Seth Millington BLAIR
1850 Census - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, With 1st and 2nd wives
1860 Census - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Internet IGI, May 2008
Ancestry World Tree
Seth Millington Blair, Reminiscences and journals, 1851-1868, Church Archives
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel - lds.org/churchhistory
Research and historical information in notes OCCUPATION: Attorney and Editor - Journal of Seth Millington Blair in the possession of the Church Historians Office - pages 1, 3, 23 and 65 divorce page 29.- Tib card endowment house. Logan city cemetery record- Archive sheet of seth millington blair 1819-1875 and James Blair 1789-1846.- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,374 page 703 (first wife)- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,374 page 703 (second wife)- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,393 page #74 #943 (third wife) (time only)- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,393 page #74 #943 (fourth wife) (time only)- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,393 page #83 #1032 (fifth wife)- Endowment house sealings f.h.l. #183,394 page #62 (sixth wife)- Baptism of Seth Blair also given in his journal pages 5 and 101, note: baptism date in journals differs from baptismal date given in endowment house record of 17 jan 1848. - Note: wives 3 and 4 were sealed to their first husband Charles Moman Johnson 20 dec 1847 at winter quarters by Brigham Young fhl film #183,374 page #735- Note: sealing to second wife cancelled 13 oct 1855 by president Brigham Young.Note: baptism date needs correction on IGI. - Logan temple sealings fhl film #178088- Book #"b" page #261. Ordained a high priest 03 sep 1849 by william snow at winter quarters (book b page #2 #13) see early church information file fhl film #1,750,661 card #608.- Note: pat. Blessing given 28 dec 1850 at salt lake city by john smith (volume #11 page 167 #363) 2nd blessing given 21 oct 1861 at logan by isaac morley (volume #23 page #189) see church early information file fhl film #1,750,661 cards 608, 606, 607 and 610. - Note: arrived in Salt Lake City 7th of September 1850. Arrived (2nd time) in Salt Lake City 11 sep 1855 with 45 wagon train. Served a mission to texas from 01 may 1854 to 11 sep 1855. Pioneers and prominent men of utah pages 245 and 760.- "treasures of pioneer history" volume 4 pages 268-271.
He married Sarah Mariah "Texana" East 15 Nov 1855 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Sarah Mariah "Texana" East was born at Brenham, Washington, Texas 31 Dec 1840 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Lehi Nephi Blair
born 22 Oct 1857.
Mary Texana Blair
born 1 Oct 1859.
Willmeth Mariah Blair
born 1 Oct 1861.
Daniel Wallace Blair
born 6 Feb 1864.
Nancy Jane Blair
born 7 Jul 1865.
Seth Millington Blair died 17 Mar 1875 at Logan, Cache, Utah .
Sarah Mariah "Texana" East died 8 Jul 1890 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah .