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- Biographical History
Abraham and Nancy (Young-Lindsey) Blue moved their family from Ohio to Indiana in 1836, settling near Clunette in Prairie Township, Kosciusko County. Peter A. Blue was born there in 1837. On February 10, 1839 they moved to a six-km square-foot log cabin near Yellow Creek Lake in Franklin Township. There were still Indians in the area at that time. They liked to borrow Abraham Blue's gun, and would bring choice parts of the kill to Abraham in exchange for the of the gun, saying "Heap good gun, brings blood." As a small child, Peter A. Blue had almost white hair. Some Indians observed his sister Betty (Elizabeth Blue Doran), dyeing clothes, and motioned for her to dip Peter's hair into the dye. When the Indians were forced to leave for a reservation they came to say "Good-by" to Abraham's family, and cried.
Samuel, Jr. and Susan (Crook) Eiler moved from Huntington County, Indiana to Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, when their daughter Esther Angelina was eleven years old. Her name is sometimes listed as "Hester," and sometimes called "Het."
Peter A. Blue and Esther Angelina Eiler were married June 28, 1860. They had twelve children Louisa Ellen (Mrs. Willard Teel); Arcie, Emma (Mrs. Hollis Bybee); Nancy Paulina "Love" (Mrs. A.L. Johnson); Eliza Isabel Blue; Wilbur Blue; Effie Nevada (Mrs. Charles Huffer, Samuel Lindsey; Bertha Pearl (Mrs. Orlando Meredith); Dessie Lurainia Blue; and Edith Ivy (Mrs. Orval Ulrey). All these children were born on the Blue farm near Sevastapol, in Franklin Township, and all grew to maturity except Eliza Isabel who died quite young, and is buried in the Mentone Cemetery.
Early in life Peter became active in the livestock industry, engaging in buying, feeding and shipping throughout his active years. His partners in business were his brother Rhesa, and Horace Tucker, for over 30 years. His ability as a livestock judge was known throughout this section of the state and at market centers. His amiable disposition and versatile nature won a host of friends, and he was known for his honesty, integrity and square dealin9; one whose word could be relied upon implicitly.
He was loved and esteemed by his neighbors, friends and associates. He loved his wife and children and was always concerned for their welfare. In later years Peter and Esther Blue moved to Mentone, and it. is said that he, when reminiscing, always recalled tenderly his old home on the banks of Yellow Creek.
On May 17, 1914 his companion of nearly 54 years was taken by the death angel. The shock was more than his advanced years and frailty could endure, his loneliness encompassing him. He died on March 31, 1915, age 77 years, five months, ten days. His brother, Rhesa, and sisters, Elizabeth and Margaret Jane, were listed as surviving siblings in Abraham and Nancy's family of seven children. Peter and Esther rest in the Palestine Cemetery.
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1786 - 1859 (73 years)
