Edward Monroe Blair

b. 17 January 1885, d. 14 May 1928
  • Edward Monroe Blair was born on 17 January 1885 in Arkansas.
  • He married Eula Gertrude Smith, daughter of Hesekiah Smith and Gabriella McCune, on 26 August 1906 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • Edward Monroe Blair appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Edward Monroe Blair registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Austin County, Texas, while living with his wife Eula Gertrude in Bellville, and employed there as a minister by the Texas Conference.
  • Edward Monroe Blair and Eula Gertrude Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
  • He was a Methodist minister, according to the 1920 census.
  • Edward Monroe Blair (and Eula Gertrude Smith) appeared in the 1921 Shreveport, Louisiana, City Directory.
  • Edward Monroe Blair died on 14 May 1928 at age 43 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, of pulmonary tuberculosis at Cornick Bungalows Hospital & Sanitorium for Tuberculosis, a pioneer treatment facility begun in 1907 by Dr. Boyd Cornick.
  • His wife Eula Gertrude Smith became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Belvedere Memorial Park, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2016

Family: Eula Gertrude Smith b. 31 July 1887, d. 4 March 1965