The death year on this marker being worn & difficult to read may be 1849 which would make more sense given his son was not born until after 1819. According to my records: "Garret and many of his family fell victim to the cholera epidemic of 1849-50."
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The Blue Families of Livingston County, Ill.
Came to Illinois from Virginia about 1830. Garrett M. Blue married Jane Somers. Their children were Daniel, Mary Ann (B.) Barrett, Benjamin H., Matilda (B.) Ross, Polly J. (B.) , Keziah (B.) Gentry, Garrett, Jr. and Rebecca. (Early Probate Records, Livingston County, Ill. History of Livingston County, ill. 1878, Page 301, and Portrait and Biographical Album of Livingston County, Ill. 1888, Page 755.)
contributor MidwestMom
List of cholera deaths in and near Pontiac, Illinois:
Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, Aug. 23, 1849.
Mrs. Jane Blue, (nee Somers) wf. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, about Aug. 25, 1849.
Rebecca, dau. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr. near Pontiac, about Aug.. 25, 1849 (a child).
Source: April 1930
Vol. XXIII, No. 1
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
(Printed by authority of the State of Illinois)
by Milo Custer
contributor MidwestMom
information provided by:EFHutch
The Blue Families of Livingston County, Ill.
Came to Illinois from Virginia about 1830. Garrett M. Blue married Jane Somers. Their children were Daniel, Mary Ann (B.) Barrett, Benjamin H., Matilda (B.) Ross, Polly J. (B.) , Keziah (B.) Gentry, Garrett, Jr. and Rebecca. (Early Probate Records, Livingston County, Ill. History of Livingston County, ill. 1878, Page 301, and Portrait and Biographical Album of Livingston County, Ill. 1888, Page 755.)
contributor MidwestMom
List of cholera deaths in and near Pontiac, Illinois:
Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, Aug. 23, 1849.
Mrs. Jane Blue, (nee Somers) wf. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, about Aug. 25, 1849.
Rebecca, dau. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr. near Pontiac, about Aug.. 25, 1849 (a child).
Source: April 1930
Vol. XXIII, No. 1
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
(Printed by authority of the State of Illinois)
by Milo Custer
contributor MidwestMom
The death year on this marker being worn & difficult to read may be 1849 which would make more sense given his son was not born until after 1819. According to my records: "Garret and many of his family fell victim to the cholera epidemic of 1849-50."
information provided by:EFHutch
The Blue Families of Livingston County, Ill.
Came to Illinois from Virginia about 1830. Garrett M. Blue married Jane Somers. Their children were Daniel, Mary Ann (B.) Barrett, Benjamin H., Matilda (B.) Ross, Polly J. (B.) , Keziah (B.) Gentry, Garrett, Jr. and Rebecca. (Early Probate Records, Livingston County, Ill. History of Livingston County, ill. 1878, Page 301, and Portrait and Biographical Album of Livingston County, Ill. 1888, Page 755.)
contributor MidwestMom
List of cholera deaths in and near Pontiac, Illinois:
Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, Aug. 23, 1849.
Mrs. Jane Blue, (nee Somers) wf. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, about Aug. 25, 1849.
Rebecca, dau. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr. near Pontiac, about Aug.. 25, 1849 (a child).
Source: April 1930
Vol. XXIII, No. 1
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
(Printed by authority of the State of Illinois)
by Milo Custer
contributor MidwestMom
information provided by:EFHutch
The Blue Families of Livingston County, Ill.
Came to Illinois from Virginia about 1830. Garrett M. Blue married Jane Somers. Their children were Daniel, Mary Ann (B.) Barrett, Benjamin H., Matilda (B.) Ross, Polly J. (B.) , Keziah (B.) Gentry, Garrett, Jr. and Rebecca. (Early Probate Records, Livingston County, Ill. History of Livingston County, ill. 1878, Page 301, and Portrait and Biographical Album of Livingston County, Ill. 1888, Page 755.)
contributor MidwestMom
List of cholera deaths in and near Pontiac, Illinois:
Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, Aug. 23, 1849.
Mrs. Jane Blue, (nee Somers) wf. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr., near Pontiac, about Aug. 25, 1849.
Rebecca, dau. of Garrett M. Blue, Sr. near Pontiac, about Aug.. 25, 1849 (a child).
Source: April 1930
Vol. XXIII, No. 1
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
(Printed by authority of the State of Illinois)
by Milo Custer
contributor MidwestMom
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