Andrew C. and Margaret Shoemake Blair Family
Photo made circa 1914 at homeplace of William Hatton and Molly Shoemake Blair
This homeplace is located across the road from the Dickens Cemetery
left to right
(Seated on ground) Luke Bush, Norman Haynes (son of Susan Blair Haynes), Bill Blair (son of Hatton
Blair), Chester Blair (son of John Fite Blair), George Haynes,Boss Blair (son of Hatton Blair), Edger Dickens.
(Second row) Lake Shoemake, Cass Shoemake, Mariar (sic) Dickens, Elv Bush, Matilda Jane Blair McCrary
(daug. of Charles R. & Sarah Blair, sister of Andrew C. Blair), Aron McCrary, Reems Dickens, Shep
Dickens, Cloyde C. Haynes (baby - son of Susan Blair Haynes)James "Jimmy" Jushary Haynes (husband
of Permelia Susan Blair), Permelia Susan Blair Haynes (daughter of Andrew C. and Margaret Blair),
Margaret Shoemake Blair (widow of Andrew C. Blair), Gracie Haynes (daug. of Susan Blair Haynes), Omar
Blair (son of Maggie Blair, grandson of Andrew C. Blair), Moncie Blair (son of Hatton Blair).
(Third row) Odella McKinney, Alice Dickens Blair, (torn space in photo), Molly Dickens, Mag Bush,
Jenny Bush, Lil McKinney, Noree Blair (daug. of Hatton Blair), Turner Blair (son of Hatton Blair),
Myrtle Lynch Blair, Minnie Lee Blair (daug. of Hatton Blair),Jeanette Bush Shoemake (dau. of Willis
Ivy and Aquilla Glover Bush, widow of William W. Shoemake, mother of Molly Shoemake Blair), Molly
Shoemake Blair (wife of William Hatton Blair), William Hatton Blair (son of Andrew C. and Margaret
Shoemake Blair), Calvin Blair (son of Hatton Blair), Ernest Haynes (son of Susan Blair Haynes).
Note: Carolyn Blair, the daughter of Haskel Blair and the granddaughter of Minne Lee Blair (buried in
Dickens Cem) who originally had the photo before she died. She originally thought the photo was taken
in 1913 but Andrew C. Blair is NOT in the photo. He died Jan 16, 1914. Also, the baby in the photo
(Cloyd Haynes) was born Aug 19, 1913 and appears to be about 9-12 months old which means the photo
was made in 1914, after Andrew C. Blair had died which explains why he was not in the photo.
Also, Margaret Shoemake Blair, Andrew's wife, is wearing a black dress as she would have
if it had only been a short time since Andrew's death.
Andrew C. Blair, third child of Charles R. and Sarah Sallie Campbell-Blair, was born May 19,1836 in Tenn.
and married Aug 18,1861(Smith Co,TN) Margaret Shoemake, the daughter of William and Fannie Arnett-Shoemake.
Margaret was born July 20,1841 in Tenn. and died May 3,1928 (Smith Co,TN). Andrew bought 115 acres in Civil
Dist #11 of Smith Co,TN from his father, Charles R. Blair, on Mar 24,1873. Andrew, nicknamed "Fox" because
of his sly and cunning business sense, was a Private in Co. B.,7th Infranty during the Civil War. Andrew died
Jan 16,1914 (Smith Co,TN), both he and his wife, Margaret, are buried in Dickens Cem. near Chestnut Mound,TN.
Their children were:
John Fite Blair (Aug 20,1860 - May 15,1939)
William Hatton Blair (Dec 1862 - ?)
Robert L. Blair ( circa l866 - ?)
Benjamin Jackson Blair (Sept 3,1867 - July 5,1934)
Mary Fannie Blair (Nov 1871 - Mar 27,1959)
Charles R. Blair (Jan 21,1874 - ?)
Permelia Susan Blair (Mar 10,1875 - Feb 27,1967)
James Walter Blair ( circa 1878 - ?)
Sam Blair (Nov 18,1880 - May 8, 1981)
Margaret "Maggie" Blair (Nov 23,1884 - Oct ,1969)
Andrew J. Blair born circa 1869
ANDREW C. BLAIR
Andrew C. Blair (May 19, 1836 - Jan 16, 1914) was the son of Charles R. and Sarah Sallie Campbell Blair
Margaret Shoemake Blair
Margaret Shoemake Blair was the daughter of William and Fannie Arnett-Shoemake. She
married Andrew "Fox" Blair (my grandmother said he got the nickname "Fox" because he
was so sly), Both Margaret and Fox are buried in the Dickens Cem. at Chestnut Mound.
Blair Brothers
(from left to right: Unknown man, Sam, Walter, Charlie, and Bob Blair) who were 4 of
the sons of Margaret and Andrew Blair, some of which are buried at the Dickens Cemetery.