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John Insley Blair

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John Insley Blair

Birth
Foul Rift, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
Death
2 Dec 1899 (aged 97)
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
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Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Wealthy merchant, railroad tycoon, and founder of Blair Academy. The township of Blairstown New Jersey was named for J.I. Blair in 1839 along with several other towns Blair plotted in the midwest. Blairstown Iowa, Blairsburg Iowa, Blairstown Missouri, Blair Nebraska, and many other towns in the midwest were plotted by Blair while he was building his great Railroad expansion in the midwest as well as his railroad empire in his native New Jersey.
Wealthy merchant, railroad tycoon, and founder of Blair Academy. The township of Blairstown New Jersey was named for J.I. Blair in 1839 along with several other towns Blair plotted in the midwest. Blairstown Iowa, Blairsburg Iowa, Blairstown Missouri, Blair Nebraska, and many other towns in the midwest were plotted by Blair while he was building his great Railroad expansion in the midwest as well as his railroad empire in his native New Jersey.

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