Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-12
Tuesday, December>12, 1922

Blair, 1st, who jnmigrated to America
from Ireland in the early part of the
Nineteenth century. His mother, the
wife of Samuel Blair, 2nd, was Cath
crime Strong Blair of Chester county.
Mrs Margaret White Blair was a
daughter of William and Elizabeth
Ann Ross White, of Chester county,
who emigrated TO Arkansas in the
early seventies.
To Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Blair were
born three daughters and four sons,
all Of whom are living except one
| daughter, five of the children being
married and living in York county
All of the children were present for
the celebration Saturday evening and
with them were ten Of the eleven
| grandchildren, the eleventh grandchild
being kept away by illness. A very
pleasing feature of this, reunion was
the circumstance that ftwas the first
time in more than fifteen years that
all of the. children had been at home
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| that all of the immediate family con-
nection, including the grandchildren
had ever been assembled at the old
home.
Beginning about six o'clock in the
evening the guests were invited into
the dining room in companies of a
dozen each and were served with q
bountiful supper, the menu including
rice, gravy, turkey, potato chips, chick
en- salad, cranberries, celery, biscuit,
light bread, gelatine, whipped cream,
cake, coffee, mints.
The dining room was handsomely
decorated with a. color scheme of gold
and green. Included in the table dec
orations were four solid silver candle
sticks that once belonged to "Uncle
Johnny Blair, uncle of the late Sam
uel Blair, who in the middle of the last
century was one Of the most prominent
citizens of York county. Two of the
candlesticks were placed inside Of
handsome cut glass a''candle globes"
that were in common use years ago
before the advent of the early kerosene
lamps. These candle globes are about
% inches high, perhaps eight inches
in circumference and the candle be-
Ing placed insidenis protected from
drafts. These globes have been in
possession of the Blair family and its
ancestors for nearly century.
Late in the evening, after all of the
guests had enjoyed the bridal feast"
and indulged in several hours of pleas
ant social intercourse, Rev. E. B. Hun
ter pastor of Sharon A. r. p. church,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Blairs pastor, was
requested to make a few remarks ap-
propriate to the occasion, read a Scrip
ture lesson and lead in prayer.
Mr.. Hunter was especially happy in
his remarks as he addressed the hosts
of the evening, He congratulated Mr.
and Mrs Blair on their living to cele-
brate their fiftieth anniversary Of mar
ried life, and especially was he felici-
tous as he called the attention of the
guests to the fact that Mr. and Mrs.
Blair had reared large family and
their children were present with them
on this occasion and that they had
Ibeen reared under strict Christian teach
ings, and that they were representative
and respected citizens of the county
and the immediate community and
closed by wishing for them many more
| Of hn
being celebrated on this occasion. Mr..
Hunter then read the twelfth chapter
of Ecclesiastes and offered up beau
tiful prayer in behalf of the hosts for
continued health, happiness and USE
fulness and of thanksgiving for the
living of such q worthy couple in the
community.
"The bridal couple" were presented
With quite a number of gold coins and
other souvenirs of the occasion as
tokens of esteem from their friends,
neighbors and relatives.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Blair
are as follows:
Mrs. A. NJ. Grist of Yorkville. Two
daughters.
Miss Kittie Blair, student Winthrop
college.
VIM. w. Blair, of Bullock's Creek
One son.
Samuel L. Blair, Sharon No. 1.
Three daughters.
Mason H. Blair, Sharon, No. 2. One
son and one daughter,
John r. Blair, Sharon No. 1. Two
daughters and one son.