Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-27
LEWIS H. BLAIR
D|ESAT HIS HOME
Widely Known Business Man
Passes Away in His Eighty
Third Year.
RELATED TO "PARSON" BLAIR
Funeral to Be Held From Resi-
dence, on Monument Avenue,
This Afternoon.
RELATED TO "PARSON" BLAIR

Lewis Harvic Blair, soldier, writer.
philosopher and constructionist. died Mt
his home. 2327 Monument Avenue, yes
ciEhty-third year OF his age. lie had
been In failing health for two years.
and latterly the infrmities of age had
crept upon him until he was unable TO
withstand the cardiac trouble which
was tho Immediate cause OF his pass
ing.
Mr.. Blair was Il descendant of Rev.
John d. Blair. better known in his time
as "Parson Blair" and Mary Winston. q,
descendant OF Isaac Winston. the colo
mist, who came from Yorkshire, Eng
land. in 1905, and settled near Rich
mond. His father was John q. Blair q
well-knoWn bank cashier in ante-bcl-
lum days. and his mother was Sarah
Ann Eyre Heron.
He began active life at n youthful
age. Owing to his fathers death. ne
left school at seventeen, and entered
tho United States government service.
After four years in that lie. he served
in a mercantile Office. and later he en-
tered the engineering department ii
on the Great Lakes
SERVED IN CONFEDERATE:
ARMY DURING WAR
He had just entered upon business
for himself when the War Between the
states broke ont and he Was called
to arms I'm the defense Of his native
State. He entered the Confederate
army In 1862 and fought TO the end
serving under Major General Samuel
Jones, observation-disclosures Humphrey
Marshall. Major-Gcncral william Lor-
inE. Major-Gcncral William Il. Jones,
General John g. ErcckinridGe, and
other commanders.
~ the close o. the war Mr.. Blair went
20 Amelia Courthouse, there engaging
in the mercantile business Later he
returned TO Richmond, where he en-
gagged in the wholesale grocery busi-
ness under the iirm name OF Harvey
& Blair. Ills last busiuesa- coppect.on
was with the stephen Putncy Shoe
Company, incorporated, OF which he
was treasurer lIe retired from active
lifc several years ago.
In 1855 Nj blair turned TO literature
Among his works are ''Unw;sc Laws.
The prospcrIty Of tho South Depend
cut Upon the Elevation OF the Negro"
aud "Recol!cctiuns Of Richmond" which
has no; yet been published. Mr.. Flair
was also contributor on current
topics 20 local newspapers and TO mag
azines. lie was clear and able in his
cNpositions. and was II writer Of de-
cidcd views on political and religious
subjects. He was especially we'll ac-
quainted with tn" history OF Richmond
and with it's upbuildinE after tho raw
ages OF war He took an effective
part in tho reconstruction of the city.
building wisely and permanently and
engaging In enterprises which rebound
cd As much TO the general benefit OF
Richmond as Il did TO his personal
profit.
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE
THIS AFTERNOON
Mr.. Blair was twice married. Ills
first wife was Miss Alice Wayles Har-
rlson, OF Amelia County; his second
wife. Miss Martha Runln Field, OF
MecklenburG County. by whom he is
survived. He leaves the following
children by the first marriage: William
Harrison, Walter D., Lewis Harvic. Mrs
William Northrop and Donald NJ. Flair.
The children surviving by tho second
marriage arc Misses Jean Field los
cphne NJ. Louise Heron and Mary
Skipwith Blair.
The funeral will bc held from the
residence this afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
and the intermcnt will he conducted
privately In Hollywood Cemetery The
services Will be conducted by the Rev.
Thomas Faulkner, OF Salem. assisted
by the, Rev. James Y. Fair, u. D., pas
tor OF the Westminster Presbyterian
Church.
The active pallhcarers will hc rs
follows: a. Ecirnc blair, A. Leslie
Blair, lie Roy T.. Brown, Frank r..
Eevcridgc. Chlcs NJ. Fcrreil. David J.
Martin. Hamilton Fcild, Joseph II. Har-
rison and Mortimer Harrison.
The honorary pallhcarcrs will hc
William y. Anderson. Judge Il. Carter
scott. j. Kent Rawlcy, Herbert w.
Jackson. Howard - IIoSc. Gordon
l'lair, Charles ]. Faulkner. Boydton;
Captain y. II. Ciuigou. .Jamus T.. IIar-
vic. DIR. Edward Mcclure, Austin l..
Skipwith. Clarksvill"; Dr.. Lewis T.
l'arvic, Danviilc: James T. Harrison.
Danvillc; DR.. Edmund Harrison. Green's
boro. y. c.