ADAIR, JAMES McDOWELL, Lexington, Va. 1895.
Born in Rockbridge County, Va., May 22, 1852; son of James Adair, who was born in Rockbridge County, Va., December 22, 1812; grandson of John Adair, Sr., who was born in Pennsylvania October 4, 1780, and was brought by his father into Rockbridge, then taken into East Tennessee; after his father's death, at Jonesboro, he returned to Rockbridge County, Va.; great-grandson of James Adair, who with his wife (Polly) and two brothers, emigrated from North of Ireland, vicinity of Londonderry, and located in Pennsylvania; dry goods merchant/ member and deacon in Presbyterian Church, Lexington.
