Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,

Grant Co.



ROBERT C. BLAIN was born in Lincoln County, Ky., May 15, 1842, and is a

son of Robert and Fannie (Thompson) Blain, of Grainger County, Tenn.,

and Louisville, Ky., respectively.  Robert C. Blain was reared on the

farm, and in 1861 enlisted in Company F, First Kentucky Volunteer

Cavalry, October 8, 1862, he was promoted to captain at Perryville; was

with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was mustered out December 1,

1864.  At the close of the war he began farming in Lincoln County, Ky.,

but moved to Grant County in 1877.  In 1866 he married Mary Dunlap, of

Grant County, who died in 1872.  In 1873 he married Jennie Dunlap,

daughter of Alexander and Jane (Hawkins) Dunlap, of Fayette County. He

had three children by his first wife: Alexander, Fannie and Robert; and

by his second wife: William, John, Bettie, Annie, Jennie, Logan and an

infant.  Mr. Blain owns 190 acres of land in Mason County. He is

magistrate of Grant County and a Republican.



Blain Thompson Dunlap Hawkins

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Lincoln, Grainger-TN, Fayette



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