. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . sed to accept him as minister. Upon retiring from Congress in 1895,Mr. Blair resumed the practice of his profession with offices at ]\Ian-chester, N. H., and Washington, D. C. Politically he is an unswervingRepublican and ever since the great conflict in which he bore so conspicu-ous a part he has taken an active interest in political campaigns, speakingin the interest of his party in various states. He is a
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . sed to accept him as minister. Upon retiring from Congress in 1895,Mr. Blair resumed the practice of his profession with offices at ]\Ian-chester, N. H., and Washington, D. C. Politically he is an unswervingRepublican and ever since the great conflict in which he bore so conspicu-ous a part he has taken an active interest in political campaigns, speakingin the interest of his party in various states. He is a member of theMasonic fraternity, and although reared a Congregationalist does notbelong to any church. He is a consistent advocate of temperance and isthe author of a work entitled The Temperance Movement, or the Con-flict of Man with Alcohol; a pamphlet bearing the title of The Futureof the Temperance Reform, as well as essays and addresses upon manysubjects. On Dec. 20. 1859. Mr. Blair was married to Miss Eliza Nelson,daughter of Rev. William Nelson of Plymouth. N. and to this unionwas born one son, Henry P. Blair, now a practicing attorney of Wash- Biographical Sketches 319. ington. D. C. Throughout his entire career, whether as a soldier, lawyer,legislator, or private citizen, Col. Blair has been guided by a conscientiousdesire to perform liis whole duty, and has never siiirked responsil)ilitics. Brown, George Hay, superintendent of public l)uildings and groundsin Washington, D. C. was born in lulinburg. Scotland, Dec. 17, 1838, andin 1840 went with his parents to hjigland, where he was reared and edu-cated, being a pupil in private schools. Hisfather, David l>rown, was a landscape gar-dener and at the age of Ilftcen years, (jeorgcbecame his fathers assistant, although hecontinued his education for two years more,by attending night schools. In 1850 thefather sought a wider field for the develop-ment of his work, coming to Philadelphia,Pa., where the wealthy residents
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