Parr Dalton Blair and Alice Belle Farley

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Husband Parr Dalton Blair ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Mar 1877 - Hartstown, Crawford Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Alexander Blair (1846-1925) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Elva Hunter (1854-1935) 1 3

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       Marriage: 2 Aug 1905 2

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Wife Alice Belle Farley ²

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            AKA: Allie Belle Farley 4
           Born: 3 Jun 1876 - Spartansburg, Sparta Twp, Crawford Co, PA 4
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         Father: William T. Farley (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: Amanda Halladay (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F June Alathea Blair ²

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2 M Paul Dalton Blair ²

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         Spouse: Rosella Norton (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Parr Dalton Blair

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He attended both public and private schools in Townville and Meadville, Pennsylvania, later became a student at the Pennsylvania State Normal School at Clarion, and in 1905 was graduated from Grove City College as a Bachelor of Arts after having attended both Allegheny and Grove City colleges. He took additional studies at Harvard University and the University of Pittsburgh. Early turning to teaching as a profession, he served in the Richmond and Mead township schools for three years, and was principal of high schools at Spartansburg and Springboro and supervising principal at Cambridge Springs and Irwin until 1911. In that year he was elected superintendent of the Crawford County schools, holding that position until August 1, 1914.
In addition to his many other activities, he contributed to education in the broader sense as president of the Mead-ville Library Association. He was active in the First Pres-byterian Church of Meadville and a member of the board of trustees of the Erie Presbytery. Fraternally he was affiliated with Crawford Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Spartan Lodge, No. 372, Free and Accepted Masons. In the Masonic brotherhood he was also affiliated with Coudersport Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He also belonged to the Meadville Rotary Club and the local Young Men's Christian Association, and he was a member of the Round Table Club.

During the Spanish-American War of 1898, Professor Blair, then a student at Clarion State Normal School, offered his services to Captain A. J. Davis of the Clarion Company, who was also principal of the normal school. Captain Davis and the other recruiting officers, however, refused to accept any recruits from the student body, but allowed a reserve company to be formed, available should another call be made upon Pennsylvania for men. This company, Mr. Blair joined and prepared for military service should his services be required.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1697.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 173.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1140.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1698.