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Woodbury "Woody" Blair was born 1 Sep 1852 at St Louis, [[Missouri]], the son of Montgomery Blair and his wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury. Six months after his birth, his parents relocated back to [[Maryland]]. He became a lawyer. The family located by 1880 in Washington, DC. | Woodbury "Woody" Blair was born 1 Sep 1852 at St Louis, [[Missouri]], the son of Montgomery Blair and his wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury. Six months after his birth, his parents relocated back to [[Maryland]]. He became a lawyer. The family located by 1880 in Washington, DC. | ||
| − | The story related by Patricia Bosworth in her biography of Montgomery Clift, states that Woodbury's first wife, albeit by an elopement, and shortly thereafter annuled, was Maria "Bobbie" Anderson. By this union, Maria became pregnant. Her mother Eliza moved the family to Philadelphia, Maria was kept in confinement by her mother until the child's birth. Then a doctor, who was an old family friend oversaw the birth and was given the child to adopt out. As the story is related, Woodbury never knew this child existed. The Blair family, according to Patricia's report never accepted this story as true. This child who I'm here calling [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 Sep 1888. | + | The story related by Patricia Bosworth in her biography of Montgomery Clift, states that Woodbury's first wife, albeit by an elopement, and shortly thereafter annuled, was Maria "Bobbie" Anderson. By this union, Maria became pregnant. Her mother Eliza moved the family to Philadelphia, Maria was kept in confinement by her mother until the child's birth. Then a doctor, who was an old family friend oversaw the birth and was given the child to adopt out. As the story is related, Woodbury never knew this child existed. The Blair family, according to Patricia's report never accepted this story as true. This child who I'm here calling [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 29 Sep 1888. "Immediately after the birth, the Anderson women returned to Washington, DC" (Bosworth, p10) |
On 6 Jul 1907, Woodbury, then aged 54 married to Emily Wallach, aged 38. Woodbury Blair died 14 Oct 1933 at Emergency Hospital, [[Washington DC]]. They had some connection as well to Newport, [[Rhode Island]] as his obit instructs newspapers of that place to copy. | On 6 Jul 1907, Woodbury, then aged 54 married to Emily Wallach, aged 38. Woodbury Blair died 14 Oct 1933 at Emergency Hospital, [[Washington DC]]. They had some connection as well to Newport, [[Rhode Island]] as his obit instructs newspapers of that place to copy. | ||
