Montgomery Clift
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| − | Woodbury Blair was born 1 Sep 1852 at St Louis, [[Missouri]], but six months after his birth, his parents relocated back | + | Woodbury Blair was born 1 Sep 1852 at St Louis, [[Missouri]], but six months after his birth, his parents relocated back to [[Maryland]]. He became a lawyer. 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, they had one child Ethel who was given up at birth and adopted by the Fogg family, although Woodbury never knew this child existed. His wife, or ex-wife, was kept in confinement by her own mother until the child's birth. The Blair family, according to Patricia's report never accepted this story as true. |
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. | ||
