, NY. Olive was born about 1875 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BLAIR, Harold Gardner was born in Apr 1897 in New York; and died.

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Batavia NY Daily News - 6/6/1912

Eli Blair, a well-known and respected
farmer of the Byron road,
died about 4 o'clock this morning,
after a serious illness of about three
weeks' duration from a complication
of diseases, He had been in ill
health, however, about two years
and had suffered considerably from
rheumatism.
Mr. Blair was born on July 19,
1833, In the town of Batavia, on the
Batavia-Stafford townline road. He
had lived a b o u t years on the farm
where he died, which is six miles
east of Batavia. He was a member
of the Byron Grange. Besides his
wife, he is survived by four sons,
William, who lived with his father;
Charles O., a. Batavia patrolman;
John J. of Dawson City, Alaska, and
Morgan L, Blalr ofBuffaho;a. daughter,
Mrs. Pearl Warner of Batavia;
two brothers, Charles L. Blair' of
Batavia and Henry Blair of Albion;
a sister, Mrs. Mary. Peatt of Batavia,
and four grandchildren.
The . funeral will be held at 2
o'clock on Saturday afternoon from
Mr. Blair's late home, the Rev. F. J.
Kennedy of South Byron officiating.
The Interment will be in the Elmwood
cemetery.

Eli married JENNINGS, Lucy Lavina about 1864 in Venice, Cayuga County, NY. Lucy (daughter of JENNINGS, Bradford) was born on 3 Apr 1841 in Venice, Cayuga County, NY; died on 13 Dec 1921 in Batavia, Genesee County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Batavia NY Daily News - 12/13/1921

Mrs. Lucy Lavina Blair, widow of Eli
Blair, died at her home, No. 23 Seaver
place, at 12:30 o'clock this morning from
a hardening of the arteries. She had
been in ill health six weeks and confined
to her bed two weeks.
Mrs. Blair, who was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Jennings, was
born at Venice, Cayuga county, on April
3, 1841. She was married to Mr. Blair
at Venice when 23 years old. They immediately
moved to Batavia, where they
resided for a short time, after which
they moved to South Byron. They resided
there thirty years, after which they
returned to Batavia. Mr. Blair died nine
years ago.
Mrs; Blair is survived by three brothers,
Joel B., Mortimer and Cranson Jennings,
all of Moravia, Cayuga county;
three sons, William B. Blair of Batavia,
John J. Blair of Flat, Alaska, and Morgan
L. Blair of Buffalo; a daughter, Mrs.
Charles Warner of Buffalo, and four
grandchildren. Mrs. Blair was the moth-
er of the late Charles Blair, the city pa-
trolman. She was a member of the By-
ron grange.
Funeral services will be held at Mrs.
Blair's late residence, No. 23 Seaver
place, at 2 o'clock on Thursday after-
noon. The burial will be in the Elmwood
cemetery.