SUSAN C. (SEARS) BLAIR

SEARS, BLAIR

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/9/2002 at 14:02:08

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, February 3, l9l6

MRS. SUSAN C. BLAIR, daughter of JACOB and
EDITH SEARS, was born in
Franklin, Kentucky, Simpson County, on July
30, l826. When three years
old she came with her parents to Island
Grove, Sangamon County,
Illinois, living there six years, moving to
Macoupin County, Illinois,
and living there four years. They came to
Lee County, Iowa, in October,
l839, then to Decatur County in l855, living
here until December 2,
l866, when she was married to ELIJAH T. BLAIR
and moved to Clarke
County, Iowa, lived there until the death of
her husband, January 6,
l883. Then she again came to Decatur County
where she made her home on
a farm near Leon until September 4, l9l2,
when she moved to Leon, Iowa.
She taught school twenty years in Decatur and
surrounding counties and
had the good will of all her pupils.

About l863, she gave her heart to God and
united with the Dunkard
Church. In December, l892, she united with
the Brethren Church and was
one of the charter members. She became the
first charter member of the
new Leon Church and gave the first hundred
dollars to the new building.

She passed away January 26th, l9l6, at the
age of eighty-nine years,
five months and twenty-six days. The funeral
service was conducted by
Rev. Raoul at the Brethren Church. Interment
at Franklin Cemetery.

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March 7, 2002