Henry "The Eagle Orator," of Tenn., and Whig elector for Tenn. Breckenridge of Ky., was one of his classmates entered the practice of his profession at Fayetteville, Tenn., in 1841 made the canvass of the State for Polk for President in 1844 in this campaign he debated with Maj. Buckner third wife Belle Buckner graduated in law Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1841, and was the valedictorian of his class Gen. he has been married three times, first wife Judith C. and Nashville University he received the degrees of A.B., A.M. Hall maternal grandparents John and Mary (Hall) Morgan he was educated at Bingham School, N.C. and Margaret (Smythe) Bright his paternal grandmother was a sister of Gen. Statesman, lawyer born Fayetteville, Tenn., Jan., 1817 English and Welsh descent son of James and Nancy (Morgan) Bright paternal grandparents James M. Martin Moody of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Mrs. Maude Lewis Blair a son, Robert Merrill Blair of Murfreesboro a brother, Hal Blair of Nashville two sisters, Mrs. Blair was a member of the First Methodist Church of Murfreesboro and served on the Board of Stewards. Blair was a past member of the Tennessee School Athletic Association's legislative council. He was as member of the Murfreesboro Kiwanis Club, Rutherford Education Association, and the Tennessee Education Association. Blair was also a superintendent for the Scanlon-Morris Hospital Supply Company at Madison, Wisconsin, during an interim period between school assignments. He was football coach at Trousdale High for one season at Trousdale High and for three seasons at Murfreesboro in the 1920's. Prior to that he was Principal of Polk County High School at Benton, Tennessee, Copperhill High School, and was Principal at Trousdale High School at Hartsville from 1949 to 1957. Blair came to Murfreesboro in 1957 when he accepted the post at Central High School. He attended public schools in Fayetteville and received his bachelor of science and master of arts degrees at the University of Tennessee. Blair, physician, and Levinia Doss Blair of Fayetteville. Wednesday at First Methodist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Fayetteville. Reuben Moore Blair, 66, Murfreesboro Central High School Principal since 1957, died Monday afternoon in his office after suffering a heart attack. Obituaries and Death Notices in Lincoln County, TN
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