William J. Blue1

M, #2301, * 18 Feb 1848, + 16 Aug 1926
FatherChaney Blue1,2 * c 1815, + a 1880
MotherElisabeth Chevalin1,2 * c 1819, + b 1870
     William J. Blue was born on 18 Feb 1848 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana.1,3,4 He married Sarah Electa Griffith in 1871.3,5 He died on 16 Aug 1926 in Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa,3,4, and was buried at Hancock.3,4 .
William Jasper Blue was born in Indiana, February 1, 1848 and passed away at his daughter Mrs. W.T. Gibbhart's house on August 16, 1926. He enlisted in Co. E. 29th Indiana Infantry in February 1864 and was for a number of years a member of the G.A.R. Post No. 258 at Oakland, Iowa. He was married to Sarah E. Griffith, January 1, 1871 at Chesterton, Indiana. To this union were born one son and five daughters. Besides his children he leaves 39 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, making him at the time of his death 92 living descendants. A service was held at Missouri Valley conducted by Rev. J. O. Carder of the Methodist Church and the body brought to Hancock to the Methodist Church where a service was conducted by Rev. H. P. Grinyer. The music was provided by a quartette consisting of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bingham, Mrs. H. P. Grinyer and J. C. Plahn with Mrs. William Deatherage accompanists. The pallbearers were M. A. Griffith, A. S. Bingham, Henry Van Beck, W. J. Dool, Henry Schnackel and Herman Otto. Interment was made at the Hancock cemetery.4
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He is listed in the following census:
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Chaney Blue, Madison Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.8
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Chaney Blue, Oak Post Office, Van Buren Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.1

Name variants: William Jasper Blue (full name.)3,2

Citations

  1. [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. Indiana, Pulasky County, Van Buren Township, Oak Post Office, pg 976. (NARA: M653, Roll 290, pg 976). Household of Chaney Blue.
  2. [S731] Blue, Gen. 6AR-1.1.2.4.6.3.6 (pg. 138-139).
  3. [S731] Blue, Gen. 7CQ-1.1.2.4.6.3.6 (pg. 319).
  4. [S575] Wm. J. Blue. #93770972, Find-A-Grave. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  5. [S729] "Disabled Volunteer Soldiers", William Blue, pg. 1040.
  6. [S718] Indiana, Adj-General Report, vol. 4, pg. 665-6. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000452138
  7. [S389] NPS-Civil War, Chaney L. Blue. M540 Roll 7., online: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. Indiana, Montgomery County, Madison Township, pg 450. (NARA: M432, Roll 161, pg 450). Household of Chaney Blue.