Benjamin Blue
1802 - 1867 (64 years)-
Name Benjamin Blue Birth 28 Dec 1802 Gender Male Death 25 Feb 1867 IN 
Person ID I1166 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 11 Oct 2016
Father Peter Keyser Blue, b. 1761, Hampshire County, VA d. 25 Jul 1843, Washington C.H. OH (Age 82 years) Mother Susanah Kelch, b. 8 Sep 1765, Salem County, NJ d. 20 Apr 1858, New Holland, Fayette, Ohio (Age 92 years) Family ID F385 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Wiley, b. 1793 d. 1881 (Age 88 years) Marriage 1 Aug 1824 Fayette County, OH Family ID F1112 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
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Marriage - 1 Aug 1824 - Fayette County, OH 
Death - 25 Feb 1867 - IN = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Benjamin Blue, was born in 1802 and died February 25, 1867. He married Margaret Riley who was born in 1795. She died August 7, 1881. Both are buried in the Mentone Cemetery. They came to Kosciusko County, Indiana in 1835. They moved into a bark shanty built by the Indians and had to keep fires burning at night to keep hungry wolves from the door. It is said Benjamin and his wife were the first white people to permanently settle in Franklin Twp. Benjamin was a Representative in the Indiana General Assembly, 1850-1851. While Benjamin was a lad, the family moved to Fayette Co. OH, where he attended the subscription schools of the neighborhood and attained a basic education in the "three R's". Upon attaining manhood, he sought the hand of Margaret Riley, and they were married in Fayette Co. OH. For 12 years after their marriage Benjamin rented and worked tracts of land. It was hard to get ahead, so they decided to go west to seek better opportunities. He made a trip to IN in 1834, traveling most of the journey on horseback, and learned that he could greatly better his condition there. So, in the Fall of 1836, he placed his family into covered wagons and moved to Kosciusko Co. IN. He then received from the government title to a half section of the best land that he could find, in what is now Franklin and Harrison Twps.
He was probably the first settler in Franklin Twp. Here they carved a life out of the wilderness and Benjamin later served his county in the State Legislature (ca1851). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Census records indicate that Benjamin and Margaret raised many orphan children; some were grandchildren and grand-nephews and nieces, and others bore no apparent relationship. Stacy Rockhill (b.ca1843) was living with them in 1860 and appears to be a sister of the second wife of William.
- Benjamin Blue, was born in 1802 and died February 25, 1867. He married Margaret Riley who was born in 1795. She died August 7, 1881. Both are buried in the Mentone Cemetery. They came to Kosciusko County, Indiana in 1835. They moved into a bark shanty built by the Indians and had to keep fires burning at night to keep hungry wolves from the door. It is said Benjamin and his wife were the first white people to permanently settle in Franklin Twp. Benjamin was a Representative in the Indiana General Assembly, 1850-1851. While Benjamin was a lad, the family moved to Fayette Co. OH, where he attended the subscription schools of the neighborhood and attained a basic education in the "three R's". Upon attaining manhood, he sought the hand of Margaret Riley, and they were married in Fayette Co. OH. For 12 years after their marriage Benjamin rented and worked tracts of land. It was hard to get ahead, so they decided to go west to seek better opportunities. He made a trip to IN in 1834, traveling most of the journey on horseback, and learned that he could greatly better his condition there. So, in the Fall of 1836, he placed his family into covered wagons and moved to Kosciusko Co. IN. He then received from the government title to a half section of the best land that he could find, in what is now Franklin and Harrison Twps.