This photo was sent to me by Gail Hewett, a descendant of James and Harriet. It is in remarkably good condition. The young man in the photo is Fredrick Blair, their grandson and son of Gilliam Colbert "Cub" Blair. According to Gail, James and Harriet raised Fredrick after his mother died.
Harriet Coffey was the daughter of Gilliam and Mary (Polly) Moore Coffey. Gilliam was a son of William and Anna (Annie) Boone Coffey who descends from Edward and Ann Powell through their son John and his son Thomas Coffey who married Sarah (Sally) Fields. Thomas was a brother to Reuben Coffey who married Martha (Polly) Dowell.
In her note accompanying the photo, Gail wrote that Polly Moore may be the daughter or Job and Susan Stone Moore. Job was known to minister to boys at the Globe Academy. Gail thought that Polly may have been Cherokee, taken in by Job to help care for the boys, and perhaps to save her from the "Trail of Tears." Her daughter, Harriet, appears to me to have the quaint and beautiful features of a Native American woman. In this photograph, taken c1908, she is still a very attractive woman, and must have been a real beauty in her younger years.
Harriet was born Sep. 6, 1843 in Cedar Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and died Dec. 12, 1937 in Elizabethton, Carter Co., TN. She is buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemeter in Keeneburg, Carter Co. James Blair was born in May 1845 in Caldwell Co. We're working on it, but do not yet know when and where he died or, where he is buried.
Their children were:
Henry Lee, born c1869Gilliam Colbert "Cub", born Jul. 15, 1870, died Dec. 9, 1934. He is buried at the Concord Church Cemetery in Bostic, Rutherford Co., TNHarvey, born c1873John C., born Jan., 1875Job W., born c1878Mary E., born Dec., 1881Hatibel, birth unknownLillie M., born May, 1887
Please contact me at the above e-mail address to add to or to correct any of this information.
Hi Jack,
James Brown Blair was born May 1, 1844 in Cedar Valley, Caldwell Co., N.C. He served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Was captured and held prisoner at Rock Island Il. until the end of the war. He and Harriet Coffey were married Oct. 7, 1866. He died May 24, 1929 in Carter Co. Tn. He and Harriet are buried at Harmony Baptist Church in Keeneburg Tn. ( just outside of Elizabethton). He was the son of Colbert and Mary (Polly) Barnes Blair.
Harriet E. Coffey Blair was born Sept. 6,1843 in Caldwell Co. N.C. She died July 19, 1937, and is buried next to James in Harmony Baptist Church cemetery in Keeneburg , Carter Co., Tn.
If I can help you any further just let me know.
Another Coffey Cousin,
Gail
Hi Jack,
James Brown Blair was born May 1, 1844 in Cedar Valley, Caldwell Co., N.C. He served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Was captured and held prisoner at Rock Island Il. until the end of the war. He and Harriet Coffey were married Oct. 7, 1866. He died May 24, 1929 in Carter Co. Tn. He and Harriet are buried at Harmony Baptist Church in Keeneburg Tn. ( just outside of Elizabethton). He was the son of Colbert and Mary (Polly) Barnes Blair.
Harriet E. Coffey Blair was born Sept. 6,1843 in Caldwell Co. N.C. She died July 19, 1937, and is buried next to James in Harmony Baptist Church cemetery in Keeneburg , Carter Co., Tn.
If I can help you any further just let me know.
Another Coffey Cousin,
Gail
