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JOHN H. BLAIR, farmer and merchant, was born in County Derry, Ireland, in May, 1823, son of Robert and Nancy (Eakin) Blair, who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1828, locating in Scrubgrass township, Venango county, whence they, removed the following year to Butler county. John H. obtained a limited education in the schools of that county, and began life as contractor at Buchanan and Jefferson furnaces in Clarion county. In October, 1848, he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land in Victory township, his present homestead, and moved thereon in 1851. He engaged in merchandising in 1876 and still follows that line of business. He was married January 2, 1849, to Amelia, daughter of William Griffin, of Irwin township, who has borne him ten children. The family is connected with Hebron church of the Evangelical Association and politically Mr. Blair is a Democrat.
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