Blair, Elizabeth Jane

1848 - 1913  (64 years)

• Name	Blair, Elizabeth Jane
  Birth	11 Apr 1848	Lawrence County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	BLAI.E002
  _FGRAVE	29361889
  Death	3 Mar 1913
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois
  	2nd Ad, Lot 211, Grave #5
  		Headstone, Burton, Joseph O. and Elizabeth J.
  Person ID	I55241	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	27 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Burton, Joseph Odell,   b. 15 Sep 1844   d. 22 Apr 1902 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F20035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Apr 1848 - Lawrence County, Indiana Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Jane Blair, was born in Lawrence County, Ind. April 11, 1848. She came with her parents, Jonathan and Letty Blair, to Clay County, when about six years of age. She united with the Hoosier Prairie Baptist church at the age of 14 years. On March 28, 1867 she was married to Joseph Odell Burton, and has resided in Flora nearly thirty years, during which time she has been a member of the Baptist church here. She leaves to mourn her loss, four children Alva A. Tate of Lawrenceville Ill., S. H. Burton of Washinglon. Ind., Joseph L. Burton, and Mrs. Sarah C. Nichols of Flora, also two brothers Stephen Blair of Cripple Creek, Colo., John H. Blair of Fort Smith, Arkansas and two sisters, Mrs. Jermlma Anderson of Ozark Ark., and Anna Blalr of Flora. She went to that beautiful home on March 3rd. 1913, aged 64 years, 11 mo., 22 days. Funeral services were conducted March 5th at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church, by Rev. Harry A. Belton, assisted by Rev. J.W. Flint of the Methodist church. (The Southern Illinois Record, March 13, 1913)