Biography

07/25/1796 - 11/04/1871

BLAIR, Brice, a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, July 25, 1796 in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pa.; farmer; elected, supervisor, Dublin Township (1823); judge of elections, Dublin Township (1842); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1843 and 1844 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1845 term; member, Democratic County Convention (1849); unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, Huntingdon County (1850); elected, overseer of the poor, Huntingdon County (1852); merchant; died, November 4, 1871 in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Blair Cemetery, Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.