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Blair Severns Veteran

Birth: 9 May 1839
Illinois, USA
Death: 22 May 1923 (aged 84)
Geddes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, USA
Burial: Pleasant Lawn Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 68982713 View Source

Blair Severns was the 8th child of Nye Severns & Magdelene Quick. Blair enlisted with Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment of Illinois on September 4, 1862. His brother Elbert had enlisted in the same company on August 22, 1862; and their nephew John A. Shutes had enlisted with the same company on August 11, 1862. Blair served as a fifer in the 1st Illinois Volunteers for three years and eight months.

Blair married December 7, 1866 to Helen Marie Davis (1840-1919). They had five children:
Clarence Severns 1868-1944
Maude Severns Richardson 1871-
Ernest Severns 1872-1960
Raymond Blair Severns 1876-1928
Mabel Severns Hamer 1878-1958

Blair Severns was the 8th child of Nye Severns & Magdelene Quick. Blair enlisted with Company I, 126th Infantry Regiment of Illinois on September 4, 1862. His brother Elbert had enlisted in the same company on August 22, 1862; and their nephew John A. Shutes had enlisted with the same company on August 11, 1862. Blair served as a fifer in the 1st Illinois Volunteers for three years and eight months.

Blair married December 7, 1866 to Helen Marie Davis (1840-1919). They had five children:
Clarence Severns 1868-1944
Maude Severns Richardson 1871-
Ernest Severns 1872-1960
Raymond Blair Severns 1876-1928
Mabel Severns Hamer 1878-1958

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Helen Marie Davis Severns

1840–1919 (m. 1865)

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Created by: steven coulter
Added: Apr 27, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68982713/blair-severns: accessed ), memorial page for Blair Severns (9 May 1839–22 May 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68982713, citing Pleasant Lawn Cemetery, Geddes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by steven coulter (contributor 46608391).

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