Isaac Blue

Male11 December 1822–15 November 1856

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Blue was born on 11 December 1822, in Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Blue, was 37 and his mother, June Blue, was 34. He married Permelia Elijah about 1851, in Jasper, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Jackson, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 15 November 1856, in Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Indiana, United States.

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Isaac Blue
1822–1856
Permelia Elijah
1833–1856
Marriage: about 1851
Melissa Blue
1831–1924

Sources (1)

  • Isaac Blue in household of Levi Elijah, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1851Jasper, Indiana, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 3

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

    Age 3

    The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

    1832 · Black Hawk War

    Age 10

    "The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGhilleghuirm ‘son of the blue lad’.

    English: variant of Blew 2.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Blau ‘blue’ and of the French cognate Bleu. Compare Blew .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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