Blair Family

The Blair family is one of the more notable families of Michigan. The compiler of this collection of papers, Helen Marie Blair Lamar (1898-1981), was the daughter of Charles A. Blair (1854-1912), who served as attorney general and justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, and granddaughter of Austin Blair (1818-1894), the governor of Michigan during the Civil War.

Austin Blair was born in Caroline, New York and moved to Jackson, Michigan in 1841 to practice law. He took an active part in the formation of the Republican Party "under the oaks" of Jackson in 1854 and became increasingly more involved in politics, serving as governor and then as congressman.

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