Eliza Violet Gist Blair

Biography

Eliza Violet Gist Blair stood beside her husband, Franz P. Blair, Sr., drawing on her firm sense of duty to support the family’s political and philanthropic endeavors during a formative era. She was known for her quiet leadership, helping to host gatherings that shaped Washington, D.C.’s civic life while tending to the needs of her growing family.

When she passed in 1877, Eliza Violet Gist Blair was laid to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery, leaving behind the legacy of a woman whose steady presence sustained the pursuits of others and whose home served as a gracious refuge for those working to preserve the Union.