William Barrett Blair
Born: September 25, 1818
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Wife: Judith Cornelia Nicholl 1823 – 1908
(Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia)
Children:
Mary Louisa Blair Anderson 1849 – 1933
(Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia)
Henry Wayne Blair 1851 – 1884
(Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia)
Education:
1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (11th in class)
Occupation before War:
1838 – 1840: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1840 – 1852: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1850 – 1861: Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, United States Army
1861: Resigned from United States Army on May 14th
Civil War Career:
Colonel in the Provisional Army of Virginia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1883: Professor of Philosophy & Artillery Instructor at V.M.I.
Died: March 23, 1883
Place of Death: Lexington, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia
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