Newsletter of the National Blue Family Association, Volume 30, No. 3, Summer 2012 Editor: Bill Blue, 2625 38th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98199-3104 ______
Welcome to the National Blue Family Association
The Chalice is published by the National Blue Family Association for the benefit of our members and for all who have an interest in the surnames BLUE/BLU/BLEW/ BLAW/BLAUW/BLAU/ etc. We have published The Chalice at least twice each year since 1983, the year after the Association was founded. We are currently publishing The Chalice four times each year. Most of the BLUE families in North America belong to either the Dutch BLUE family or the Scottish BLUE family. There are Irish BLUEs, but most of these originated in Scotland. Other BLUEs are of German, French or African origin. The major Dutch BLUE family descends from a couple associated with the Dutch West India Company, Frederick Janss and Grietje Janss. They are believed to have originated in the northern part of The Netherlands and appear in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Recife, Brazil, in the year 1646. By 1651 they were in New Amsterdam, where Frederick Janss received a grant of land. Their son, Jan Frederickse (John, son of Frederick) took on the surname BLAUW after the British took over the colony. Many of Jan’s descendants migrated to New Jersey, then westward to Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia (West Virginia). From these The Chalice locations they spread throughout the United States and Canada. This silver cup has been passed down from father The great majority of the Scottish BLUE families in North America originated in to son in the Dutch Blue Argyllshire, the maritime county in southwestern Scotland. Some of these came by family since the 1600’s. way of Ireland, and spent a generation or two there before coming to North America. The earliest known Scottish BLUE family to emigrate was that of It was crafted by Malcolm BLUE (1700-1766) and his wife, Sarah SMITH, from Cantyre, silversmith Jurian Argyllshire, who came in 1748 and settled on the Cape Fear River in North Blanck, New York City Carolina. In the following decades many more Scottish BLUEs arrived, settling in Ontario and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. At this time we have identified about thirty Scottish BLUE families. Research in Scotland may eventually lead to the connecting of many of these families. The National Blue Family Association has been in existence since 1982, when sixteen correspondents started the association. We ended 2011 with about 175 members. We have had fifteen National Reunions, one every two years from June 1984 through June 2012. Our next National Reunion is scheduled for June 2014. We have two large genealogies, compiled by William H. Blue of Seattle, WA and the late Robert Blue of San Rafael, CA, covering the Dutch and Scottish families. The 5th edition (2003) of the Dutch genealogy and the 1st edition (1999) of the Scottish genealogy are available on a CD-ROM through the Association. Anyone with an interest in the BLUE (and variants) surname is welcome to join the National Blue Family Assn. Dues are $12 per year for USA members. Other rates vary depending on postage. Submit dues to Truitt Bradly, (check made out to him), and newsletter articles to Bill Blue at the addresses given at the bottom of Page 4. The Chalice Volume 30 Number 3 Summer 2012
Table of Contents The Chalice – Summer 2012
Welcome to the National Blue Family Association 1 Letter from the Editor 3 Additions and Corrections to the Blue Family Email Listing 4 New or Returning Members since our Last Issue 4 NBFA Contact Points 4 15th NBFA National Reunion Report 5 Angels of the Battlefield – Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke 11 Unplaced or Unproven Blues in the South – Part 1 20 Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community 24 More Photographs from the 15th NBFA National Reunion 29 Southern Campaign American Revolution, Pension Statements & Rosters – David Blue 30 Matthew Ian Walker Graduates 31 Uriah Long, Son of Charity Blue and Isaac Long 32 William Jefferson Blue Family Photos 34 The Marriage and Family of Nancy (Blue) McGuire 36 Obituary Randy Alan Gibson 38 BLUE Family Reunions and Festivals 39 NBFA Membership Application 40 Distribution of NBFA Membership Across the USA 41 NBFA Membership List 42 Full Name Index 46
JOIN or RENEW Your NBFA Membership Any readers who are not now members of the National Blue Family Association are invited to join us. You will receive at least two issues of The Chalice each year and you may take part in our National Blue Family Reunions which are held starting on the fourth Saturday of June in even numbered years. Please use a copy of the Application Form on page 40 and send your $12 yearly dues to Truitt Bradly (check made out to him) at the address given on the form. Current members who have 2012 on their mailing label, or in their email message accompanying their Chalice, may renew their memberships for next year at any time. Please don’t let it be forgotten in the year-end Holiday rush.
Blue Genealogies Still Available We still have copies of the CD containing both the 5th edition of "Descendants of John BLAW (BLUE), d.1757 Somerset Co., NJ" and the 1st edition of “Scottish Blue Families if North America”. For your copy, please send $10 to: William H. Blue 2625 38th Ave W Seattle, WA 98199
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Letter from the Editor
NBFA Reorganization In the last issue of The Chalice (Spring 2012), Rev. John Gray announced his need to retire from active leadership in the National Blue Family Association after 30 years of dedication to the Blue/Blew/etc Family. John certainly deserves our heartfelt thanks and we sincerely hope that he will recover his health soon and be able to contribute his wisdom and experience to our organization. I am happy to announce that Truitt Bradly of Georgetown, TX has taken over the duties of Treasurer and Membership Chairman. Truitt has had experience with similar organizations, and he will take the steps necessary for the NBFA to become an official non-profit organization (NPO). Once this is established, you will be able to pay your dues to “NBFA”, but in the mean time please make your dues check out to “Truitt Bradly” and send it to him at the address given on Page 4 of this issue. To become a legal NPO, we are required to have a formal organizational structure. At the Reunion on 23 June 2012 we held an election of officers. The results are: President – William H. “Bill” Blue, Seattle, WA Vice President – Sarah Bitter, Oregon, OH Treasurer and Membership Chair – Truitt Bradly, Georgetown, TX A five member Board of Directors was chosen, consisting of the three officers named above and: Rev. John R. Gray, Grove City, OH James “Jim” Irwin, Walla Walla, WA We expect that you will see little change in the NBFA as a result of this reorganization. In the past all major decisions have been made after discussions between John, Sarah, Jim and Bill. Two changes that will be evident are: Monetary donations to NBFA will be tax deductable, and there will be only two issues of The Chalice issued each year (as we announced in the Spring 2012 issue). When a new editor takes over, we will reconsider that decision. 2012 NBFA National Reunion This year’s Reunion, held in Romney/Springfield and Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia on June 23/24, was enjoyed by all who attended. Our thanks go to Sarah Bitter, who planned the activities, and to Eph and Karen Herriott for providing the meeting space and the wonderful homemade breakfast. We took advantage of the Romney 250 celebration as much as possible (see the article on Page 5), adding a bit of variety to our day in Romney. Also a special thanks to Richard F. Blue for hosting the Jefferson County segment on Sunday. The dairy tour and picnic were great. "Descendants of John BLAW (BLUE), d.1757 Somerset Co., NJ", 6th Edition During 2013 I plan to spend time updating the 5th edition with data I have accumulated in the past 9 years. At this time, I have 71 “addenda” files to be integrated into the book and indexed. If you have any data that you would like me to include in the 6th edition, please send them to me as soon as possible. Thank you all for your continuing support, without which this organization could not exist.
Have fun and enjoy your summer. Bill
------It’s Membership Renewal Time
Please check the membership list located just before the index of this issue of The Chalice. If it says “2012” opposite your name, you need to submit your dues for next year. Please send your check for $12, payable to Truitt Bradly, to him at the address on Page 4.
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Additions and Corrections to the Blue Family Email Listing
A long list of Blue family email addresses was published before the index in the Winter 2012 issue of The Chalice. If your address was not included in this list, or in subsequent issues, and you wish to be included in the next list, please contact the editor at [email protected]. A complete listing will be published again in the first 2013 issue. Please note that these addresses are to be used only to contact Blue family members for genealogical purposes. They may not be used for commercial ventures. Name NBFA – ID # Email Address Karen Ann Hales 1.1.1.6.9.4.1.6.1.2 [email protected]
New or Returning Members since our Last Issue
A complete list of the members of the National Blue Family Association have been included in each Summer issue of The Chalice. Starting in 2013, the membership list will be in the Autumn issue. New members joining since the previous issue are listed in this section.
Name NBFA – ID # Residence Karen Ann Hales 1.1.1.6.9.4.1.6.1.2 West Jordan, UT Donna Smith 1.1.3.2.1.8.5.1.3.1 Magalia, CA Richard Wade Piper 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.5.1.2 Ashtabula, OH Robert Harrison Bleu 1.3.2.3.2.6.5.x Puyallup, WA Margaret “Peg” Ryan 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.3 Turnersville, NJ Jennifer C. Blew 1.3.2.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.2 State College, PA
NBFA Contact Points Please feel free to contact any of these people with news or questions.
President and Chalice Editor: Bill Blue, 2625 38th Ave W., Seattle, WA 98199-3107 email: [email protected]
Vice President and Web Hostess: Sarah A. Bitter, 317 Pepperton Dr, Oregon, OH 43616-2347 email: [email protected]
Treasurer and Membership Chairman (send your dues to him): Truitt Bradly, POB 2431, Georgetown, TX 78627-2431 email: [email protected]
Chalice Publisher and Mailer: Jim Irwin, 404 Mica Place, Walla Walla, WA 99362-8223 email: [email protected]
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15th NBFA National Reunion Report
Submitted by Sarah Bitter [1.5.8.3.2.3.5.10.3], Oregon, OH Photographs by Donn Bitter, Jim Hankins and Bill Blue
Romney 250 During the week preceding our Reunion, the City of Romney held a celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of its incorporation as a city. Many interesting events were held and a few of our members arrived early to partake in the festivities. On Thursday evening the Romney 250 committee had organized a walking tour of historic buildings. “Early Birds” Lynda Toth, Dorothy Lloyd and Bill Blue were able to see the courthouse, the old jail, Taggart Hall, several churches, and some houses that date back to the late 1700’s. At 7:00PM the Romney 250 participants, including the mayor of Romney, Daniel O. Hileman, and his wife, congregated at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. The pews were almost full and soon a short, stout, bearded Confederate soldier appeared in front of the alter. His uniform was covered with gold braid and he had a long sward attached to his belt – clearly he was an important officer.
Dorothy Lloyd and Lynda Toth The gentleman then introduced himself as at Courthouse General Stonewall Jackson. The general talked for about an hour and 15 minutes. He started with his birth and early childhood – he was orphaned at age 7 and lived in an orphanage until his late teens. He was eager for knowledge and acquired an appointment to West Point. He graduated from the Academy and fought in the Mexican War, rising in rank as the years went by. When the Civil War broke out, Jackson was faced with the biggest decision of his life. He had sworn allegiance to the United States, but he believed that the president’s actions were in violation of our Constitution. Ultimately he chose to defend the South and was appointed Brigadier General by Jefferson Davis. Jackson continued on to describe his activities in the war. He regrets that he was given the name “Stonewall”, for the real stonewall was formed by his gallant men who would not retreat when faced with a massive attack. Jackson was a very religious man. It is said that, before a battle, he would get down on his knees and pray all night. Of course, Jackson could not tell about the manner of his death, for he was still alive and was speaking to the people in the church. General Jackson was played by an accomplished actor by the name of Doug Riley. We were to see Stonewall Jackson at him again as part of our Reunion on Saturday. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
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15th NBFA National Reunion Report (Cont’d) Romney – Friday, June 22, 2012 During the afternoon, people started arriving for the Reunion. At 6:00 PM some of us met at Mario’s for dinner. Attending were: Truitt Bradly (TX), Lynda Toth (CA), Jim and Pat Hankins (GA), Joan and Phil Walter (IN), Jim and Selma Burrows (MA), Dorothy Lloyd (WA), Sarah and Donn Bitter (OH), and Bill Blue (WA). Border to Border and Coast to Coast at a table for twelve.
Dinner at Mario’s Left Side: Truitt, Jim H., Phil, Joan, Sarah and Donn Right Side: Pat, Dorothy, Lynda, Selma and Jim B.
Romney/Springfield, WV – Saturday, June 23, 2012 The NBFA Reunion started at 8:00AM with breakfast at the home of Eph and Karen Herriot. Tables were set up under sails (to protect us from the sun), where we all enjoyed a delicious breakfast casserole and delightful cinnamon rolls furnished by Karen. We then began our busy but relaxing day of events. First stop was in Romney, across the street from the home of Madeline Blue, at the Royce Saville home used by Stonewall Jackson as headquarters during the Civil War. There we enjoyed a reenactment of the tales of “Stonewall” Jackson as he spoke of his encounters with our very own Lt. John Blue. He spoke of how Lt. John Blue helped the Confederate Army during many encounters with the Union Army during the Civil war. Doug Riley’s performance was a delight to behold. He had stayed up the night before reading the book “Hanging Rock Rebel” to make this reenactment extra special for our group. Mr. Riley come out of character for a short time and answered questions for our group about himself and the West Virginia reenactment group of which he is a member. After the reenactment we all went to the Indian Mound Cemetery where a Blue flower arrangement and a solar powered light were placed on the grave of Madeline Blue. We all viewed the graves of the other Blue families that are buried there. We then drove north to Fort Ashby for a catered luncheon and enjoyed talking together. After our luncheon we traveled south, stopping at the John Blue Bridge and at Fairfax Lot #27 to view the home that John Blue Stonewall Jackson Tells About [1.1.1] had built in the late 1700s. Then we moved on to the Lt. John Blue, CSA
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15th NBFA National Reunion Report (Cont’d) memorial erected by John D. Blue, where we enjoyed taking a few group pictures. We then continued our tour about 12 miles south of Romney to Fairfax Lot #2. This lot is located near the exit of “the trough”, where the South Branch of the Potomac flows through a narrow divide in the mountain, and is owned by close relatives of Ephraim Herriott. We were told that just before we had arrived a large eagle had landed and carried off a groundhog. There we were all treated to a charming view of what our ancestors lives were like when they first arrived in the Romney valley near the trough. We viewed a family fort and were all amazed to think that the first families in this area had to construct a building just to protect themselves against Indian attacks. No one in our group had ever seen a family fort before (except Eph, Karen and our hosts, Mary Kuykendall Weber and her sister, Decker Kuykendall Elder). Mary and Decker then invited us into the house where we all enjoyed cold beverages. We were then shown where the walls had been removed to expose the original inner wall of the cabin. The “great room” had a very large fireplace that was used for cooking, as well as heating during the cold winters. On a table in the original cabin was a model of the original barn, no longer standing on the farm. This was a very unusual barn it had a large round end on the structure that was truly one of a kind.
Family Fort on Fairfax Lot #2 Fireplace Designed for Cooking and Heating After a very informative and enjoyable visit at Lot #2, our group then retreated to the home of Eph and Karen Herriott where we were joined by Romney Mayor Daniel Hileman and his lovely wife, Lisa. In a big surprise to no one but Bill, the mayor presented a “Proclamation of Community Appreciation” to William H. Blue for all he had contributed to Romney community history and the Blue family over a 30 year period. We then were treated with a catered dinner furnished by Gourmet Central. We concluded our evening with a short business meeting and talks by members Lynda Toth, Irene Hobbs and Peg Ryan. At the business meeting, our intent to reorganize as a non-profit organization was announced. To qualify, we are required to have officers and directors. An election was held and the following officers were chosen: President – William H. “Bill” Blue, Seattle, WA Vice President – Sarah Bitter, Oregon, OH Treasurer and Membership - Truitt Bradly, Georgetown, TX Our Board of Directors will consist of the three officers, above, Rev. John R. Gray, Grove City, OH and James “Jim” Irwin, Walla Walla, WA. Romney Reunion had come to an end.
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15th NBFA National Reunion Report (Cont’d) Jefferson County, WV Segment – June 24, 2012 The sun was out again this morning, promising us another perfect day. Richard F. Blue’s family farm is located on Flowing Springs Road, just east of Shenandoah Junction and south of Shepherdstown, WV. This Reunion segment was held in an open pavilion at a church park near the farm. Early arrivers were treated with a tour of the James Blue & Sons dairy farm, led by Richard. After the tour, we returned to the pavilion and enjoyed a wonderful potluck luncheon provided by the many cooks of Richard’s extended family in Jefferson County, WV. The surprise of the day occurred when we were joined by Joel Blue, NBFA life member. It was a special treat to actually met Joel after so many years of texting with him regarding his Nieuw Amsterdam research. As the clock struck 3:00 Donn and I said our long good byes to everyone thanking them all for another memory filled Blue Family Reunion. Then we headed west, taking our time enjoying the sights of Old Route 50, before heading north to Oregon, Ohio.
The Jefferson County Blues – Jimmie, Nancy, Richard Blue Shows Us the Milking Room Mary Ellen, Richard, Nell Louise, Mike and John
The Herriott Home, Springfield, WV Herriott’s Rear Patio – The Reunion Site More Pictures Appear on Page 29.
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2012 BLUE Family Reunion Participants 23 June 2012, Romney/Springfield, WV
Name Home Town NBFA Number Sarah and Donn Bitter Oregon, OH 1.5.8.3.2.3.5.10.3 William H. “Bill” Blue Seattle, WA 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3 Truitt Bradly Georgetown, TX 1.1.1.2.1.5.5.4.2.2.2 James Breinig Romney, WV 1.1.1.2.5.3.11.2.3.1 Jim and Selma Burrows Maynard, MA 1.5.10.5.1.3.1.1.2.1 Jim and Patricia Hankins Atlanta, GA 1.1.1.6.8.8.3.4.2 Brandy Alexis (Piper) Hanusosky Thompson, OH 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.5.1.2.1 Lena Sophia Hanusosky Thompson, OH 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.5.1.2.1.1 Ephraim and Karen Herriott Springfield, WV 1.1.1.3.2.2.6.1.3.1 Irene Hobbs Spring Valley, CA 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.4 Danielle Keen Gold Bar, WA 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.4.1.1 Dorothy Lloyd Yakima, WA 1.1.1.1.1.13.6.6.5 Richard Wade and Marcella Kay Piper Ashtabula, OH 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.5.1.2 Kyriea Rubin East Stroudsburg, PA 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.3.1.1 Peg Ryan Turnersville, NJ 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.3 Lynda Toth Los Angeles, CA 1.1.1.1.2.1.10.4.1.2 Nancy B. Wade Raleigh, NC 1.1.1.2.5.3.11.2.3.2 Joan and Phil Walter Seymour, IN 1.1.2.3.5.1.3.3.1.1
Additional Participants on 24 June 2012, Jefferson County, WV
Richard F. and Mary Lee Blue Shenandoah Junction, WV 1.5.5.4.4.7.5.3.2 H. Joel Blue Hudson, NY 1.1.3.5.2.2.7.4.4.2 Richard Blue’s extended family
John R. & Madeline Blue’s Gravestone James Breinig and sister, Nancy B. Wade (on left) With Solar Powered Light and Flowers Marcella Kay and Richard Wade Piper (on Right)
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Angels of the Battlefield
Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke “Mother Bickerdyke, the Mother of The Boys In Blue”
Submitted by Lucinda “Cindy” Frank [1.1.1.6.8.4.1.3.1.1], Burbank, CA
The Ball Family Genealogy Alling Ball, Jr., was born in Wiltshire, England in 1617 and was one of six Ball brothers who sailed from England to the American colonies in the 1620s or 1630s. Alling settled in New Haven Colony and Alling’s brother, William Ball, ventured to Virginia where he is reputed to have established the line which eventually produced Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. It was in New Haven where Alling met his wife Dorothy Fogill and in 1642 their son Edward was born. In the years 1666-1667, lawyer and Puritan leader Edward Halsey Ball, Esq. of Branford joined the New Haven and Branford Puritans who were against the Connecticut Charter. These dissidents were led by Capt. Robert Treat, and Ball helped him found the religious community of Newark, NJ. In this new town, Edward held many positions of import, two of which were high-sheriff of Essex County, NJ and member of the grand jury of Essex County. His son Thomas, one of his six children, was born in the newly established town and in turn Thomas had 12 children, one of which was Timothy. By this time the Ball family had become quite affluent and important. Around 1744 Timothy built an impressive mansion for his growing family which included 11 children. He called his home “Maplewood” and it was located in the area of Orange, Essex County. Three of Timothy’s sons, one of whom was David, served with the New Jersey troops in the American Revolutionary War. During this conflict, Maplewood occasionally became the headquarters of General George Washington. The hill location of the home afforded Washington an excellent view of battles and troop movements as far away as Staten Island. In the evening he broke bread with the Ball family members whom he recognized as “Cousins”. Washington slept in a small room over the large kitchen where his horse was stabled. In 1804 David traveled to the Western Reserve (Ohio) where he bought land in Knox County for his four sons, one of whom was Hiram Ball, father of our Civil War heroine, Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke. Mary Ann (Ball) Bickerdyke Two hundred years after Alling Ball, Jr., was born in England his 4g.granddaughter, Mary Ann Ball, was born on 19 July 1817 to Hiram and Annie (Rodgers) Ball in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. Her parents died while Mary was still young and she was raised by her grandparents. Following their demise, Mary was cared for by an uncle and then accompanied her evangelist aunt on her rounds. On 27 April 1847 she married Robert Bickerdyke in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two years before the Civil War began Robert died in Galesburg, IL leaving Mary with two half grown sons whom she had to support. She worked as a servant and laundress, and occasionally practiced nursing. Mary attended the First Congregational Church in Galesburg which was led by Rev. Edward Beecher, brother of the noted minister and lecturer, Henry Ward Beecher, and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. It was at this church that Mary Ann was introduced to equal rights for women and was swept up in the growing anti-slavery sentiment. An excellent article, “What Mother Bickerdyke Did During The Civil War”, was written by Barbara Schock for the Galesburg, IL Zephyr and printed on Aug 5th and 12th, 2010. The article describes Mary Ann Bickerdyke’s service to the Union soldiers during the American Civil War and is so superior to any information I found in my research, that I feel privileged to present it to you for your enlightenment and enjoyment.
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) What Mother Bickerdyke Did During the Civil War By Barbara Schock, The Zephyr, Galesburg, Illinois, August 5 & 12, 2010 On May 26, 1861, Mary Ann Bickerdyke sat in one of the pews at the rear of the Brick Church (Congregational) on South Broad Street in Galesburg. She was probably attired in her best black dress and bonnet. In all likelihood she was accompanied by her two sons, Hiram and James. The Reverend Edward Beecher hurried in and began the Sunday morning service. From the pulpit he read a letter written by Dr. Benjamin Woodward who had practiced in Galesburg for the past several years. Dr. Woodward was an assistant surgeon with the 22nd Regiment of Illinois volunteers. He was in charge of several hospitals around Cairo, Illinois. About five hundred young men from Galesburg were stationed there. Dr. Woodward wrote that the boys were “dying like flies” from contagious diseases, filthy conditions and poor food. Dr. Beecher asked the congregation if they wished to discuss the letter rather than hear his sermon. Several members spoke up and said they wanted to discuss the situation in Cairo and what could be done for the boys. Pledges of food, clothing, medical supplies and money were quickly made. The next question to be decided: Who would take the supplies to Cairo? Most of the men were busy with their farms or businesses. The president of the Ladies Aid Society suggested Mrs. Bickerdyke would be a good person to send as she had nursing experience and wasn't afraid of hard work. On June 9, 1861, Mrs. Bickerdyke arrived in Cairo after riding the Illinois Central Railroad and watching over many boxes and crates of supplies. Dr. Woodward met her in his horse-drawn buggy and took her to one of the army camps. He reminded her that she had a one-day pass and would have to leave the camp by evening. The temperature was about ninety degrees and the stench coming from the tents was appalling. Mrs. B. bribed a few of the soldiers with the promise of a chicken dinner. She asked them to find some empty barrels and cut them in half. She started heating a large quantity of water. Then she showed several of the men how to muck out the tents to remove mud and decayed straw. With a dry floor and fresh straw, the tents were much cleaner. She bathed and dressed the sick Embarkation of Union Troops from Cairo on boys in clean clothes she had brought from January 10, 1862 - Wikipedia Galesburg. Then she prepared food for all of the men. In the evening she found a place to stay simply by knocking on doors until she found someone willing to rent a room to her. A kindly widow let her use a summer kitchen for cooking and put a cot in a corner on which Mrs. Bickerdyke could sleep. That evening she wrote a long letter to the church members describing the situation and asking for pots and kettles, washboards, chamber pots, etc. She also asked for $10 a week which she could use to buy fresh food for the sick. Dr. Woodward took Mrs. Bickerdyke to the other hospitals in his charge. They were even worse than the first one she had seen. Many of the men were suffering from contagious diseases to which they had never been exposed. Others had diarrhea from the coarse, poorly cooked food. The Union Army expected soldiers to take care of themselves if they became ill. In other words, the army was interested only in men who were fit for drill. The army employed surgeons only to take care of wounds after battle.
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) A homemaker and mother such as Mrs. Bickerdyke knew about the importance of cleanliness, nourishing food and botanical remedies. She had grown up on the frontier in Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s and was familiar with home remedies made from natural products. Some of the natural or botanic medicines have been in use for hundreds of years. Many of the ingredients are still part of pharmaceuticals used in today's medicine. The battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee took place from February 11 to 16, 1862. The weather had been warm at the beginning of the battle and there had been much rain. The creeks and rivers were over flood-stage. Many of the Union soldiers had abandoned their overcoats and blankets. Then the weather turned very cold. The night before the fort was taken three inches of snow fell and the temperature dropped to 10 or 15 degrees. The wounded froze to the ground or froze to death. After the fighting ended, there were almost 2000 Union soldiers who had been wounded. They were treated at field hospitals and taken by steamship to the hospital in Cairo. About midnight Mrs. Bickerdyke went out on the battlefield with a shawl wrapped around her shoulders and carrying a lantern. General John A. Logan saw the light flickering in the dark and sent his orderly to find out what such a ghoulish person might be doing. Mrs. B. and the orderly Part of the Lower River Battery at Fort Donelson, returned several hours later. She reported to the overlooking the Cumberland River - Wikipedia general she had determined there were no living souls left on the field. She and the general became good friends for rest of the war. The story of the episode was picked up by the newspapers and Mary Ann Bickerdyke's name became known across the North. Mrs. Bickerdyke learned from experience that the field hospitals had to be made more efficient. She also observed that much in the way of soiled clothing and blankets was later burned. She determined to salvage as much of it as she could for use in the next battle. She wrote to the U.S. Sanitary Commission for laundry equipment, but didn't receive it. Through barter and cajolery Mrs. B. succeeded in getting enough equipment locally to launder and pack the goods for the next battle. Men from a local contraband camp helped with the heavy work of providing wood for the fires heating the water in which the pieces were boiled. She hung the cloth on bushes to dry. After such treatment, the fabric was surely free of vermin and infectious germs. One of the bloodiest battles of the West occurred at Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6 and 7, 1862. Mrs. B. was there with her pots and pans, botanical remedies, bandages, clean clothing and blankets and food. She spent several months caring for the wounded in the field hospitals. On October 3 and 4, 1862, the battle at Corinth, Mississippi took place. There were 8400 wounded men to be cared for afterward. Mrs. Bickerdyke took whatever she needed from military stores and supplies from the Sanitary Commission. The Commission made her an agent at $50 a month in order to legitimize her work. She escorted shiploads of the wounded back to the general hospital at Cairo several times. In November 1862, Mrs. Bickerdyke took time off to go back to Galesburg to see her sons. She had been gone for eighteen months. She was wearing the same calico dress. She went to Chicago to visit Mary Livermore, head of the Chicago office of the Sanitary Commission, to ask again for the laundry equipment which was so urgently needed at the hospitals in Tennessee.
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) Mrs. Livermore sent Mrs. Bickerdyke out on a fundraising campaign in Illinois and Wisconsin. She raised more money than any previous speaker had done. She required the husbands of the local Ladies Aid Societies to be present for her speeches. They were the persons who controlled the family money. Mrs Bickerdyke insisted on using some of the money for the purchase of laundry equipment and to ship it south. At the battle of Iuka, Mississippi, a stray horse was captured. He had sores on his legs and was malnourished. Mrs. B. treated the animal in the same way as the wounded soldiers. Later she rode sidesaddle using a regulation army saddle. She didn't approve riding a-straddle—that was unseemly for a lady in those days. Mrs. Bickerdyke visited Galesburg again at Christmastime. She took her sons to live with the Nichols family near Chicago. Then she wrote to General U.S. Grant asking where he might need her. He suggested she go to Memphis. It was an important concentration point for the Union armies. At Memphis, the medical director had no use for Mrs. B. He appointed her matron at the hospital at Fort Pickering. It was the place where smallpox cases were sent. In her usual way, she figured out how to solve the problem of caring for contagious patients. Negro contrabands who had survived smallpox were hired to bury the dead, clean up the hospital, whitewash the walls and dig a new latrine. Afterward, the army doctors began to appreciate Mrs. Bickerdyke's hard work and to brag about the cleanliness of their hospitals. As the war progressed it became more difficult to buy fresh food locally for the medical patients. Mrs. Bickerdyke went on another tour of Illinois and Wisconsin to secure cows and chickens for the Memphis hospitals. She acquired 100 cows and 1000 chickens which were shipped by train to Memphis. They were domiciled on President's Island in the Mississippi River. Contrabands took care of the livestock and received some of the benefit. When the army moved on the chickens became stew and the cows marched with the army. The soldiers called the milk “Bickerdyke whiskey.” After the siege of Vicksburg General W.T. Sherman asked that Mrs. Bickerdyke be assigned to his Fifteenth Corps. During the Chattanooga campaign of October and November, 1863, the soldiers experienced sore feet and blisters because of the shoddy boots provided by the army. Mrs. B. treated the men and showed them how to make moccasins from bark and army blankets. Chiggers were a problem for the men too. She told them to wash with brown soap and to use their willpower not to scratch the bites. Germs weren't known yet, but Mrs. B. understood that dirty fingers could cause insect bites to become infected.
View from the top of Lookout Mountain, overlooking Chattanooga, TN, February 1864 - Wikipedia At the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863, there were 2000 wounded soldiers and no facilities. Mrs. Bickerdyke's sovereign remedy was panado. It consisted of crushed hardtack, hot water, brown sugar and whiskey. The porridge provided energy, warmth and stimulation. The weather was cold and windy. Mrs. Bickerdyke had huge fires built between the tents sheltering the wounded. She heated bricks and put them around the men to keep them warm. At one point, the wood for the fires ran out and Mrs. B. told soldiers to tear apart an old breastwork and put the logs on the fire. Afterward an official inquiry was held as breastworks weren't supposed to be destroyed,
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) according to army regulations. By the end of the hearing, the officials commended Mrs. Bickerdyke for keeping the wounded soldiers warm. One of the men who thought he was dying improved in health with some good food and rest. He was a professional baker and Mrs. B. had yeast from the Sanitary Commission. Flour from an abandoned mill and bricks from a demolished chimney, were used to create an oven to bake bread for the soldiers. As many as 500 loaves a day were produced. A thirty-foot-long trough was made from a tree. It was used to hold the bread during its rising. When the yeast ran out, salt-rising bread was baked. Mrs. B. could make cookies from crushed crackers, water, brown sugar and black walnuts. They were a treat for the soldiers. One Christmas she made taffy for the soldiers in the field hospital. They sang Christmas carols and enjoyed a good time around the campfire. Mrs. Bickerdyke went to Chicago for fundraising duties in March of 1864. She convinced the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce to donate $1200 a month for the rest of the year to the Sanitary Commission. Mrs. B. spoke in a down-to-earth way and described her experiences while serving the Union soldiers. She was very clear about what was needed to help the sick and wounded men. She called them her boys. From the beginning the boys reciprocated by calling her “Mother.” On May 6, 1864, General Sherman began his Atlanta campaign. Mrs. Bickerdyke followed with enormous kettles on wheels for making soup and moving from tent to tent feeding the wounded. While Mrs. Bickerdyke was in the North soliciting for the Sanitary Commission, there had been a shakeup in the Union Army command. President Abraham Lincoln had appointed General U.S. Grant to be in charge of all Union armies. General W.T. Sherman became the leader in the Western theater of the war. A pincers movement was being planned to envelope the Confederate forces. On March 24, 1864, General Sherman issued an order forbidding any civilian use of the railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Every railroad car was needed for military supplies for the forthcoming battles. Even the Sanitary Commission was unable to ship its goods to the front. Mrs. Bickerdyke went to see General Sherman. She came away with an order for two carloads of Commission supplies to be shipped each day if they were addressed to her personally. On May 6, 1864, General Sherman had 98,000 men, 254 cannons and hundreds of wagons ready for the Atlanta campaign. Mrs. Bickerdyke and Mrs. Eliza Porter rode in an ambulance full of bandages, tea, brown sugar, condensed milk, beef extract and whiskey. Old Whitey, the horse Mrs. B. had nursed back to health, walked along side the wagon. He was ridden by Andrew Somerville of the Seventh Iowa Regiment. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman Mrs. Bickerdyke had met him at Cairo on the first day of her May 1865 - Wikipedia enlistment in the Civil War as a nurse. Mrs. Porter was a school teacher before the war. She worked for the Sanitary Commission in Chicago and then decided to work in the army hospitals. Her husband, Jeremiah, was clergyman and served in an Illinois light artillery unit. The two women became very good friends. Enormous copper kettles on wheels had been crafted for making soup for the wounded. They were stuffed with crutches whittled by convalescing soldiers in the regimental hospitals. The carving gave the men something worthwhile to do. The army didn't provide crutches for men who had lost a leg to a minnie ball. Mrs. Porter had suggested the project and Mrs. B. wished she had thought of it first. Near Resaca, Georgia, Mrs. Bickerdyke's caravan came to a clearing. Dr. Woodward, who had been in charge of the hospitals at Cairo, was busy removing shattered arms and legs from wounded men on a kitchen table under a tree. Soon pine branches had been cut, placed on the ground and covered with
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) blankets on which the wounded men could rest. Mrs. B. started a fire and made soup for the wounded. She also established a kitchen to prepare food for the fighting men. As Sherman's army moved toward Atlanta, Mrs. Bickerdyke followed. She made blackberry cordial for diarrhea, brewed a tea from jimson weed as a painkiller, and a tea of willow bark for the malaria cases. She also cooked and did the laundry for the field hospitals which sometimes held twelve hundred men. Mrs. Bickerdyke stayed in Marietta, Georgia, through the summer. The field hospital of tents covered thirty acres. The soldiers called it “Mother Bickerdyke's Circus.” The Sanitary Commission had sent a large supply of lemon extract so Mrs. B. made lemonade. It was a favorite treat for the wounded for the rest of the war. The siege of Atlanta ended on September 2, 1864. The two ladies continued to look after the sick and wounded for another two months. Mrs. B. wanted to follow General Sherman on his “March to the Sea.” The General insisted that Mrs. Bickerdyke meet him at Savannah, Georgia, in the spring. He even promised to provide a ship for the supplies she always insisted were necessary. She was on the last train out of Atlanta before it was burned. She and Andy Somerville had checked as many dwellings as possible to make sure there were no living people or animals still in them. Mrs. Bickerdyke went on a speaking trip to New York and Philadelphia. At the Henry Ward Beecher church in Brooklyn, she asked the ladies to donate one of their muslin petticoats to be used for bandages. She knew the fashion was to wear five petticoats under the ladies' voluminous skirts. Three trunks were filled with the donated petticoats and they went with Mrs. B. when she boarded the ship for Savannah. Reverend Beecher was an older brother of the pastor of Galesburg's Brick Church. At Wilmington, North Carolina, the ship stopped for water. Mrs. Bickerdyke took a walk through the town and discovered the captured men who had been held at the Andersonville, Georgia, prison were being released. She wrote a note to General Sherman that there was a greater need at Wilmington. She stayed and used the New York petticoats and other supplies for the sick and starving men. Mrs. Bickerdyke rejoined General Sherman at Beaufort, North Carolina. She was there on April 9, 1865, when a service of thanksgiving was held in the chapel to commemorate the end of the war. She didn't join in the revelry, but continued to care for the patients in the hospital. General Logan telegraphed Mrs. B. that he wanted her to meet him at Alexandria, Virginia. His Army of the Tennessee had been through many hard battles and they would need her tender care while camped in that Grand Review if the Armies place. Washington, DC 23 May 1865 - Wikipedia In Washington, DC, the black bunting was taken down from public buildings. It had been on display since Lincoln's death on April 12th. There was to be a Grand Review of the Union troops on May 23rd and 24th. General George Meade's Army of the Potomac consisting of 80,000 men, was to march down Pennsylvania Avenue from behind the Capitol and past the White House on the first day. They marched twelve abreast and the parade lasted for seven hours. At 9 am on the second morning, 65,000 men of the Armies of Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland had their turn. General Sherman rode at the head of the parade. He was concerned that his men had been
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) so busy fighting that they had forgotten parade formation. But they did him proud with their straight lines and cadence. General John A Logan asked Mother Bickerdyke to ride beside him at the front of the Fifteenth Corps. Just before the parade began, some of the boys showed Old Whitey to her. He had been curried, had his hooves polished and tail braided with ribbons. The saddle blanket was covered with forget-me- not flowers. A shiny red leather sidesaddle with a floral Brussels carpet seat was resting on Old Whitey's back. Her boys had “found” it for her. Mrs. Bickerdyke had received a new outfit to wear for the Grand Review from friends in New York. She was busy before the Review setting up a first-aid tent, lemonade stand and latrine for the marching soldiers. There wasn't time to change so Mrs. B. rode in the Grand Review wearing her calico dress and bonnet. Later, the garments were auctioned as relics of the war. The hundred dollars realized went to help the soldiers. The day was sunny and warm. Some of the soldiers were still recuperating from their injuries. Mrs. Bickerdyke's first-aid tent treated blisters and sunstroke. The lemonade stand and latrine were very useful to the men who had walked so many miles during the Civil War. Mrs. Bickerdyke stayed on in Washington for a month. She had tea at the White House and was entertained by Dorothea Dix, head of the Army Nurse Corps. In early June, the Army of the Tennessee went to Louisville, Kentucky, to be disbanded. Mrs. B. and Mrs. Porter worked in the hospitals there for several months. Mustering out of the troops took a long time. Mrs. Bickerdyke accompanied an Illinois regiment to Springfield, Illinois. On March 20, 1866, the last man was mustered out. That day Mary Ann Bickerdyke sent her resignation to the Sanitary Commission. She was 48 years old and had two sons to finish raising. She needed a job. A soldier in the Civil War had a one in four chance of surviving. Besides, the poor food, unsanitary conditions and exposure to contageous diseases, there was the minnie ball. It was made of soft lead and was heavy. When the bullet hit the head or torso, it made an enormous hole and the result was death. If the bullet hit an arm or leg, the bone was shattered. That was the reason for the thirty thousand amputations during the war. Seventy-five percent of the amputees survived.
Memorial to Mother Bickerdyke Galesburg, Illinois There was also a high risk of infection as the germ theory legendsofamerica.com wasn't understood in this country during the war. It became influential afterward. The knowledge of what caused disease and how to stop it from spreading would have been very useful. The total number of cases of injury and disease in all the armies during the war was ten million. The armies did improve the handling of cases during each year of the war, but it was never enough. Mrs. Bickerdyke had suffered the same hardships as the soldiers—cold and hot weather; wind, rain and snow; rough food and poor sanitary conditions. She had used her wits to bypass the army bureaucracy and scrounge whatever was needed to help her boys. She had become friends with the famous Union generals of the war. She had raised a great deal of money for the U.S. Sanitary Commission. She had set up 300 field hospitals during the course of the conflict. Mrs. Porter later wrote that Mrs. Bickerdyke had pioneered mobile, front-line nursing during the war. She had made nursing a respectable occupation for women. Mrs. B. wasn't afraid to take on the
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) dirtiest job, but she had a temper. She tolerated officers only as long as they behaved themselves. If provoked, she able to give them a tongue-lashing which could cut them to ribbons. Even General Grant said the army had plenty of surgeons, but only one Mother Bickerdyke. She had become an ex-officio member of the Union army. Her name soon faded from the news of the day. In 1898, Post 45 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Galesburg, wrote to Mrs. Bickerdyke to ask if she wanted to be buried next to her husband in Linwood Cemetery. She responded that was her wish. The GAR Post in Bunker Hill, Kansas, had hoped to conduct the burial in their town as she had lived there for a number of years. After her death in 1901, a group of soldiers' wives, widows and daughters in Galesburg inspired the idea of a monument to commemorate Mother Bickerdyke's services in the Civil War. It was dedicated May 22, 1906, and rededicated May 12, 2006; a unique monument for a unique woman. This is what Mary Ann Bickerdyke said about her years of work during the Civil War: “I served in our Civil War from June 9, 1861, to March 20, 1865. I was in 19 hard-fought battles in the Department of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Armies. I did the work of one, and I tried to do it well.”
Possible Blue Family Connection to Mother Bickerdyke As 18 year old John Blue [1.1.1.1.3.1.1] of Illinois would later believe whole heartedly, Mother Bickerdyke did her job very well. This young unmarried farmer from Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois was a native of Virginia, being born on 3 April, 1843 in Marion County, VA (WVA). He had hardly taken a breath of southern air when in the same year his parents, Isaac and Rebecca Blue, moved west to Illinois. This young Virginian stood 5’7”, and had light hair and blue eyes. His skin was dark due to the time he spent under the sun in the fields in his father’s farm. On 3 September 1861 John joined Company K, 41st Illinois US Infantry as a private. The 41st became a part of the District of Cairo in the Western Theater of the Union Army, which was commanded by a little known brigadier general, Ulysses S. Grant. This unit participated in the crucial attacks on the garrison at Ft. Henry (Feb. 6 1862) and Ft. Donelson (Feb. 11-16, 1862) in the state of Tennessee. After these two battles the District of Cairo was considered the nucleus of the mighty Army of the Tennessee. It was necessary to capture these Confederate forts, for they guarded the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers on which Confederate munitions and army goods traveled into the heart of Dixie. Furthermore, these rivers opened direct access into the center of the South, so that the Union troops could destroy with ease the vital Confederate shipping and railroads. It was at the Battle of Ft. Donelson that 2,500 Union soldiers were either wounded or killed. Nurse Bickerdyke and her team of nurses had been on hand since the Battle of Ft. Henry, looking after the wounded and dying. It was fortunate for Private Blue to have Mother Bickerdyke on hand, since he was wounded at Donelson, as were some of his company buddies such as 1st Sgt. Thompson F. Cooper. The company’s Cpl. David L. Wills became ill with one of the contagious diseases in camp and left for home, not waiting to see what the nurses might do. However, with all Nurse Bickerdyke’s healing talents, she couldn’t do anything for Pvt. James D. Williams who on February 15, 1862 gave his life for the Union in the shadows of Ft. Donelson. Likely due to the heroic efforts of Mary Ann Bickerdyke and her splendid staff of nurses, Private John Blue survived his wound. However, he was captured and spent two weeks in Libby Confederate prison near Atlanta. Later he was exchanged, rejoined his company and fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, MS during June of 1863. Mother Bickerdyke and her band of nurses were part of the Army of the Tennessee and followed General US Grant to Vicksburg. They were very busy with the sick, dead and dying at this surrounded garrison on the Mississippi. While Nurse Mary Ann Bickerdyke was patching up the thousands of Union soldiers, among them was her old friend 1st Sgt Thompson Cooper of K Company, 41st Illinois Regiment. Again Mother Bickerdyke helped him to heal. Pvt. John Blue fought in many more long and dangerous battles, but was fortunate to escape further injury and was mustered out on August 20, 1864, at Springfield, IL.
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Angels of the Battlefield (Cont’d) On 27 November 1866 John married Laura V. Cornell of Maryland who gave him seven children. John had a wonderful farm in Dewitt Co, IL, but in the 1900 Census he is found in Peyton, El Paso County, Colorado with his family, where he continued to farm. The Panic of 1893, which lowered the price of wheat, forced banks and railroads into bankruptcy, and caused unemployment to hit 18%, may have had something to do with John’s move. Seventy two years after Nurse Mary Ann Bickerdyke began her career as a nurse, the United States was in the midst of World War II. The Government honored her earlier efforts in caring for the wounded Union soldiers, either on transport hospital ships such as the “City Of Memphis” or in hundreds of battlefield hospitals. One of the 2,710 liberty ships built by the US Maritime Commission carried the name SS Mary Bickerdyke. It was launched on 27 October 1943 from the dock yards in Richmond, California. This cargo ship transported such needy supplies as Spam and sulfa drugs to soldiers on remote Pacific islands, items that would have been wholeheartedly supported by the ship’s namesake, Nurse Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke.
U.S.A. Hospital Steamer “City of Memphis” Mary Ann Bickerdyke Served on this Ship after the Battle of Fort Donelson Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine, by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein (2008)
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Unplaced or Unproven Blues in the South – Part 1 Prepared by the late Robert F. “Bob” Blue, San Rafael, CA
For you, who might have thought that the work of the Blue family genealogist was completed, a month before his untimely death Bob prepared this “to do” list of unidentified male Blues in the South. The list is dated “as of Feb. 9, 1992” and the attached sticky-note reads “Bill – my one last gasp (for about a week). Will tackle the ladies in a few weeks. Bob”. Some of these men have been identified during the interim period, so we have added a column for their NBFA numbers. If anyone can identify these people, or know that we have identified someone erroneously, please contact the editor at the address on page 4. My notes are in italics.- WHB, Editor A. G. Blue (b.1815) Living in Pike Co., AL in 1850. Census shows: A. G. Blue 35, Harriet 28, Augustus 6, Malcolm 5, Thomas 3, William 1/12. M. Harriet Wynn in 1842 in Pike Co. Was he son of Malcolm, Peter (d.1828)? S5.4.2.1 Abijah Blue (b.1852) In Linn Co., KS in 1880. Census shows: Abijah Blue 28, b. TN, Anne 25, IN, Lilia M. 9, Benjamin 7, Minnie 5, Alice 3, Morris 2, all b. MO. Albert G. Blue ( ) m. Samantha Evans in 1856 in Red River Co., TX. Living here at time of 1880 census was a R. H . Blew 31, b. GA and his wife Belle 28, also b. GA. S5.4.2.1 Alexander Blue ( ) m. Amanda Ross in 1876 in Brazos Co., TX. Black? Andrew Blue ( ) m. Dollie McDonald in Cumberland Co., NC in 1868. Mother was W. Bryant. There is also a record of marriage here in 1873 between Andrew Blue & Nessy Jane Blue. Angus Blue (1776-1826) Buried in Bethesda Pres. Church, Aberdeen, NC. Archibald Blue (b.bef.1755) Living in Cumberland Co., NC in 1800. Census shows: Males 1 16-26, 1 45 up, Females 1 under 10, 2 16-26, 1 26-45, 1 45 up. Brother of Peter O. (d.1828)? S5.1? Archibald Blue ( ) m. Efiy ______(c1790-1861). She d. Scotland Co., NC. Archibald Blue (c1796-bef1860) m. Flora McMillan in 1825 in Cumberland Co., NC. In 1840 he is living in Crawford Co., GA. In 1850 he is living in Dooly Co., GA. He was born in SC. Ch. Samuel, Mary, William, Isabel, Flora and Gustavus. S10. Archibald Blue (b.1804) Living in Bladen Co., NC in 1850. Census shows: Ann Blue 74, Archibald Blue 46 (40? Blacksmith, insane), Francis A. Pruett 7, all b. NC. Son of Duncan (b.177_)? S5.3.2? Archibald Blue (b.1814) Living in Marion Co., SC in 1850. Census shows: Archibald Blue 36, Christian 31, Louisa 8, William 5, Margaret 3, all b. Marion Co., SC. (Surname may be Buie). Archibald Blue (1814-1856) Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Moore Co., NC. Archibald Blue ( ) m. Sarah Black in 1857 in Cumberland Co., NC. S2.2.4.2 Asa C. Blue ( ) Served in Co. D, 49th Regt. in Civil War, from Moore Co., NC. [Ancestry.com files call him Neill C. Blue (b.ca1839)]. Benjamin Blue ( ) m. Hannah Ray Oct. 16, 1873 in Cumberland Co., NC. Charles Blue ( ) m. Lucy Capes in 1866 in Wake Co., NC. Colin Blue (b.bef1794) Living in New Hanover Co., NC in 1820. S5.5.x? Colin L. Blue ( ) Mentioned in deed in Cumberland Co., NC in 1897. S5.5.1.1.5 Columbus Blew (b.1839) b. TN. Living in home of Abner & Caroline Drinkard in 1860 in Grundy Co., MO. (Is he John C. Blew, son of Daniel and Mary A, Blew, Cannon Co., MO in 1850?) Daniel Blue (1737-1818) This data from Bible in possession of Mayme Blue and Julian Blue, Jr., Raeford, NC. S1.1.1? Daniel Blue (c1740-c1814) m. Ann _____ . He took up land on Black River, Cumberland Co., NC, in 1767. Ch. William, Duncan C., Daniel, Elizabeth (Murphy), Janet, Flora (Ray), Catherine, Ann (Colvin). I (Bob) believe he was son of Duncan (d.1775). S15.3 Daniel Blue (b.175-) In Yazoo Co., MS in 1830. (The land is probably owned by Daniel, age 30-40. The male 70-80 may be Dugald Blue (1753-1845), Daniel’s father, on a visit.) S4.5.4?
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Unplaced or Unproven Blues in the South (Cont’d) Daniel Blue c1760-c1838) b. NC. Lived for some time in Marion Co., SC and later in Camden Co., GA. Married Catherine (McQueen)? and had Elizabeth, James, Daniel, Mary A. and Alexander. Brother of William (c1756-1829)? S5.2? Daniel Blue (b.176-) Married Flora _____ (1764-1828) who is buried at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen, NC. Probably son of Angus (1733-1823). (Flora may be wife of Angus Blue [S6.] with transcription error in her dates. We have her as Flora _____ (1746-1827)). Daniel Blue (b.bef1775) Living in Warren Co., TN at time of 1820 census. In Cannon Co., TN in 1850. Census shows: Daniel Blew 80, b. NC, Mary A. 40, NC, Martha A. 15, Napthale 13, John C. 11, Susannah 10, all b. TN. (See Columbus Blew, above). Daniel Blue (b.177-) Living in Franklin Co., NC in 1810, 1830 and 1840. Daniel Blue ( ) Married Milly Westin 1807 in Wake Co., NC. Daniel Blue ( ) Was Justice of Peace in 1847 in Columbia Co., FL. Daniel Blue (1804-1882) Buried Union Church Cemetery, Moore Co., NC. Daniel M. Blue (b.c1813) Living in Brunswick Co., NC in 1870, in Columbus Co., NC in 1880. 1880 census shows: Daniel Blue (handwriting reads more like “Du” or “DM”) 67, Martha (wife) 23 (actually 34), Mary 13, Jane 10, Ida Ann 8, Martha 5, D. Viola 2, Robert Smith (ad. son) 14, Mary Branton (sis.) 70, Flora Blue (sis.) 64, all b. NC. By 1900 Daniel is deceased and elements of family are living in Columbus Co. I believe he descends from Bladen Co. Blues (S7 family) and is a grandson of Dugald (1739-1819). (Doug Kelly, in his second edition of “The Scottish Blue Family of North America”, places this fellow, who really is Dugald Munn Blue (1813-1889), in the “Second Bladen/Columbus County Blue family”. His parents are Dugald and Ann Kerr Munn, and his grandparents are John Blue and Mary Agnes McColl, the emigrants.) Daniel Blue ( ) Enrolled in 1837 at Ft. Lancaster, FL for service in Florida War. There is a Lancaster in Suwanee Co., FL. Daniel Blue ( b.1839) Living in Columbus Co., NC in 1860. Born in Bladen Co., NC. (Census image in Ancestry.com is almost impossible to read. The surname may be Buie.) Daniel Blue (b.1846) In Quewhiffle Twp., Cumberland Co., NC in 1870. Census shows Daniel Blue 24, Samuel (?) 18, Mary 16. Daniel T. Blue (1860-1890) Married Fanny Riley in 1881 in Taylor Co., FL. S10.1.7 David Blue (b.180_) Living in Smith Co., TN in 1830. David Blue (b.1839) Living in Columbus Co., NC in 1860. Born in Bladen Co., NC. Indexed as Daniel. See Daniel Blue (b.1839), above. David Blue (b.1861) Living in Bullock Co., AL in 1870. Born in AL. He was not David R. (1860-1942), son of Archibald, John, Peter (d.1828). (Bob does not explain this. I disagree and have placed David in the Guinea Blue family as a son of Archibald and Rebecca (Harp) Blue. S5.4.6.3.1 Douglas Blue ( ) Married Effie Fowler in 1881 in Pike Co., AL. Son of Dugald (b.1812)? Drayton W. Blue (b.1851) Living in Spartanburg Co., SC in 1900. Census shows: Drayton W. Blue 49, Culdy 40, Johnnie 16, David 14, Maretta 12, Mamie 11, Hattie 7, Rebecca 4, May B. Hawkins, (niece) 2, all b. SC. (This family bears the surname Bellew in the 1910 census of Walnut Grove, Greenwood Co. SC.) Dugald Blue (1739-1819) Appears in Blayden Co., NC as early as 1774. Had brother John (174_- 1820). At one time I felt that he was of the Guinea Blues. [S5. Family]. S5.3 Dugald Blue (b.bef1775) Living in Robeson Co., NC in 1820. (Error. Shd be Richmond Co., NC) S4.5 Dugald Blue (b.1812) Living in Pike Co., AL in 1850. Census shows: Dugald Blue 38, Penina (Perina?) 41, James 9, Cornelius 7, Henry 5, Benjamin 3, Herriott 6/12. Family living in Coffee Co., AL in 1860. Son of Malcolm, Peter (d.1828)? S4.5.9? Dugald Blue (b.c1816) Living in Brunswick Co., NC in 1850. Census shows: Dougald Blue 34, Anna 65, Mary 35, Flora 30, Ann 28, all b. NC. The 1860 census shows: Ann Blue 77, Mary 41, Flora 40, all
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Unplaced or Unproven Blues in the South (Cont’d) b. NC. He apparently has died by 1860. He had a brother Daniel (b.ca1813) also listed herein. (See Daniel M. Blue, above.) Duncan Blue ( ) Settled 228 acres on Sandy River, Prince Edward Co., VA on Sept. 20, 1748. Duncan Blue (d.1775) Will probated in 1775 in Cumberland Co., NC. Will names Duncan, Catherine, Donald, Elizabeth and Mary Campbell. Inventory of will submitted in same year by Duncan and Daniel Blue. S15. Duncan Blue (b.1749) Born on ship from Scotland. Married Nancy Jacobs, prob. In Cumberland Co., NC. Ch. John, Elizabeth Council and perhaps Malcolm. The son John Blue (b.c1780) lived in Marion Co., SC and is listed herein. Although this info came from a direct descendant I have doubts. S2.4? Duncan Blue (bef1755-c1829) Married Mary Watson and had Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah, Duncan Comfort and Mary, all bapt. in Bluff Church, Wade, Cumberland Co., NC. Possibility that his wife m. 1st to _____ Watson and that her maiden name may have been Colvin. I am reasonably certain that he was son of Duncan Blue (d.1775) listed above. S15.1 Duncan Blue (b.177_) Living in Bladen Co., NC in 1830. Son of John (174_-1820) or of Dugald (1739- 1819), listed herein. S7.1 Duncan Blue (b.1805) Living in El Dorado Co., CA in 1850. (He may be Duncan Buie.) Duncan Blue (b.1826) Living in Bullock Co., AL in 1870. Census shows: Duncan Blue 44, b. NC, Lucretia (Larretta) 34, Flora 8, Martha 4, William 2, all b. AL. S5.4.9.3 Duncan Blue (b.1842) Living in Robeson Co., NC in 1870. (Duncan was Superintendant of Turpentine; was working for “Mr. Neill Archd”.) S1.1.8.7? Duncan Blue (b.1843) Living in Houston Co., TX in 1880. Census shows: Duncan Blue 37, Anna 22, Charles 8, Nancy 1, all b. in LA. Also here in 1900. Was he son of Archibald, Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm (1700-1766)? S4.5.7.7? Duncan James Blue (b.1846) Mother was Margaret Ann Blue (1826-1916), dau. Of Duncan, Duncan (1734-1814). Mother m. twice and Duncan was by 1st marriage so she must have married a Blue. He was living in Greenwood Twp., Moore Co., NC in 1900. Census shows: Duncan J. Blue 53, Laura J. 44, Daniel J. 25, Margaret E. 22, Archibald 20, Martha B. A. 15, John C. 12. Was grandfather Duncan Campbell Blue, son of Duncan (1734-1814)? S1.4.1.1 Elijah Blue (b.1828) Living in Oktibbeha Co., MS in 1850. Census shows: Elijah Blue 22, b. SC, Emily 27, b. AL. (1850 census calls him Elijah Blew.) Frank Blue ( ) m. Margaret Woodard in 1879 in Alachua Co., FL. George Blue (b.1834) Living in Loudon Co., TN in 1900. Census shows: Geo Blew 66, Martha 65, David 10, grandson, all b. SC. There is a record of marriage in 1866 between George W. Blue & Martha Kennedy in Claibourne, MS. George W. Blue (b.1856) m. Laura Belle Guffey and had one known child, Edward Oliver (b.1898), born in Cleveland, Pawnee Co., OK. He had the following brothers and sisters: James, Jesse, William and Minnie. One member of the family thinks father was Daniel Blue of NC. (George is the great- grandfather of Stacy Prater of Skiatook, OK. We found his connection to the Dutch Blue family in 2007.) 1.1.1.3.1.3.7.2 Griffan Blue (b.1839) Living in Lauderdale Co., AL in 1880. Census shows: Griffan Blue 41, father b. SC, Amanda 47, George Ann (f) 17, Charles 15, Martha 11, James 8, Henry 7, Rufus 4. Was name Belue? Haywood Blue (1867-1938) Mother was Mary Jane Blue (1840-1916), dau. of Archibald, Daniel, Angus (1737-1827). His father may have been a James Blue. Was this the Haywood Blue who m. Sallie Butler in 1892 in Richmond Co., NC? S6.1.6.6.3? Henry Blue (b.c1835) First appears in Gadsen Co., FL in 1850 census enum with family of William McMillan. In family at that time was a Washington Blue 18 and a Sarah Blue 17, all b. FL. Next appears in Smith Co., TX in 1880. Census shows: Henry Blue, saddle maker, b. FL, father b. NC,
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Unplaced or Unproven Blues in the South (Cont’d) mother b. SC. Living next door was a W. M. Blue (Washington), his brother. The 1900 census of Smith Co. shows: Henry J. Blue b. Oct 1835, FL listed with John McMillan, uncle. Living nearby was Washington M. Blue. S2.5.x.x? Isaac Blue (b.180-) In Greenville Dist., SC in 1830. J. D. Blue (b.1800) Living in Shelby Co., TN in 1850. Census shows: J. D. Blue 50, b. TN, Nancy 50, VA, James Lamb 12, John Lamb 10, both b. AR. James? A Martha N. J. Blue m. Micah Mason here in 1847. S3.2.3 J. Blue (b.1828) Living in Travis Co., TX in 1860. Son of Patrick, Duncan (1734-1814) or Neil, Dugald, Malcolm (1700-1766). [Father was Neil Blue (1793-1877)]. S4.5.5.4 J. L. Blue (b.1838) Living in Scott Co., AR in 1860. Census shows: J. L. Blue 22, b. AR, Mary A. 22, b. MO, Moses H. 7 mos., b. AR, living with Elizabeth Payne 53, b. GA. S3.2.1.5 J. P. Blue (b.1831) Living in Charleston Dist., SC in 1850 with Spencer Family. Jacob Blue ( ) Signed petition in 1779 in Anson Co., NC to form Montgomery Co. Jacob Blue ( ) Mentioned as grantee in Deed from a James Blue in 1885 in Cumberland Co., NC. Also in same year with wife Jane is mentioned as grantor to James Blue for same property. In 1896 he is mentioned as grantor to Thomas L. Blue. (Jacob and Jane Blue are a black couple living in Quewhiffle Twp., Cumberland Co., NC in 1880 and 1900. Thomas L. Blue is their son. The identity of James is unknown.) James Blue (b.bef 1775) Living in Habersham Co., GA. James Blue (d.1806) Admn of estate of James Blue granted to Daniel Clary in Rowan Co., NC. Son of Malcolm (d.1783)? S3.4 James Blue (b.180-) Living in Shelby Co., TN in 1840. Census shows: Males 1 30-40; Females 1 10-15, 1 30-40, 1 70-80. See J. D. Blue (b.1800). S3.2.3 James F. Blue (b.c1820) Living in Nassau Co., FL in 1860. Census shows: James Blue 40, b. NC, Jane 9, Sarah 7, both b. FL. 1870 census shows: James F. Blue 64, b. NC, Jane 17, Sarah 14, both b. FL. S2.2.4 James Blue (b.1820) Living in Rowan Co., NC in 1850. Census shows: James Blue 30, Christina 20, Henry J. 2, David Rowan 11, Susannah 8, Elizabeth 15, all b. NC. Age off? S3.4.1 James Blue (b.1806) Living in Nassau Co., FL in1870. See James (b.c1820). S2.2.4 James Blue (b.1820) Living in Ouachita Co., AR in 1850. Census shows: James Blue 30, b. NC, in family of Willie and Mary Graves. James Blue (b.1820) Living in Holmes Co., MS in 1860. Census shows: James Blue 40, b. NC, Drucilla 23, b. AL. Son of Daniel, Dugald, Malcolm (1700-1766)? S4.5.4.x? James Blue (b.1832) Living in Wilson Co., TN in 1860. Census shows Jams Blue 28, b. AL – in family of G. W. and Elizabeth McPeak. James R. Blue (b.1835) Living in Taylor Co., FL in 1870. In family were Caroline 40 and Mary 4, all b. FL. S2.2.4.1? James Blue (b.1835) Living in St. Francois Co., MO in 1850. Census shows: James Blue 15, b. MO – in family of James Munton. Son of John, Douglas, Malcolm (d.1783)? S3.2.2.11? James Blue (b.1840) Living in Kershaw Co., SC in 1900. Census shows: James Blew 60, Lizzie 60, Lynch 20, etc, all b. SC. James Blue (b.1845) Living in Marion Co., MO in 1880. Census shows: James Blue 35, Dora 24, Josephus 6, Ruben 5, James A. 3, all b. MO. James B. Blue (b.1846) Living in Tishamingo Co., MS in 1880. Census shows: James B. Blue 34, b. TN, Mary A. 36, b. AL, James W. L. 4, b. MS. Was name Belue? James Blue (b.c1846) Living in Laurel Hill Twp., Richmond Co., NC in 1870. S6.1.6.8
To be continued in the Autumn 2012 issue of The Chalice
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community
Submitted by Helen Dougherty Geisler [1.3.2.3.3.2.8.7.8], Willow Grove, PA
Delano (located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania) was called a village and, like many villages, it had its own businesses, Post Office, general store, churches, fire station and other attractions that served the needs of the people including those purely for fun. There was a "dam" where kids and adults went to swim in summer and ice skate in winter. The men of the town built a two stage diving board. A couple of logs around a fire pit served as seating in winter while putting on our skates. The two Mrs. Doughertys---Alice and Ruby, her son John's wife, built a few benches between some trees and made a table and a fireplace in the grove of apple trees along the path to the dam. The grove was a favorite place for everyone; sometimes we were treated to what was called "bum soup", made of potatoes, baked beans and "hot dogs" our moms cooked on the fireplace. When the strip mining began, our little heaven on earth changed drastically. The huge steam shovel dropped its loads of clay in the area of the dam, filling in large parts of it, bringing an end to our fun. The grove was gone. We were left with tall clay and shale banks and deep pits in the ground. In winter we devised an alternative sport by sliding down the banks into the pits on pieces of cardboard--what would become the future "snowboard". Our Paradise Alley became the rutted muddy route of the dump trucks used to haul away the coal. The refuse banks lived on for many years before some were leveled and the birch trees took over again.
Hazle Street in December 2009. This is the main business street in Delano. The crossing is for the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The Company Store Being a railroad company town, there was the company store, a huge old building on Hazle Street, just off the intersection with Lakeside Avenue. The first businessman of the store was A. J. De Pew. I have a sales receipt with that name on it, given to me by my nephew, a lifelong resident who is still in the family home on Willow Street. During my school days, the store was run by men I thought were the owners, and they probably were. George and Charlie Hoffmann were two elderly gentlemen who waited on the customers who came to buy liver pudding, sausage, shoes and boots, flour, sugar, lard, yard goods, cough syrup, shirts and other clothing, and just about everything else people in a small
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community (Cont’d) town needed. It was a General Store in every sense of the word. Of course it had a special place just inside the door where the eyes of children quickly fastened. There, at eye level, was the glass enclosed candy counter with trays of tootsie rolls, squirrels--a nutty taffy, Mary Janes, jelly beans and jelly babies---with a name no longer politically correct today. There were licorice strips with colored hard candy dots, red and black licorice twists, wax bottles of colored sugar water, and thick wax lips. On top of the case were large glass jars filled with pink, white and green lozenges. Sometimes we would get a penny to buy a recess treat on our way to or from school. We always asked how many pieces we would get for our penny because that was very important. We did not get a penny to spend every day. George was the more serious brother, but Charlie would joke with us kids and it was fun when he waited on us. If we were sent to buy something by mother, we went to the main counter where there was a slightly raised step where we did business. In those difficult days we sometimes charged our "purchases". There were some people in town who "had money" and also charged things. There was never any question that our credit was good, but some who could pay defaulted on their bills. Schools While the general store was vital to the daily life of the town, the education of the children was of great importance as well. The Truant Officer, Ollie Walbert, a rather old man, made sure no one escaped to take a day off from classes or homework. Delano was centrally located in reference to other small towns in the immediate area and had a larger population. The other small towns had their own elementary schools, some going up th 8th grade in the county system, but Delano had its own township school with grades one to twelve. Students were divided into three groups in the elementary level, with one teacher responsible for two grade levels---first and second, third and fourth, and fifth and sixth. Boys and girls who attended schools that ended at grade eight could attend the Delano High School where there was a grade for each level, seventh through twelfth. Some students came from Trenton, Quakake, Tamenand and Grier City. When I graduated in 1948 there were twenty-two in my class. Everybody walked to school, even those from out of town unless there was someone who could drop them off. During most of the school's history most teachers lived in the town. Mrs. Olive Edwards "boarded" some teachers in her home. Some came from nearby Mahanoy City. When I went through high school most of the teachers were women, since men had been drafted for the military. That was when my cousin Charley Sharkey taught me algebra. In Delano we had to learn and use cursive writing which was taught through grade eight. We had writing "folders" made of newspaper and were taught by the Palmer Method. We had awards for excellent writing---small pins. You had to hold your pen or pencil "properly" or get a ruler smack on the hand. Our desks were in straight rows fastened on rails. In the upper school there was a place to hold a bottle of ink. We all wrote a million "push-pulls and ovals" to acquire a good legible hand. The basic ABCs were taught in the lower grades. Miss Anthony was a very strict teacher. I had to stand in the corner because the boy in front of me turned around to ask me something. I didn't even know I should have my face turned to the wall and had to be told. Shy and scared, I could have gone through the floor. But, Miss A. also read us Mrs. Goose stories that I loved. We learned our words by reciting from a chart. Since supplies were scarce the school supplied us with a pencil once a month. Pencils were distributed and collected each day and were sharpened by the teacher or a child who could be trusted not to grind them down too much. We also had a box of crayons. I still remember the dance we were taught in first grade---How Do You Do My Partner which we had to sing while we danced. We also had to memorize and recite poetry. The county had books of poetry for each grade level 1-6 and some were required. We had the usual subjects of Latin, French, English, chemistry, physics, history, civics, problems of democracy, science, art, music, bookkeeping, typing, shop, home economics, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry and algebra in junior and senior high. Special assemblies were held once a month or every two weeks. Every morning we met in the auditorium for reading of the Bible, to
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community (Cont’d) pledge the flag, to sing The Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem, and to hear any announcements. Sometimes there would be a special program. We put on class plays and musical programs. We once had a hypnotist who caused one of the boys to lie rigid between two chairs and also to "sell a mouse trap". We had a school orchestra in which I played drums, having gone through the lessons taught by Mr. Horner---very unusual for a girl. Everyone studied all subjects including shop for girls at times. Delano High School had a well known reputation for its academic program and our graduates had no trouble entering college. I never learned if my former principal sent my transcript of grades to Kutztown State Teachers College. The president of the college at the time was a former Delano High School principal. Sadly, with the loss of population, Delano High School closed in 1950 and students went to Mahanoy Township School. When even the elementary grades closed, everyone went to the Mahanoy Area School District. There was much excitement in town when the school building burned to the ground. The Post Office As far back as I can remember, Delano had a Post Office. I recall it being located in the Railroad Station, but have been told it was once situated in one of the spaces on the freight platform. I remember the cage-like window behind which the Post Master sat and distributed the mail. The mail boxes were shiny metal with a small bit of glass where you could see if you had mail. Our mailbox was number 82 and is the Dougherty mailbox to this day. Butt Matz served for a time, but the office was later taken over by Mary Guldner and was located in her home. The last in-home location was where Nelda Collins was Post Mistress. Today the Post Office is a small separate building on the edge of town. If future policy, due to congressional demands of prepayment of a ten year retirement fund is enforced, our century old Post Office will be no more. Churches The United States Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and many churches could be found in the towns and out in the countryside, located to suit those who attended. The Blew family of Delano attended St. Peter's in Locust Valley which recently celebrated its 150th anniversary. Many
St. Peter’s Church and Cemetery, Locust Valley, Schuylkill Co., PA Blew ancestors are buried in the cemetery beside the church. Three of the Blew women who settled in Delano---Alice, Jenny and (Sara) Ella attended the Delano Union Church located at the corner of Hazle Street and Lakeside Avenue. Two congregations shared the church on alternate Sundays--- Lutheran and Reformed, with Rev. Lester B. Lutz and Clinton M. Baver as ministers. The Dougherty children---Betty, Anna, Frances, Helen, and Gertrude and grandchildren John, Grace and June were all in the choir at some point---five at one time. Margaret Sharkey, daughter of Ella, was known for her beautiful voice. As a widow, Alice soon became church housekeeper and bell ringer for services; we children helped dust the pews on Saturdays and were very proud when we could be trusted to ring the last bell before the choir entered. Today the church is home to one congregation
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community (Cont’d) served by a female pastor, Janet Kline, who also serves in Delano and at The White Church in Rush Township where St. Peter's anniversary celebration was held. Many of the residents of Delano were Roman Catholic, but there was no Catholic church in the town until many years later when a chapel was established in what was once a private home. The closest Catholic church was in Mahanoy City, but the Dougherty girls who were raised to be catholic according to the marriage terms of the time had no way to get to church. They loved to sing and had good voices so they went with their friends to the protestant church. When they later married catholic men they returned to that church. People of opposing beliefs in the town had their differences, but in the Dougherty family there was never any dispute. The younger Doughertys all attended summer Bible school, learned their verses, attended the Union Sunday School and received their gift Bibles from the superintendent when they were in sixth grade. We experienced freedom of religion at its most basic level. Medical Care The closest hospitals to Delano were in Hazleton and Locust Mountain. Since most, if not all children were born at home, hospital was not a word common to my experience. There were two doctors who treated the illnesses of the residents. I never knew Dr. Dengler who lived on Hazle Street, but I had heard of him. He was highly respected. My own experience involved Dr. Neal Devers, who was "the company doctor. In those days doctors made house calls. Dr. Devers drove from McAdoo to Delano to tend the Dougherty ills. Old time remedies were used in treating common illnesses, including Quinzy, pneumonia, ear infections, colic, mumps, measles and sore throats. Elixir of turpentine (turpinhydrate) was used, as were mustard plasters, Vicks vapor rub and paregoric. When my baby sister Gertrude had pneumonia she was alternately wrapped in hot towels and alcohol to bring her fever down. When I got scarlet fever at age five I was so sick there seemed little hope. I remember Dr. Devers standing in our living room with my mother as I lay in the sofa bed. It was decided to try a new "experimental" medicine. My recovery was long and difficult. I remember being carried out to the kitchen for my first real meal. Being the parent of a seriously sick child must have been a truly frightening situation in which to find yourself. When Gertrude and Grace graduated from high school they both trained as nurses at Hazleton Hospital. Later, June Dougherty Arnold and Lori Yesenofski became nurses, and Lori continues today at Lehigh Valley Hospital, working to complete her masters degree. Education has always held a high priority for the Blews and their offspring, learning and serving and helping others. Drugstore The original town drugstore was first located in the train station, but as a child one did not have much experience with it. Later, Kelly Shaup opened a drugstore a short distance from our house on Willow Street. You could buy patent medicines and other health supplies there. Kelly also sold sodas, ice cream and other snacks. He put in several booths where people could sit and enjoy their drinks. There was also the first public telephone there---a box that hung on the wall with a crank to turn to get the operator. You had to really stretch to reach the mouthpiece and hold the ear piece to listen. Few people in Delano had a telephone. When we had to get a message, family members called our next door neighbors, Eisenbachs. They would pound on the thinner common wall at the top of the cellar steps and someone would dash over to take the call. Kelly Shaup’s Drug Store
Fire Company No matter the size of the town., with twin houses built close together, having a fire engine and fire fighters could not take second place to other services. According to a Standard Speaker newspaper
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community (Cont’d) article, a brush fire in 1895 came close enough to threaten the town. Throughout its history, Delano saw its share of fires in public and private buildings. Before 1941, men and boys would turn out to fight the fire. They pulled the two-wheeled hose cart to the fire location. Harry Edinger led the endeavor to secure fire protection for the town, securing a piece of land on which to build a hall from the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The Delano Fire Company was formed in a town meeting on August 6, 1943. In the years that followed, the building was used for many fund raisers and a Larrabee fire engine was purchased. Among those always involved with the fire company was a Blew descendant, John Joseph Dougherty, Jr. The Fire company still holds its annual Block Party the second weekend in August (its first official meeting was August 10, 1943). Ethnic foods, home baked goods and drinks are always available for purchase at the Block Party, and live music adds to the spirit of home town pride. Fire companies from other towns parade their engines and equipment and advertise and attend the event. For many who moved away from Delano it is a cause for reunion with town residents, former residents and high school alumni. Tables and benches provide places for gab sessions and sharing the latest news. John, an avid photographer and member, is always out with his camera to record the latest engines and equipment. The Barber Besides feeling good, a person had to look good, and John Mc Andrew took care of that for us. John was the local barber who could give a shave and a haircut. We did not know unisex then, but Mr. Mc Andrew cut girls' hair, too. I always hated to go for "a shingle up the back" because your head was pushed so far forward and it took him a long time to do the cutting. Mr. Mc Andrew was Irish and was a step dancer, often dancing on his front "stoop". What a revelation to me in later years to realize what a talent he had---an old time Michael Flatley. When not going for a haircut, we sometimes went to hear their player piano. Such was the dearth of entertainment in our village. The Butcher George Guldner had the butcher shop where we could buy different kinds of fresh meat. He also sold bread, milk and some other foodstuffs. There was a long glass enclosed case where the meats were stored. In those hard times, one might only be able to afford a "meatbone" to make soup. Mr. Guldner had a kind and generous heart for he sometimes gave a meatbone to the transients who drifted through town. There was a hobo "camp" between two sets of tracks along the railroad not far from the grove and the dam where men who rode the rails during the terrible days of the depression would join together to share whatever they had to make a meal. The Cobbler Since "shanks mare" was a common form of travel and shoes were expensive there was real need for a cobbler. Jasper Coaley filled that role. He lived at the edge of town in one of the smallest houses I have ever seen. It had Dutch doors, where just the top half could be opened. Mr. Coaley also sold live yeast for baking bread which many of the women did. Mom would send us to him with a container to bring back a pint of yeast. Mom baked doughnuts and "Dutch cakes" twice a week to earn a living. My older sisters would take orders and make the deliveries. We did not make use of Jasper's skills as a cobbler. With so many children, a bedfast husband and widowhood in 1941, mom mended our shoes. I remember sitting on a piece of log in the cellar next to the furnace watching her cut soles from a piece of leather, holding tacks in her mouth and tapping away with a hammer on the shoe mounted on a cobbler stand. There were different sizes of "feet" for the stand, for adults and children. I always thought of mom as a pioneer woman, for she could do almost anything and could fix whatever was broken. No one ever had a better mother/grandmother than we Doughertys. Saloons Last, but not least, were the local "saloons" which I was too young to know much about. One, "Digris's Cafe", was located in their house, facing the street on the north side of the railroad tracks. They served food on the weekend nights and several of my older sisters were allowed to serve food--- no drinks. They would help in the kitchen and wash dishes as well. If there were deviled crab cakes or fried potatoes left over they would have some to bring home. That was an unexpected treat. The other "saloon" was on the outside edge of town at what was known as "the patch", below the engine
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Delano: Serving the Needs of the Community (Cont’d) house of the railroad. This is where the newest people, generally immigrants from Eastern Europe settled. Mick Korinchok was the proprietor. I think the younger drinkers went there and the older citizens patronized the Digris Cafe. Although in those days many men professed to "take the pledge", the saloons never went out of business. When the Digris family sold out, their establishment was taken over by the Datchko family. In many ways the little village of Delano was a colorful town. Those of us who lived there felt secure and were proud of our little piece of America. After all, we could boast that the land we settled on was once the property of the Franklin Delanos. In the back yard of the Hoffmann and Engle families were the giant concrete letters that spelled out the name of the town. Franklin Delano Roosevelt surely made history, and our "sons" added to that history during their service in WWI and especially in WWII, for we had those who gave their lives in defense of our country. Those who lived on made their own contributions to the story of the village on the mountainside. And those stories are for another day to come. ------
More Photographs from the 15th NBFA National Reunion
Gathering at the John Blue, Lot 27 Monument James Breinig and Nancy Wade talk with Bill Blue
Pat Hankins and Phil Walter enjoy some breakfast The Saville House, Genl. Jackson’s Headquarters
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Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters – David Blue [1.1.3.6] Submitted by Al Grieshaber [S3.2.1.7.2.9.1], Eagle Point, Oregon Transcribed from website:
Pension Application of David Blue R964 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris State of Kentucky } SS County of Union } On this 15 day of October 1838, personally appeared in open th court before William Anderson George F Catlett Joseph Vaughn Robert J B Gilchrist the Court of Union County now sitting, David Blue, a resident of said County of Union and State of Kentucky aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated – That in the year 1778 & 1779 he resided in Berkley [sic: Berkeley] County Virginia that in the fall 1779, he was drafted at Shepherdstown then Berkley County Virginia for a three months tour of militia duty in the service of the United States in the army of the Revolution – that he and a few others who were then drafted (were not marched north as most of the drafted men were then marched) were attached, to waggons and teams, and were employed in haling flour from Berkley County to Cumberland old fort at or near the foot of the Alleghany mountain [Allegheny Mountains] for the use of the United States – who ordered the change of service he does not now recollect, but he was put with his waggon & team, (owned by his father Uriah Blue) under the command of Capt Duncan Campbell and twenty four waggons & teams & driven were engaged in haling the flour aforesaid, and he made three trips from Berkley to Cumberland old fort and back and at the end of the third trip received from Capt Campbell a written discharge for a three months tour of militia duty, as had been stipulated when he was transferred from the militia drafted to march, to driving the waggon as aforesaid That in the spring 1780 Capt James Qualey and Lieut. James Kerney were in the recruiting service, and he then enlisted under them, to serve during the War, at Shepherdstown Berkley County Virginia, that he remained with the recruits in the service of the United States at Shepherdstown for four months lacking one week. Capt Qualey died in the meantime, and Lieut. afterwards Capt Kerney took command of the recruiting service at this place – that Uriah Blue, his father, having great need of his personal services at home, hired a stout able bodied man named John Lindsey as a substitute in his place – and by the consent of Capt Kerney the said John Lindsey was received and substituted in the service in his room and stead, and Capt Kerney gave him a discharge and certificate stating that he had furnished a stout able bodied man – to serve during the war in his place – this paper has also been lost destroyed or mislaid – After the capture of Cornwallis [19 Oct 1781] he went to Winchester to see the prisoners & some friends who were there on guard – he found as one of the guard his relation Jacob Blue very sick, he consented to serve out said Jacob Blues tour and by the consent of Capt McCarty who had command of said Jacob he was substituted in his place and he continued in the service until the prisoners were marched across the Potomac in a short time after at Shepherdstown – they crossed the Potomac in as cold a spell of weather as he believes he ever felt – he with the militia or guard were then discharged – That he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he was born on the 9th day of June 1760 in Pennsylvania, Bucks County he believes – there is a record of his age in his Bible, taken from the Bible of his father – his own Bible is at his house in this
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Southern Campaign (Cont’d) county When called or drafted into service he lived in Berkley County Virginia – lived there until until he moved to Kentucky in 1808 and he has lived in Kentucky in Henderson and Union County since 1808 and now lives & has lived in Union since it became a County in 1811 – He was first drafted into service at Shepherdstown – that he afterwards enlisted during the war – furnished a substitute in his place – was afterwards a substitute for Jacob Blue all particularly stated in his declaration above – not having joined the army in active service, he can give no names of officers or circumstances except as detailed in his declaration – Having lived on the same place in Union County since 1811 he can refer to every men in the neighborhood to testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief that they believe he has performed the services above named and he will refer to George Johnson & John Blue as persons to whom he is well known & confided in ever since he lived in Kentucky. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [signed] David Blue ------Matthew Ian Walker [1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.2.2] Graduates
Submitted by Susanna (Steele) Noe [1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2], Issaquah, WA
Matt's graduation from Skyline High School, Sammamish, Washington took place on 11 June 2012 at SAFECO Field in Seattle. It was a beautiful day and even the weather cooperated…Sunny...Our one day of summer so far. We are all in here. Chet, me, Nancy, Andy, Katy and of course- our man of the day..."Mr. Skyline ! Matt Walker " a big award.
Nancy, Matthew, Katherine and Andrew Walker Matthew with Grandparents, Sue and Chet Noe ------1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2 Susanna Hawthorne STEELE (b.1933), m.1955 Chester William NOE Jr (b.1931). 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.1* Randall Steele NOE (b.1957), m.1986 Pamela Lee Marie PARR (b.1957). 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.2* Nancy Katherine NOE (b.1958), m.1985 Andrew WALKER (b.1950). 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.3 (Son) NOE (1962-1962). Buried at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston TX, next to his maternal grandparents. 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.2 Nancy Katherine NOE (b.1958), m.1985 Andrew WALKER (b.1950). They lived in San Diego, then moved to Isaquah, King Co. WA. They both work for Costco Corp., she in computer technical support and he as a computer analyst. 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.2.1 Katherine Anne WALKER (b.1989). 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2.2.2 Matthew Ian WALKER (b.1994).
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Uriah Long (1864-1911) [1.1.1.2.5.9.10] Son of Charity Blue and Isaac Long
Submitted by Gene E. Long [1.1.1.2.5.9.10.1.5], Loganville, GA
I recently ran across this picture of my grandfather, Uriah Long. He is the son of Charity (Blue) Long and Isaac Long, who is the brother of Lt. John Blue's mother. This is probably the only picture of Uriah in existence. Isaac was one of six children born to John and Mary (Polly) Glaze Long. His older sister, Sally (Long) Blue, married Garrett I. Blue and from that marriage came a son by the name of John Blue. Later in life he become Lt. John Blue, CSA. After the Civil war Isaac Long built what has since become the Long Home Place and at about the same time Uriah was born there, the tenth of eleven children. On this large farm I'm sure that Isaac made sure that Uriah and all the other kids had plenty of work and chores to do to keep food on the table. Across the Potomac there was another birth that directly affected all our history. Isaac Taylor and Francis Blue “Fanny” (Kuykendall) Taylor gave birth to a little girl named Hannah. She and Uriah met and later married. They became parents to seven children, the oldest, Isaac Taylor Long, became the father of six children. I was number five out of six. In 1894 Isaac Taylor was killed by a train while crossing the B & O railroad bridge at the mouth of the South Branch of the Potomac River. After that incident, Uriah and Hannah moved from the Home place in Maryland back to Hannah's birth place in West Virginia to help with the farm. All seemed to go well until Uriah met with a friend in Cumberland for an evening of dinner and drinking. The rest is history. Uriah fell from the third story window landing head first on a brick side walk. Since there were no witnesses much speculation started, i.e., did he fall or was he pushed. The police had to almost break the door down to get his room mate to open the door. His friend worked for the local orchards and he unexpectedly left town several days after the funeral, never to be seen again. Local neighbors had been trying to buy the Taylor farm for years. It may have been felt that, with Uriah out of the way, the farm could have been easily purchased. Speculation ran rampant and nothing was ever proven, so I am just relating family lore. The bottom line to all of this is that Uriah died in the prime of his life and all of the following generations were impacted by his early departure. In an attempt to tie this up in a neat little bundle, lets consider the following: Uriah Long's father, Isaac, married Charity Blue. Isaac’s sister married Garrett I. Blue and gave birth to Lt. John Blue, CSA. My maternal great grandmother was named Francis Blue Kuykendall. How does Charity Blue fit into the family and connect to the Garrett I. Blue family? For the answer, see the chart on the next page.
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Uriah Long (1864-1911) [1.1.1.2.5.9.10] (Cont’d)
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William Jefferson Blue [1.1.1.6.9.5.6] Family Photos
Photos submitted by Barry Blue [S2.1.6.3.5.1.1.1], Larkspur, CA Text prepared by William H. Blue, Seattle, WA
Barry Blue is the son of Robert F. “Bob” Blue of San Rafael, CA. Bob started his research into his Blue ancestry shortly after World War II. At that time, little was known about the history of the family. No one understood that there were two major Blue families in the United States, the Dutch Blues who came into Nieuw Amsterdam in 1651 and the Scottish Blues who began their migration to the New World in 1748. Not knowing from where his family originated, Bob collected a massive amount of information by corresponding with anyone he could find who had the surname “Blue, Blew, Blaw, Bilyou”, etc. He organized this information by preparing a alphabetical card file of names. He would then prepare Lineage Charts on which he grouped several generations of a family. Bob shared these charts with me and they became the nucleus for our Blue genealogies, "Descendants of John BLAW (BLUE), d.1757 Somerset Co., NJ" and “Scottish Blue Families of North America”. In early 1992 Bob Blue passed away, leaving his wife, Betty, and their two children, Barry and Robin. After Bob’s death, I had a brief correspondence with Barry, but soon lost contact with him. Then last Spring (2012), Barry contacted me by email, asking if I could visit him and advise him about what should be done with his father’s records. Since I was planning to drive to the Blue Reunion in West Virginia, I arranged to spend a day with him on my return trip. Upon my arrival, Barry brought out a box full of letters that Bob had received from his correspondents. He knew nothing about his dad’s card file, so it was clear that much of Bob’s work had been destroyed after his death. In spite of my disappointment regarding the small amount of records, Barry and I spent a pleasant day together. I met some of his family members and he took me to a nice restaurant in Point Reyes for lunch. That evening I looked through his box of records to see if there were some that would be worthwhile William Jefferson Blue (1864-1912) publishing in The Chalice. Those that looked promising I [1.1.1.6.9.5.6] took home with me, and I intend to share them with our membership in the next few issues. Letter from Douglas Overton Blue of Hollywood, CA dated 7 July 1972 – Enclosed Photographs The envelope contains a letter and five photographs of people who descend from Peter Keyser Blue [1.1.1.6]. I was puzzled by the fact that I had no Douglas Overton Blue in my database and I could see no way to connect him to Peter’s family. I finally identified him through a 2001 posting he made on a genealogical forum, “genforum.com”. In this posting he names his father, Thomas Grover Blue whose NBFA number is [1.1.3.6.1.6.1.4]. Douglas’ letter, in part, follows: “Have the enclosed photos from Helen Esther Van Dorn. They are, of course, precious. She didn’t tell me whether they are her special prints or not, so I am presuming they are to be returned to her after your delectation and delight in them. I would like to encourage her to collect Blue photos and make a scrapbook. OK? Thank you my friend, for all your help. Much affection, Douglas.” (Obviously, Helen allowed Bob to keep the photos, much to our benefit and delight.)
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William Jefferson Blue Family Photos
Estil Beach Van Dorn and Aunt Zelda Uncle Ralph Mother Aunt Cathern Helen Ruth Blue Van Dorn Blue Lash Blue Helen Ruth Blue Dunnuck on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Blue Van Dorn That was a happy year. I surely These are the remaining children of William Jefferson Blue miss Dad now. and Anna Rebecca Sarber Blue 1970
Uncle Ralph Blue and one of his ^ sons, Merle Blue Mother (Helen Ruth Blue Van Dorn) James Hinton Blue is the older man just above her. A section of the Blue Reunion Picture. 1.1.1.6 Peter Keyser BLUE (1761/2-1843), m.1787 Susannah KELCH (1768-1857). 1.1.1.6.9 Benjamin BLUE (1802-1867), m.1824 Margaret RILEY (1793-1881). 1.1.1.6.9.5 James Hinton BLUE (1830-1916), m1. Frances STROSNIDER (1832-1892), m2.1855 Phoebe BLOOMER (1840-1923). 1.1.1.6.9.5.6 William Jefferson BLUE (1864-1912), m1.1887 Anna Rebecca SARBER (1870-1909), m2.1911 Fannie F. FOX. 1.1.1.6.9.5.6.1 Zelda Hazel BLUE (1888-1983), m. Raymond LASH. 1.1.1.6.9.5.6.2 Tressa Fay BLUE (1890-1958), m. Ora Evert BEESON. 1.1.1.6.9.5.6.3 Helen Ruth BLUE (b.1893), m. Estil Beach VAN DORN. 1.1.1.6.9.5.6.4 Ralph William BLUE (b.1899), m. Bessie HOOK. 1.1.1.6.9.5.6.5 Cathern Eleanor BLUE (b.1905), m. Maurice DUNNUCK.
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The Marriage and Family of Nancy (Blue) McGuire (ca1809-1867) [1.1.1.9.4]
Photos submitted by Barry Blue [S2.1.6.3.5.1.1.1], Larkspur, CA (Enclosed in a letter to Bob Blue, San Rafael, CA from Margaret Allen, Carrollton, MO, 10 Apr 1988) Transcription prepared by William H. Blue, Seattle, WA
Be it remembered that on the 8th day of January 1831 a marriage license issued from the Clerk’s office of the Dearborn Circuit Court in the words and figures following to wit – State of Indiana, Dearborn County Sct(?). The State of Indiana to all who shall see these presents, know ye that by virtue of the authority vested in me by same as Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court I have granted and do by these presents grant unto Michael McGuire & Nancy Blue, license to be joined together in matrimony according to law, and for so doing this shall be a sufficient warrant. Witness James Dill Clerk and the Seal of the Dearborn Circuit Court 8th of January 1831. James Dill Clk
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The Marriage and Family of Nancy (Blue) McGuire (Cont’d) State of Indiana, Dearborn County Sct. The State of Indiana to James Dill Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court, this is to certify that the marriage license was granted from the Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court to Michael McGuire & Nancy Blue on 8th of January 1831 was fulfilled by me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace on the 13th day of January 1831 given under my hand and seal this 12th day of February 1831. William Flatin (?) J. P.
Grandchildren of Nancy (Blue) McGuire Back Row: Molly, Annie, Alice, Fanny Front Row: James, Frank (husband of Susan), John 1.1.1.9.4 Nancy BLUE (ca1809-1867), m.1831 Michael McGUIRE (1807-1854). They both were born in Dearborn Co. IN and were married there. He was a son of Maj. James and Susanna (FLAKE) McGUIRE. They moved to Carroll Co. MO in 1836 and settled in Sugartree Twp. Michael was quite wealthy, owning much land and several slaves. He purchased 120 acres, located in the NE quarter of Sect. 4, Twp. 51, Range 24, in Carroll Co. MO, from his brother, William, in 1839. The land was very rich and the brothers raised hemp, corn and various other crops. By the time he died, Michael was the owner of a total of 480 acres in Sects. 4, 9 & 10 of the above mentioned Twp. Michael died at Fulton, Calloway Co. MO and Nancy died in Carroll Co. MO. Nancy appears in the 1860 census of Carroll Co. with real property valued at $2400 and personal property valued at $2548. 1.1.1.9.4.1 Harriett McGUIRE (1840-1861), m.1856 Alphonso FULLER (1834-1882). 1.1.1.9.4.2 Susan A. McGUIRE (1843-1873), m.1859 Francis Marion WINFREY (1834-1929). 1.1.1.9.4.2.1 James William WINFREY (1860-1935), m. 1886 Lilly CLARK (1864-1936). 1.1.1.9.4.2.2 John A. WINFREY (b.1863), m. Lydia SIMS. 1.1.1.9.4.2.3 Mary C. "Mollie" WINFREY (b.1865), m1.1887 John WILSON, m2.1929 Ed BOYER. 1.1.1.9.4.2.4 Frances Cordelia "Fanny" WINFREY (1867-1891), m.1888 Joseph STILLWELL (b.1861). 1.1.1.9.4.2.5 Anna B. WINFREY (1869-1941), m. Allan WILSON. 1.1.1.9.4.2.6 Alice Rozelia WINFREY (1871-1942), m1.1890 James A. ROBICHAUD (d.1891), m2.1897 Louis William STRUCK (1868-1946).
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Obituary: Randy Alan Gibson (1952-2012) [S3.5.4.7.2.7.6.1]
Published in Hickory Daily Record on June 8, 2012
Editor’s Note: Randy was a loyal member and past-president of the Sept of Blue, Clan McMillan. He was an active genealogist and shared the results of his research with others, including Bob Blue of San Rafael, CA and your editor. I had the privilege of meeting Randy at the 2004 Sept of Blue annual meeting in Boone, NC.-WHB Randy Gibson, Lenoir, North Carolina Pastor Randy Alan Gibson, 59, of Lenoir, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Born June 25, 1952, in Burke County, Randy was the son of Earl "Bud" and Floye C. Gibson. At a young age, he was known for his singing and playing of the autoharp. It was at this time that he was called to serve the Lord at the age of 13. He was the preacher for 27 years at Worship Point Baptist Church. Through his ministry, he started the 1st Christian School in Caldwell County. He did missionary work in Haiti, Mexico, Jamaica and in the U.S. where he helped build churches, hospitals and schools. He preached at the White House and had met several of our nation's presidents. He helped with the Greg Lentz Ministries Heritage Tours. Randy was featured on a DVD called "Revival Days" which has been published in over 20 foreign countries. Randy was an avid reader and has one of the largest private owned libraries. He was renowned and knowledgeable, and a well known historian as well as a genealogist and ancestry researcher. He taught and served as principal in multiple local Christian schools as well as seminary and bible courses for young preachers. He was a past president of the Kiwanis for two years. He was an avid supporter of the Highland Games. One of the most important things was that Randy was everyone's friend. He was preceded in death by a sister, Cathy Darlene Gibson; his grandparents, Oscar and Jessie Crump Gibson, and Dewey and Louetta Smith. In addition to his parents, Randy is survived by his wife of 39 years, Wanda Gibson, of the Home; son Jamieson C. Gibson, of Lenoir; daughter, Alisha Jeanine Gibson, of Winterville; aunt, Ruby Gibson Watson; uncle, Ted Smith; he is also survived by numerous other relatives. A celebration of Randy's life will be held on Saturday, June 9, at 1 p.m. at the Union Grove Baptist Church with Pastors Gary Shew, Sam Craven, Greg Lentz, and Preacher Melvin Day officiating. Interment will follow in the Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Union Grove Baptist Church. Memorials can be made to the Worship Point Baptist Church Missionary Fund at 2310 Collettsville Rd., Lenoir, NC 28645. Online condolences can be sent to the Gibson family at evansfuneral service.com. Evans Funeral Service & Crematory of Lenoir are serving the Gibson family. S3. Malcolm BLUE (d.ca1783), m. Margaret _____ (d.ca1794). S3.5 Margaret BLUE, m.1788 David HAYES (b.1760). S3.5.4 Jane J. HAYES (b.1798), m. Morgan SMITH (b.ca1797). S3.5.4.7 Marcus DeLafayette SMITH (1836-1912), m.1858 Louisa CRAIG (1838-1893). S3.5.4.7.2 Julius P. SMITH (1862-1923), m.1885 Emma Phatima HARRIS (1859-1930). S3.5.4.7.2.7 Allie Luetta SMITH (b.1899), m.1917 George Dewey SMITH (1898-1973). S3.5.4.7.2.7.6 Floye Christine SMITH (b.1930), m.1947 Earl Edward GIBSON (b.1926). S3.5.4.7.2.7.6.1 Randy Alan GIBSON (b.1952), m.1973 Wanda Louise RUNYON (b.1955). He was born at Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC, and she was born in Mingo Co. WV. They were married in Caldwell Co. NC. She is a daughter of Clell and Mary (MAYNARD) RUNYON Jr. Randy is a minister and teacher, and Wanda is a medical transcriber. They are Baptists and live at Lenoir. He is an active family historian and supplied information on his line for this publication. S3.5.4.7.2.7.6.1.1 Alisha Jeanine GIBSON (b.1977). S3.5.4.7.2.7.6.1.2 Jamieson Curtis GIBSON (b.1980).
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BLUE Family Reunions and Festivals
16th NBFA BLUE Family Reunion (2014) Date: Saturday, 28 June 2014 Location: To be determined. The 2012 Reunion in Romney (see article on page 5) was great fun for those attending, however we attracted only about 25 participants. In past years we have attracted as many as 80. We realize that the loss of Madeline Blue and John D. Blue, as well as losing access to the Silver Cup (the Chalice), has diminished interest in the gathering. Also, high transportation costs and the sluggish economy have made it difficult for many Americans to travel. If we changed the location of the Reunion, would you be more likely to attend? Take note of the map on page 41 showing the distribution of our members across the country. The west coast has 42 members, and we are hoping to share the Western Blue Genes Reunion with our California cousins in 2013. Texas has 13 members, but only a few live in the adjoining states. Nine members are descendants of Peter Keyser Blue [1.1.1.6], many of whose descendants migrated through Kosciusko Co., IN. Would it make sense to hold the Reunion in Kosciusko Co., Indiana, where many of Peter’s family lived? A bonus might be that the Allen County Public Library and its superb genealogy collection are only an hour away. If you have any ideas for the Reunion, please contact Bill Blue at the address on Page 4.
54th Ohio BLUE Reunion Date: Saturday, 3 August 2013, 11:00 AM Location: The Olde Mill, Utica, OH This annual reunion is primarily attended by the descendants of Daniel and Eve Wolf Bonnett Blue, however, all Blue descendants are welcome. For more information contact Nelson Blue, 1140 Debolt Rd, Utica, Ohio 43080, telephone 740.892.3012
7th Western Blue Genes Reunion Tentative Date: Saturday, 22 June 2013 Tentative Location: Los Angeles, CA area. Preliminary planning has begun for the 2013 Western Blue Genes to be held in the Los Angeles, CA area. The specific location has not been determined. If you live in Southern California and wish to take part in the planning committee, please contact Bill Blue
John Blue Cotton Festival Date: 13-14 October 2012 Location: John Blue House, 13040 X-Way Road, Laurinburg, NC The 2012 activities schedule has not yet been posted on the web. For up to date information: http://www.johnbluecottonfestival.com/
Scotland County Highland Games / Sept of BLUE Annual Meeting Date: Saturday, 6 October 2012 Location: John Blue House, 13040 X-Way Road, Laurinburg, NC The Clans will be gathering this weekend in Laurinburg for great sport and entertainment. The Sept of Blue, Clan McMillan, will have their dinner and annual meeting on Saturday, October 6, 6:00PM at Union Church. For further information, contact Mary Hobbs, President,
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National Blue Family Association Membership List
Name Residence Dues Paid NBFA – ID # Through
Jane Ailes White Post VA 2012 1.1.1.2.4.1.3.2.1.5.1 Sara Blue Anderson Manassas VA 2012 S.3.1.4.3 (Uncon. S) June Arnold Northhampton PA 2012 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.7.1.5 Eloise Ball Newark OH 2014 1.3.1.3.2.8.5.1.2.4 Bennie Banghart Warsaw IN 2012 1.1.1.6.9.4.6.7.2.1 William 'Brian' Barr Elberta AL 2012 1.1.1.3.5.6.7.2.2.2 Mary Rose Payne Barringer Springfield IL 2012 1.1.1.1.11.4.7.4.1 Jennifer Noel Bater Denver CO 2012 1.1.1.6.2.3.3.9.3.1 Mary Louise Bater Brockport NY 2012 1.1.1.6.2.3.3.9.3 Virginia M. Berg Fairfax VA 2012 1.1.3.3.1.2.7.1.10 Elsie V. Bevard Walhonding OH 2012 1.3.1.3.2.8.5.1.2.2 Sarah Bitter Oregon OH Life 1.5.8.3.2.3.5.10.3 Robert Harrison Bleu Puyallup WA 2012 1.3.2.3.2.6.5.x Jennifer C. Blew State College PA 2012 1.3.2.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.2 Edwin Olin “Ted” Blew Doylestown PA 2013 1.3.2.3.3.5.10.8.4 Theodore George Blew Pittstown NJ 2012 1.3.2.3.3.2.6.7.6.1 Belva Blue Loveland CO 2012 S17.3.3.1.1.4 Bonita Blue Loudon TN 2012 1.1.2.4.6.6.2.1.4.1 Brad Blue Houston TX 2017 S5.4.2.2.3.9.3 Clarence W. Blue Collegedale TN Life S3.1.1.4.11.4 D. Laird Sr. Blue Newport Beach CA 2012 1.1.1.3.11.2.1.1.1.1 Don & Kathleen Blue Emmett ID 2012 1.5.8.3.2.3.3.1.5 Douglas R. Blue Bothell WA 2012 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3.2 F. Keith Blue Drake CO 2012 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.6.1.1 Gary M. Blue Fruitland UT 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.4.1.1 George F. “Fred” Blue Dallas TX 2014 1.1.2.4.6.3.3.5.2.3 Glenn C. Blue Normandy Park WA 2012 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3.1 Gordon H. Blue Louisville KY 2012 1.1.2.1.5.2.3.3.1 H. Darrell Blue Yakima WA 2013 1.1.1.1.11.9.5.1.1 Henry Joel Blue Hudson NY Life 1.1.3.5.2.2.7.4.4.2 Herbert A. Blue Spring Lake MI 2012 1.1.1.3.5.6.10.2.1.1 Jackalie Blue Woodstock GA 2013 1.1.1.1.3.1.4.2.2.1 James Douglas Blue Brentwood TN 2012 1.1.1.1.3.2.7.1.2.2 Mrs. James L. Blue Jr Henderson KY 2012 1.1.3.6.3.4.1.9.1 James R. Blue Vardaman MS 2012 S6.1.7.3.4.3.2 Janet E. Blue Bloomington IL 2012 1.1.4.5.2.8.4.8.2 Janet K. Blue Eagleville TN 2015 1.1.1.1.3.2.7.1.2 Jerry D. Blue Clinton OH 2012 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.2.8.3 John G. Blue Latrobe PA 2012 1.1.1.1.3.2.7.1.2.1 Julia T. Blue Lutz FL Life 1.1.1.1.10.3.6.2.2 Kenneth D. Blue Grass Valley CA 2012 1.5.5.2.4.1.1.5.2 Laura E. Blue Seattle WA 2012 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3.1.3 Lewis Albert Blue McCormick SC 2012 1.3.1.3.2.4.9.3.2.1 Lynn Blue Angola IN 2012 1.3.1.3.2.8.2.1.3.2 Marty Blue Newcastle CA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.5.5.1 Monte E. Blue Troy MO 2014 1.1.2.3.4.7.4.2.2 Neil D. Blue Jr Birmingham AL 2012 S5.4.2.2.1.1.1 Nelson C. Blue Utica OH 2012 1.3.1.3.2.8.5.3.2 Richard F. Blue Shenandoah Jct. WV Life 1.5.5.4.4.7.5.3.2 Richard Newton Blue Bluemont VA 2012 1.3.1.3.3.1.2.9.2
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Robert E. Blue Orlando FL 2013 1.5.5.2.2.1.11.1.2 Ronald E. Blue Ashland OH 2013 1.1.1.3.5.6.9.2.5.2 Sandy Blue Seattle WA 2012 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3.3 Walt & Linda Blue Walla Walla WA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.5.5 William A. Blue Tallahassee FL 2013 S4.5.9.4.3.5.x William E. Blue Surprise AZ 2012 1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.4.2.1 William H. Blue Seattle WA life 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3 Donald Edward Bowman Houston TX 2012 1.1.2.3.4.4.9.4.7.1 Truitt Bradly Georgetown TX 2012 1.1.1.2.1.5.5.4.2.2.2 James C. Breinig Jr Romney WV 2012 1.1.1.2.5.3.11.2.3.1 James Lowell Burrows Maynard MA 2013 1.5.10.5.1.3.1.1.2.1 Nancy Bushby Laurel MD 2012 1.1.1.2.1.2.2.2.4.1.3.1 Candyce “Candy” Carter San Jose CA 2012 1.1.3.2.11.5.5.2.1.2.1 Mary Clift West Valley City UT 2013 1.1.4.1.3.4.6.7.2 Dorothy Clutter Claysville PA 2013 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.9.1.4 Dr. Ronald E. Clutter Chippewa Falls WA 2012 1.3.1.3.2.8.6.3.4 Robert K. Coffelt Waco TX 2013 S3.2.1.8.10.4.1 Dorothy Jean Crouch Artesia NM 2012 S3.1.2.2.3.x Charles William Cummins Washington PA 2013 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.9.1.9 Luana Day Brookston IN 2012 1.1.2.4.8.5.7.2.1 Linda Dickson Pekin IL 2013 1.1.4.5.2.8.4.3.2.2 Deanne Dirden Roanoke TX 2012 1.1.4.5.2.8.6.1.1 Jean Duff Greenville NC 2012 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.1.1.6 Richard A. Edwards Chehalis WA 2012 1.3.1.3.2.4.3.4.2.1 Emma L. Erickson Corvallis OR 2013 1.1.1.5.1.5.2.3.4 Janice M. Evans Medford OR 2012 1.1.3.1.8.1.7.1.1 Kathryn Fisher Quincy CA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.7.2.2A Lucinda E. Frank Burbank CA 2012 1.1.1.6.8.4.1.3.1.1 Wilma Gay Bloomfield IA 2013 1.1.4.5.3.5.1.1.5 Helen Dougherty Geisler Willow Grove PA 2012 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.7.8 Rebecca George Richwood OH 2012 1.1.1.3.1.3.2.4.1.2.1 Miriam Gorsuch Gambier OH 2012 1.3.1.3.2.8.5.3.1 John & Pat Gray Grove City OH life 1.1.1.3.1.1.2.4.2.2.1 Alfred Grieshaber Eagle Point OR 2012 S3.2.1.7.2.9.1 Kathleen E. “Kathe” Gunther Oakton VA 2014 1.5.8.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.1 Gail Haferkamp St. Peters MO 2012 1.1.2.1.3.10.2.9.7.2 Karen Kramer Hales West Jordan UT 2012 1.1.1.6.9.4.1.6.1.2 Jerry Hamilton Springfield OH 2014 1.1.1.1.2.6.5.1.3.2 James A. Hankins Atlanta GA 2012 1.1.1.6.8.8.3.4.2 David Hansen Papillion NE 2013 1.1.2.4.4.1.2.7.5.1.2 Carolyn Hyndman Harris Bremerton WA 2012 1.1.1.3.9.2.1.4.1.1 Merry Blue - Henry Sanger CA 2013 S31.7.5.3.2 Ephraim & Karen Herriott Springfield WV 2013 1.1.1.3.2.2.6.1.3.1 Becky Higgins Streamwood IL 2013 1.5.8.3.8.1.7.3.3 Jodi Hindle Roseville CA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.5.5.2 Irene Hobbs Spring Valley CA 2015 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.4 Tove Blue Hoch Pacific Palisades CA 2012 1.1.1.12.5.1.4.2.1 Clarence W. Hoffman Albrightsville PA 2013 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.1 Rev. William Hoffman Bend OR 2012 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.1.1.2.2 Theda Lee Hoyt Westminster CO 2012 1.5.5.2.4.4.5.2.1 Jerry Irwin Vancouver WA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.7.2.1A Jim Irwin Walla Walla WA life 1.1.3.2.1.11.3.7.2 J. Wesley Jacobs Falfurrias TX 2013 S3.1.2.2.6.3.2 Waynne Blue James Tampa FL 2013 1.5.5.1.7.3.6.5.1 Elwin Johnson Cheyenne WY 2012 1.1.1.6.8.1.7.2.2.1 43 The Chalice Volume 30 Number 3 Summer 2012
Maryanna Johnson Poplar Bluff MO 2012 1.1.2.3.3.4.2.3.3 Russell Lee Jowers Minneapolis MN 2012 S4.5.7.9.2.2.1 Kasey Adrienne Killmeyer Millville PA 2012 1.5.10.2.1.4.2.6.4.x Barbara Patricia Kincaid Oregon OH 2012 1.1.2.1.2.4.2.1.x.x.x Diann Blue Kitching Iredell TX 2012 S3.2.1.8.11.2.1 Ida Knopp Dayton OH 2013 1.5.10.5.2.9.2.14 Sandi Evilsizer Koscak Helena MT 2012 Interest in 1.3.1.7 Mona Lesnock Washington PA 2014 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.9.1.5 Jolayne Karron Lindberg Oconomowoc WI 2012 1.1.1.3.1.4.5.x.x.x Dorothy Lloyd Yakima WA 2017 1.1.1.1.1.13.6.6.5 Nancy Lohbrunner Lomita CA 2014 1.1.1.2.1.8.9.2.4.3 Eugene E. Long Loganville GA 2015 1.1.1.2.5.9.10.1.5 Jacqueline Lubinski Asbury NJ 2013 A.2.3.1.5.5.1.6.1.7.2 Benita Mason Nine Mile Falls WA 2012 1.1.2.4.4.4.2.1.3.1 John “Jack” Maxwell Fruita CO 2012 S4.2.4.2.3.4.3.1 Judith A. McDonough Claysville PA 2013 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.9.1.10 Nancy McNulty Leeds MA 2012 1.5.11.3.3.9.3.2 Patricia Mesgleski Brick NJ 2014 1.3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.11 Jim Minson Georgetown TX 2012 S14.1.3.1.1.4 Frances Nelson Sycamore IL 2012 1.1.4.1.3.4.14.x Susannah Noe Issaquah WA 2013 1.1.1.1.1.5.6.2.1.2 Janice Osborn Hoquiam WA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.2.1.2.1 Michael Osborn Spokane WA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.2.1.2.1.1 Neil Osborn Spokane WA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.11.2.1.2.1.4 Donald J. Peacock Kettering OH 2012 1.1.2.4.4.2.2.6.3.5 Donna Mae Pechacek Ellsworth WI 2012 1.1.3.2.1.5.5.4.6.4 Charles Peterson Farmington NM 2014 1.1.1.2.1.4.2.3.2.3.1 Shirley Phillips Washington PA 2014 1.1.1.2.1.3.3.9.1.6 Tom Phillips Summit Hill PA 2012 1.3.2.3.3.5.11.1.5.1 Richard Wade Piper Ashtabula OH 2012 1.1.1.3.5.6.3.5.1.2 Dale Privett Diamond MO 2012 1.1.2.3.4.4.6.4.1.3 Dr Jonathan Privett Piedmont MO 2013 1.1.2.3.4.4.6.4.1.3.2 Arlo Rimel Dawson PA 2013 AC.5.10.12.4 Arlys Ross Liberty Center OH 2012 1.1.2.4.8.5.7.2.1.2 Margaret “Peg” Ryan Turnersville NJ 2015 1.1.1.6.2.3.4.6.6.3 Barbara Scanlon Kansas City MO 2013 1.1.3.2.1.4.6.12.3.2.1 Kathryn Louise Seimet Defiance OH 2012 1.1.3.1.5.13.3.3.3.2 Patricia H. Shanahan Modesto CA 2012 1.1.1.1.1.13.6.6.8 Keith Shaver Denver CO 2012 1.1.1.3.2.2.4.2.3.3 Donald Sheppard Auburn WA 2012 S1.1.1.1.4.3.4.1.3 Carolyn A. Smith Rolla MO 2012 1.3.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.12 Donna Smith Magalia CA 2012 1.1.3.2.1.8.5.1.3.1 Rudell Blue Smith Fort Worth TX 2013 S3.2.1.8.11.3 Trudy Smyth Gettysburg PA 2013 1.3.2.3.3.2.8.1.2.3 Suzette Lee (Vale) Stutzman Magnolia TX 2013 1.3.2.1.6.3.3.2.6.1.1 Michael & Lana Summers San Antonio TX 2014 1.1.3.6.3.12.3.6.3 Lynda L. Toth Los Angeles CA 2014 1.1.1.1.2.1.10.4.1.2 Terry Blue Treadwell Canton GA 2012 1.1.1.12.4.6.2.2.1 Steve Voss San Angelo TX 2012 S4.7.1.2.2.1.1.3.2 Nancy B. Wade Raleigh NC 2012 1.1.1.2.5.3.11.2.3.2 Joan A. Walter Seymour IN 2014 1.1.2.3.5.1.3.3.1.1 Wayne Walter San Jose CA 2012 1.1.1.12.11.1.1.2.1 Alice Marie Wanderscheid New Hampton IA 2012 1.1.4.1.3.4.14.5.6 Jean Waterfill Henryville IN 2012 1.1.2.4.4.1.2.7.3.1.1 J. Don Weathers Baton Rouge LA 2012 S6.1.7.8.1.x.x.x 44 The Chalice Volume 30 Number 3 Summer 2012
Shirley Wells Ocala FL 2013 1.1.1.1.8.1.8.1.1.x Brian Wiegman Sunnyvale CA 2012 1.1.1.3.5.1.1.5.2.3.1.1.1 Robert G. Williamson Richmond Hill GA 2013 1.1.4.3.8.1.3.3.1 Jayne Ann Wires Tucson AZ 2012 1.1.2.1.3.4.1.2.2.2.2 Mary Sue Witt Davis WV 2012 1.1.1.1.3.2.7.1.1 Mark Yates Grove City OH 2013 1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.5.4 Daryla D. Young Piqua OH 2012 1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.3.1 Susan Zobbe Indianapolis IN 2013 1.1.1.3.11.4.8.1.1.1
If your NBFA number ends in “x” or “?”, it means that we don’t have enough information on your ancestry to determine your complete number. Please contact Bill Blue at the address on page 4 and help him to complete your number.
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Back Issues of The Chalice Available on CD The NBFA announces the release of a CD containing the first 23 years of The Chalice (1983 through 2005). The files are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF reader, and are compatible with both PC and Macintosh computers. The CD contains a “CD Contents” file containing links to each volume of the Chalice, and each volume has bookmarks to allow navigation directly to the volume index or back to the CD Contents file. Price $37 for members and $50 for non-members To order this CD, please send check or money order (foreign orders, International Money Order) to William H. Blue 2625 38th Ave W Seattle, WA 98199-3107
Articles Needed for The Chalice Do you have any interesting stories in your Blue/Blew family history, or any research tips that might be of value to other NBFA members? Any births, marriages or deaths in your family? Your Editor needs your help! We plan to release the Autumn issue of The Chalice in November and the Winter issue in February. At this point, both issues are “wide open”. We have almost 180 members in the NBFA. If each member submitted material for one article every two years, we would have more than enough to fill the quarterly issues. And don’t forget to send pictures (scanned JPG files are preferred). Please send your contributions to Bill Blue at
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Full Name Index A Blue, Anne ( ) 20 Blue, George 22 Allen, Margaret 36 Blue, Archibald 20, 21, 22 Blue, George Ann 22 Anderson, William 30 Blue, Asa C. 20 Blue, George W. 22 Anthony, (Miss) 25 Blue, Augustus 20 Blue, Griffan 22 Arch, Neill 22 Blue, Barry 34, 36 Blue, Gustavus 20 Arnold, June (Dougherty) 27 Blue, Belle ( ) 20 Blue, H. Joel 8, 9 B Blue, Benjamin 20, 21, 35 Blue, Hannah (Ray) 20 Ball, Alling Jr 11 Blue, Bessie (Hook) 35 Blue, Hannah Lawson 33 Ball, Annie (Rodgers) 11 Blue, Betty ( ) 34 Blue, Harriet (Wynn) 20 Ball, David 11 Blue, Caroline ( ) 23 Blue, Hattie 21 Ball, Dorothy (Fogill) 11 Blue, Catherine 20, 22 Blue, Haywood 22 Ball, Edward Halsey 11 Blue, Catherine (McQueen) 21 Blue, Helen Ruth 35 Ball, Hiram 11 Blue, Cathern Eleanor 35 Blue, Henry 21, 22 Ball, Mary 11 Blue, Charity 32, 33 Blue, Henry J. 23 Ball, Mary Ann 11, 19 Blue, Charles 20, 22 Blue, Herriott 21 Ball, Thomas 11 Blue, Christain ( ) 20 Blue, Ida Ann 21 Ball, Timothy 11 Blue, Christina ( ) 23 Blue, Isaac 18, 23 Ball, William 11 Blue, Colin 20 Blue, Isabel 20 Baver, Clinton M. (Rev.) 26 Blue, Colin L. 20 Blue, J. 23 Beecher, Edward (Rev.) 11, 12 Blue, Comfort 22 Blue, J. D. 23 Beecher, Harriet 11 Blue, Cornelius 21 Blue, J. L. 23 Beecher, Henry Ward 11, 16 Blue, Culdy ( ) 21 Blue, J. P. 23 Bellew, Culdy ( ) 21 Blue, D. Viola 21 Blue, Jacob 23, 30, 31 Bellew, Drayton W. 21 Blue, Daniel 20, 21, 22, 23, 39 Blue, James 21, 22, 23 Belue, Griffan 22 Blue, Daniel J. 22 Blue, James A. 23 Bickerdyke, Hiram 12 Blue, Daniel M. 21, 22 Blue, James B. 23 Bickerdyke, James 12 Blue, Daniel T. 21 Blue, James F. 23 Bickerdyke, Mary Ann (Ball) 11, 12, 13 Blue, David 21, 22, 30, 31 Blue, James Hinton 35 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Blue, David R. 21 Blue, James R. 23 Bickerdyke, Robert 11 Blue, David Rowan 23 Blue, James W. L. 23 Bitter, Donn 5, 6, 8, 9 Blue, Dollie (McDonald) 20 Blue, Jane 21, 23 Bitter, Sarah A. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 Blue, Donald 22 Blue, Jane ( ) 23 Black, Sarah 20 Blue, Dora ( ) 23 Blue, Janet 20 Blauw, Jan Frederickse 1 Blue, Douglas 21, 23 Blue, Jesse 22 Blaw, John 3, 34, 45 Blue, Douglas Overton 34 Blue, Jimmie 8 Bleu, Robert Harrison 4 Blue, Drayton W. 21 Blue, John 3, 6, 8, 18, 19 Blew, Alice 26 Blue, Drucilla ( ) 23 21, 22, 23, 31, 33, 34, 39, 45 Blew, Columbus 20, 21 Blue, Dugald 20, 21, 22, 23 Blue, John (Capt.) 33 Blew, Daniel 20 Blue, Dugald Munn 21 Blue, John (Lt) 6, 32, 33 Blew, Elijah 22 Blue, Duncan 20, 22, 23 Blue, John C. 21, 22 Blew, Ella 26 Blue, Duncan C. 20 Blue, John D. 7, 39 Blew, Jenny 26 Blue, Duncan Campbell 22 Blue, John R. 9 Blew, John C. 20 Blue, Duncan James 22 Blue, Johnnie 21 Blew, Jennifer C. 4 Blue, Edward Oliver 22 Blue, Josephus 23 Blew, Mary A. ( ) 20 Blue, Effie (Fowler) 21 Blue, Julian Jr 20 Blew, Sara Ella 26 Blue, Efiy ( ) 20 Blue, Larretta ( ) 22 Bloomer, Phoebe 35 Blue, Elijah 22 Blue, Laura Belle (Guffey) 22 Blue, A. G. 20 Blue, Elizabeth 21, 22, 23 Blue, Laura J. ( ) 22 Blue, Abijah 20 Blue, Elizabeth (Murphy) 20 Blue, Laura V. (Cornell) 19 Blue, Albert G. 20 Blue, Elizabeth Council 22 Blue, Lilia M. 20 Blue, Alexander 20, 21 Blue, Emily ( ) 22 Blue, Lizzie ( ) 23 Blue, Alice 20 Blue, Eve Wolf (Bonnett) 39 Blue, Louisa 20 Blue, Amanda ( ) 22 Blue, Fannie F. (Fox) 35 Blue, Lucretia ( ) 22 Blue, Amanda (Ross) 20 Blue, Fanny (Riley) 21 Blue, Lucy (Capes) 20 Blue, Andrew 20 Blue, Flora 20, 21, 22 Blue, Lynch 23 Blue, Angus 20, 21, 22 Blue, Flora ( ) 21 Blue, Madeline ( ) 6, 9, 39 Blue, Ann 20, 21 Blue, Flora (McMillan) 20 Blue, Malcolm 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38 Blue, Ann ( ) 20 Blue, Frances (Lawson) 33 Blue, Mamie 21 Blue, Ann Eliza (Fox) 33 Blue, Frances (Strosnider) 35 Blue, Maretta 21 Blue, Anna 21, 22 Blue, Frank 22 Blue, Margaret 20, 38 Blue, Anna Rebecca (Sarber) 35 Blue, Garrett I. 32, 33 Blue, Margaret ( ) 38 46 The Chalice Volume 28 Number 3 Summer 2010
Blue, Margaret (Riley) 35 Blue, Thomas 20 Elder, Decker (Kuykendall) 7 Blue, Margaret (Woodard) 22 Blue, Thomas Grover 34 Engle, (Family) 29 Blue, Margaret Ann 22 Blue, Thomas L. 23 Evans, Samantha 20 Blue, Margaret E. 22 Blue, Uriah 30, 33 F Blue, Martha 21, 22 Blue, Viola 21 Flake, Susanna 37 Blue, Martha ( ) 21, 22 Blue, W. (Bryant) 20 Flatin, William (J. P.) 37 Blue, Martha (Kennedy) 22 Blue, Washington M. 22, 23 Flatley, Michael 28 Blue, Martha A. 21 Blue, William 20, 21, 22 Fogill, Dorothy 11 Blue, Martha B. A. 22 Blue, William H. “Bill” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Fowler, Effie 21 Blue, Martha N. J. 23 6, 7, 9, 10, 29, 34, 36, 39, 45 Fox, Ann Eliza 33 Blue, Mary 20, 21, 22, 23 Blue, William Jefferson 34, 35 Fox, Fannie F. 35 Blue, Mary (Marshall) 33 Blue, Zelda Hazel 35 Frank, Lucinda “Cindy” 11 Blue, Mary (Watson) 22 Bonnett, Eve Wolf 39 Frederickse, Jan 1 Blue, Mary A. 21 Bradly, Truitt 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 40 Fuller, Alphonso 37 Blue, Mary A. ( ) 23 Branton, Mary (Blue) 21 Fuller, Harriett (McGuire) 37 Blue, Mary Agnes (McCall) 21 Breinig, James 9, 29 G Blue, Mary Campbell 22 Bryant, W. 20 Geisler, Helen (Dougherty) 24 Blue, Mary Ellen 8 Buie, Daniel 21 Gibson, Alisha Jeanine 38 Blue, Mary Jane 22 Buie, Duncan 22 Gibson, Allie Luetta (Smith) 38 Blue, Mary Lee ( ) 9 Burrows, James “Jim” 6, 9 Gibson, Cathy Darlene 38 Blue, Mayme ( ) 20 Burrows, Selma ( ) 6, 9 Gibson, Earl “Bud” 38 Blue, Merle 35 Butler, Sallie 22 Gibson, Floye Christine (Smith) 38 Blue, Michael 33 C Gibson, Jamieson Curtis 38 Blue, Mike 8 Campbell, Duncan (Capt.) 30 Gibson, Jessie (Crump) 38 Blue, Milly (Westin) 21 Capes, Lucy 20 Gibson, Oscar 38 Blue, Minnie 20, 22 Catlett, George F. 30 Gibson, Randy Alan (Pastor) 38 Blue, Morris 20 Clark, Lilly 37 Gibson, Ruby 38 Blue, Moses H. 23 Clary, Daniel 23 Gibson, Wanda Louise (Runyon) 38 Blue, Nancy 8, 22, 36, 37 Coaley, Jasper 28 Gilchrist, Robert J. B. 30 Blue, Nancy (Jacobs) 22 Collins, Nelda 26 Glaze, Mary “Polly” 32, 33 Blue, Napthale 21 Colvin, Ann 20 Grant, U. S. (Genl.) 14, 15, 18 Blue, Neil 23 Colvin, Mary 22 Graves, Mary ( ) 23 Blue, Neill C. 20 Cooper, Thompson F. (1st Sgt) 18 Graves, Willie 23 Blue, Nell Louise 8 Cornell, Laura V. 19 Gray, John R. (Rev.) 3, 7 Blue, Nelson 39 Craven, Sam (Pastor) 38 Grieshaber, Al 30 Blue, Nessie Jane ( ) 20 D Guffey, Laura Belle 22 Blue, Patrick 23 Datchko, (Family) 29 Guldner, George 28 Blue, Penina/Perina ( ) 21 Davis, Jefferson 5 Guldner, Mary 26 Blue, Peter 20, 21 Day, Melvin (Preacher) 38 H Blue, Peter Keyser 34, 35, 39 Delano, Franklin 29 Hales, Karen Ann 4 Blue, Peter O. 20 Dengler, (Dr.) 27 Hankins, Jim 5, 6 Blue, Phoebe (Bloomer) 35 DePew, A. J. 24 Hankins, Patricia ( ) 6, 9, 29 Blue, R. H. 20 Devers, Neal (Dr.) 27 Hanusosky, Brandy Alexis (Piper) 9 Blue, Ralph William 35 Dill, James (Clerk) 36, 37 Hanusosky, Lena Sophia 9 Blue, Rebecca 21 Dix, Dorothea 17 Harp, Rebecca 21 Blue, Rebecca ( ) 18 Dougherty, Alice ( ) 24 Harris, C. Leon 30 Blue, Rebecca (Harp) 21 Dougherty, Anna 26 Harris, Emma Phatima 38 Blue, Richard F. 8, 9 Dougherty, Betty 26 Hawkins, May B. 21 Blue, Robert F. “Bob” 1, 20, 34, 36, 38 Dougherty, Frances 26 Hayes, David 38 Blue, Robin 34 Dougherty, Gertrude 26, 27 Hayes, Jane J. 38 Blue, Ruben 23 Dougherty, Grace 26, 27 Hayes, Margaret (Blue) 38 Blue, Rufus 22 Dougherty, Helen 24, 26 Herriott, Ephraim “Eph” 3, 6, 7, 9 Blue, Sallie (Butler) 22 Dougherty, John 24, 26 Herriott, Karen ( ) 3, 6, 7, 9 Blue, Samantha (Evans) 20 Dougherty, John Joseph Jr 28 Herriott, Sarah 33 Blue, Samuel 20, 21 Dougherty, June 26, 27 Hileman, Daniel O. (Mayor) 5, 7, 10 Blue, Sarah 22, 23 Dougherty, Ruby ( ) 24 Hileman, Lisa ( ) 7 Blue, Sarah (Black) 20 Drinkard, Abner 20 Hobbs, Irene ( ) 7, 9 Blue, Sarah (Herriott) 33 Drinkard, Caroline ( ) 20 Hobbs, Mary 39 Blue, Sarah “Sally” (Long) 32, 33 Dunnuck, Cathern Eleanor (Blue) 35 Hoffman, (Family) 29 Blue, Sarah (Smith) 1 Dunnuck, Maurice 35 Hoffman, Charlie 24, 25 Blue, Susannah 21, 23 Edinger, Harry 28 Hoffman, George 24, 25 Blue, Susannah (Kelch) 35 E Hook, Bessie 35 Blue, Susannah (Williams) 33 Edwards, Olive ( ) 25 Horner, (Mr) 26 47 The Chalice Volume 28 Number 3 Summer 2010
I-J M-N Smith, Morgan 38 Irwin, James “Jim” 3, 4, 7 Marshall, Mary 33 Smith, Robert 21 Jackson, Stonewall (General) 5, 6, 29 Mason, Martha N. J. (Blue) 23 Smith, Sarah 1 Jacobs, Nancy 22 Mason, Micah 23 Smith, Ted 38 Janss, Frederick 1 Matz, Butt 26 Somerville, Andrew “Andy” 15, 16 Janss, Grietje 1 Marnard, Mary 3838 Steele, Susanna Hawthorne 31 Johnson, George 31 Meade, George (Genl.) 16 Stillwell, Frances Cordelia (Winfrey) 37 K Munn, Ann (Kerr) 21 Stillwell, Joseph 37 Keen, Danielle 9 Munn, Dugald 21 Stowe, Harriet (Beecher) 11 Kelch, Susannah 35 Munton, James 23 Strosnider, Frances 35 Kelly, Doug 21 Murphy, Elizabeth 20 Struck, Alice Rozelia (Winfrey) 37 Kennedy, Martha 22 Noe, Chester William 31 Struck, Louis William 37 Kerney, James (Lieut.) 30 Noe, Nancy Katherine 31 T-V Kerr, Ann 21 Noe, Pamela Lee Marie (Parr) 31 Taylor, Frances Blue (Kuykendall) 32, 33 Kline, Janet (Rev.) 27 Noe, Randall Steele 31 Taylor, Hannah Lawson 32, 33 Korinchok, Mick 29 Noe, Susanna Hawthorne (Steele) 31 Taylor, Isaac 32, 33 Kuykendall, Decker 7 P-Q Toth, Lynda 5, 6, 7, 9 Kuykendall, Frances Blue 32, 33 Parr, Pamela Lee Marie 31 Treat, Robert (Capt.) 11 Kuykendall, Hannah Lawson (Blue) 33 Payne, Elizabeth 23 Van Dorn, Estil Beach 35 Kuykendall, James 33 Piper, Brandy Alexis 9 Van Dorn, Helen Esther 34 Kuykendall, Mary 7 Piper, Marcella Kay ( ) 9 Van Dorn, Helen Ruth (Blue) 35 L Piper, Richard Wade 4, 9 Vaughn, Joseph 30 Lamb, James 23 Porter, Eliza ( ) 15, 17 W Lamb, John 23 Porter, Jeremiah 15 Wade, Nancy B. 9, 29 Lash, Raymond 35 Prater, Stacy 22 Walbert, Ollie 25 Lash, Zelda Hazel (Blue) 35 Pruett, Francis A. 20 Walker, Andrew 31 Lawson, Frances 33 Qualey, James (Capt.) 30 Walker, Katherine Anne 31 Lentz, Greg (Pastor) 38 R Walker, Matthew Ian 31 Lincoln, Abraham (Pres.) 15 Ray, Flora 20 Walker, Nancy Katherine (Noe) 31 Lindsey, John 30 Ray, Hannah 20 Walter, Joan ( ) 6, 9 Livermore, Mary 13, 14 Riley, Doug 5, 6 Walter, Phil 6, 9, 29 Lloyd, Dorothy 5, 6, 9 Riley, Fanny 21 Washington, George (Genl.) 11 Logan, John A. (Genl.) 13, 16, 17 Riley, Margaret 35 Washington, Mary (Ball) 11 Long, Charity (Blue) 32, 33 Robichaud, Alice Rozelia (Winfrey) 37 Watson, Mary 22 Long, Edith (Whetzel) 33 Robichaud, James A. 37 Watson, Mary (Colvin) 22 Long, Gene E. 32, 33 Rodgers, Annie 11 Watson, Ruby (Gibson) 38 Long, Hannah Lawson (Taylor) 32, 33 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 29 Weber, Mary (Kuykendall) 7 Long, Isaac 32, 33 Ross, Amanda 20 Westin, Milly 21 Long, Isaac Taylor 32, 33 Rubin, Kyriea 9 Whetzel, Edith 33 Long, Jacob Sr 33 Runyon, Clell 38 Williams, James D. (Pvt.) 18 Long, John 32, 33 Runyon, Mary (Maynard) 38 Williams, Susannah 33 Long, Mary “Polly” (Glaze) 32, 33 Runyon, Wanda Louise 38 Wills, David L. (Cpl.) 18 Long, Mary Ann ( ) 33 Ryan, Margaret “Peg” ( ) 4, 7, 9 Wilson, Allan 37 Long, Sarah “Sally” 32, 33 S Wilson, Anna B. (Winfrey) 37 Long, Uriah 32, 33 Sarber, Anna Rebecca 35 Winfrey, Alice Rozelia 37 Lutz, Lester B. (Rev.) 26 Saville, Royce 6 Winfrey, Anna B. 37 Mc Schock, Barbara 11, 12 Winfrey, Frances Cordelia “Fanny” 37 McAndrew, John 28 Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. 19 Winfrey, Francis Marion 37 McCall, Mary Agnes 21 Sharkey, Charley 25 Winfrey, James William 37 McCarty, (Capt.) 30 Sharkey, Margaret 26 Winfrey, John A. 37 McGuire, Harriett 37 Shaup, Kelly 27 Winfrey, Lilly (Clark) 37 McGuire, James (Maj.) 37 Sherman, William T. (Genl.) 14, 15, 16 Winfrey, Lydia (Sims) 37 McGuire, Michael 36, 37 Shew, Gary (Pastor) 38 Winfrey, Susan A. (McGuire) 37 McGuire, Nancy (Blue) 36, 37 Sims, Lydia 37 Woodard, Margaret 22 McGuire, Susan A. 37 Smith, Allie Luetta 38 Woodward, Benjamin (Dr.) 12, 15 McGuire, Susanna (Flake) 37 Smith, Donna 4 Wynn, Harriet 20 McGuire, William 37 Smith, Emma Phatima (Harris) 38 Y McMillan, Flora 20 Smith, Floye Christine 38 Yesenofski, Lori 27 McMillan, John 23 Smith, George Dewey 38 McMillan, William 22 Smith, Jane J. (Hayes) 38 * McPeak, Elizabeth ( ) 23 Smith, Julius P. 38 Happy Thanksgiving McPeak, G. W. 23 Smith, Louisa (Craig) 38 McQueen, Catherine 21 Smith, Marcus DeLafayette 38 * 48