Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Blue, Van C. 1863 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

VAN C. BLUE.

   Carroll county enjoys enviable distinction in the commercial history of its
citizenship. The gentleman whose name is mentioned above is descended from a
fine old pioneer family possessing the qualities of thrift and industry. With
such an inheritance a young man starting in life possesses riches of far greater
value than mere dollars and cents alone.

   Van C. Blue, farmer, Flora, Indiana, was born September 19, 1863, on the old
Michael Blue homestead, which he now owns, and which is located four miles east
of Flora, in Carrollton township, Carroll county. He is a son of Michael and
Susan (Mabbitt) Blue. He grew to manhood where he now lives, and was educated at
the public schools.

   At the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Blue began farming on his own
responsibility on a tract of land rented from his father, and afterward bought
one hundred and eighty acres adjoining, and in the course of time bought his
father's farm outright. This consisted of one hundred acres, and gave him a
splendid property of two hundred and eighty acres; he also has one hundred and
twenty acres in Jackson township. He stocked his place with a fine grade of hogs
and cattle, and soon became one of the most prosperous men of the township.
Politically, Mr. Blue has always been a stanch supporter of Democratic
principles, and has taken an active interest in local, county and state
politics, being sent as a delegate to the state and county conventions.
Fraternally, he is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons:
Delphi Chapter, Delphi Commandery and Logansport Council; the Scottish Rite
Consistory of the Valley of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Murat Temple of the
Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. Mr. Blue has ever been progressively active in
his community, and was one of the organizers of the Bright National Bank and the
telephone company.

   Michael Blue was a son of Uriah and Fanny (Scott) Blue. He was reared on a
farm, and had but little opportunity to obtain an education, as he was obliged
to assist his father in clearing the timber from the land and afterward helped
with the farm work, remaining at home all during his youth. When the Civil War
broke out, he was drafted, but hired a substitute to take his place. To Michael
and Susan (Mabbitt) Blue were born eight children, of whom we have the following
names: E. F. Blue, of Camden, a stock buyer and farmer; John A. Blue, a retired
farmer of Flora, Indiana; U. W. Blue, an ex-sheriff of Carroll county and a
resident of Flora; Lizzie J., who became the wife of Walter Brown, who lives in
Monroe township, near Flora, Indiana; Malinda C., the wife of Uriah Jordan, a
resident of Flora, and Van C. Blue.

   Uriah and Fannie (Scott) Blue, the paternal grandparents, were both natives
of Virginia, and were married there, after which they came to Indiana and
settled in Carroll county. They entered land in Carrollton township and cleared
a spot on which they built a log cabin, where they spent the remainder of their
lives. Politically, Mr. Blue was an active member of the Democratic party, and
served as a member of the board of county commissioners of Carroll county for a
number of years, and was a prominent man in the county. Religiously, he was an
active worker in the Baptist church. To Uriah and Fannie (Scott) Blue were born
four sons and five daughters, all of whom are deceased.

   Mr. Blue has gained a wealth of knowledge through his extended travels,
having visited Canada, Mexico, Europe, Panama and California, and is a gentleman
well informed on the topics of the day.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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