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BIRTH: Amy Blue is sister to Rebecca Blue who md Benjamin Murrow, br of Charles. County of birth assumed.

Find a Grave 38260348 (Raccoon Cemetery, Parke Co IN): "s/o John & Cattron (Salter) Blaw"; SAR Patriot P-116788; DAR A011533 (Northwest Indian War 1791 under Col. William Darke). CONFLICT: a second David Blue (s/o Uriah, Bucks Co PA) filed pension R.964; Blue Family Assoc lists Capt. John Jr's wives as Catherine Williams/Sarah Herriott. See extension-colonial.md.

Name per 1942 book (OCR-garbled); details uncertain.

BIOGRAPHY: From Rockville store ledger: " Famous Blue: From July 7 to Dec 30 he bought a vest pattern and trims, mdse, elastic suspenders, fabric, kid gloves, toweling fabric, skeins of country thread, 2 pr small shoes, silk handkerchief, and a skillet lid. His account of $12.21 ¾ had $3.68 ¾ carroed over on Oct 12, 1838

BIRTH: 1850 census has birth in Kentucky; but this could have been part of Virginia which became Kentucky after her birth. BIOGRAPHY: From Bob Blue: "Her father, David, married her off quickly after Thomas birth in 1815 to an old friend from the indian wars who was much older than she was. I believe he was honoring his old friend by naming a son Famous, After Famous Mortimer. They were in fact helping each other out. Famous Mortimer had just lost his wife and had 7 children by her who would need care. Mary was somewhat of an embarasement to David and Phoebe so he took Mary off their hands and kept Thomas who they adopted. According to her son Thomas’ obituary, Famous Mortimer and Mary came to Putnam Co. IN in 1833. 1833 is most likely a mistake because Famous and Mary had their last son, Marquis DeLaFayette Mortimore in 1823 in Flemming Co., KY. She did not move to Indiana until after her husband died in 1851. I would guess 1853 was the correct year." Moved to McLean Co., Illinois after marriage to Joseph Fagan. Fleming County, Kentucky, Pension Records Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary, 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Kentucky. Compiled by Annie W.B. Bell SLC FHC Call #976.956 M246 Pp. 138-143 In McLean County Illinois on February 26, 1858, before A. J. Merriman County Judge of McLean County Illinois, Mary Fagan made oath that she is 65 years of age and is a resident of Old Town Illinois. that she was formerly a widow of Famous Mortimer who was a private in the Revolutionary War and who as a pensioner, on the Kentucky agency, received a pension certificate. That she was married to Famous Mortimer on 13th of October 1816 in Fleming County Kentucky by one Jonathan Wilson a minister and that her name before her marriage was Mary Blue (?) [sic]. That her husband, said Famous Mortimer died in Fleming County Kentucky on May 15, 1851. She further declares that she was married to Joseph Fagan at Park County Indiana on December 18, 1855. DEATH: Descendants and Ancestors of Thomas A. Murrow has death in Montezuma, Parke Co., Indiana.

m. (1) Mortimore, (2) Fagan per 1942 book GROUP 110.

An imported tree gives the married name Glascock.

"Sarah Blue Murrow" per Find a Grave 38260348 (1807-1879).

BIRTH: Descendants and Ancestors of Thomas A. Murrow has birth before 1799.

The 1942 Wallingford book names Mary Martin as John Saulter Blue's 1st wife (m. Jan 1829) but gives no dates for her. The birth 20 Apr 1809 here is the same as the book's birth date for her sister-in-law Mary Blue — imported trees may have conflated the two; unverified.

* 1880 MAHASKA COUNTY ESTATE TRIAL (Session 7-8, Sep 10 2026): the Weekly Oskaloosa Herald (15/22/29 Jan, 5 Feb 1880) ran his estate notices - Gorsuch v. Murrow heirs partition suit + contested will of widow Sarah Murrow, Feb 1880 circuit court term. Heir shares sum exactly 45/45ths: James R. 6, Thomas A. 6, Benjamin F./John M./Nancy A./William A./Mary E. (Arnold) 1 each, 5 McClure grandchildren 1 joint, Gorsuch plaintiffs 27. Administrator Thomas Alexander Murrow (1839-1912, Wayne Co. IA, FaG 38088556; obituary: came with parents from Indiana to Mahaska 1850). Death 13 Apr 1878, place [LIKELY] Mahaska Co. IA (estate venue). Children family (BF1) built from the notice. Sources: murrow/MURROW-1909-MURDER-AND-1880-TRIAL.md. DISTINCT from nephew Benjamin Lewis Murrow (1834-1868, record I272787601573).

BIRTH: Wallingford Family website has birth in Mason County, Kentucky.

BIRTH: Murrow Family website has birth in Kentucky County, Virginia. Attime of his birth it was Virgina before Kentucky gained statehood.

Patriarch of the Kentucky-branch Murrows. Parents unknown in all free sources. NEHGR 1:375-379 "First Murrows in America" is the 1651/52 Scotch prisoner list (Neile/Jonas/James/John Murrow) - no proven link.

BIOGRAPHY: Went from Virginia to Indiana and then his children went on toIowa in 1843 where most of them homesteaded, becoming farmers.

Named "James Murrow" in the 1942 Wallingford book, the DAR file for application #896295 and the research master. "James Madison Murrow" (kept as an alternate name) is the name of his grandson b. 1826 and appears to come from imported trees.

Remy Family has name as Joseph F. James Murrow.

m. (1) Elizabeth Morris; 1942 book Sub-Branch 20 covers his line.

m. Jacob Applegate.

Name spelled Murrah in marriage record.

May have been a cousin.

Also Phoebe Murphy (1st husband James Murphy, m. 22 Oct 1782, 2 daughters). Find a Grave 38260348.

BIRTH: "Descendants of James Murrow," by Charles Harlan Murrow, Des Moines, IA ttorney, ca 1930's. Copy in Des Moines, IA, Historical Lib.; also in Iowa Genealogical Society Lib., Des Moines, IA. DEATH: Rebecca was mentioned in minutes of Old Mt. Gilead church, Mason Co, KY, dated 30 Apr 1820. Rebecca must have died between then and 1832-35 when James Murrow supposedly went to Parke Co, IN. There is a possibility that James was in Indiana by 1830 -- see Notes for James Murrow under "Resided." [Note: James Murrow was received for baptism, 2 Jun 1824.]

Morrow family has her as daughter of Benjamin Franklin Wallingford'sfather Ben, senior.