J. Hays Blair - was born September 22, 1833 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. 
He is a son of Ralph A. and Asenath (McFadden) Blair. The father was born in 
Pittsylvania County, Virginia and died August 26, 1860, aged sixty-seven. 
The mother was born in Davidson County, Tenn., she died August 1860, aged 
sixty-four. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, where he remained 
until 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Kentucky Infantry, 
Confederate States Army, and served until the end of the war, after which he 
returned to the farm, remaining there two years; in 1867 he came to Hickman 
County, where he now owns 800 acres of land; he also owns a comfortable 
residence in Clinton, where he resides, with about six acres of land, also 
about twelve acres of land near the depot, and other property in the town. 
He has held the office of magistrate about eight years. Mr. Blair was married 
November 21, 1867, to Sarah A. Latta, of this county; they have had four 
children, three living. He is a life-long and devoted member of the United 
Baptist Church and Mrs. Blair is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
 

"Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, 
McCracken and Marshall Counties, Kentucky" - A Reprint of Part II of: Battle, 
J.H., W,H,Perrin and G.C.Kniffin. Kentucky: A History of the State. 
First Edition. Louisville, Chicago. F.A.Battey Publishing Co., 1885 - pg.246