David Blue & Ruben Blue Family Photographs
Handed down in my family are a number of ca. 1850-1890 daguerrotypes and photographs from the families of David Blue and his wife, Mary Eleanor Guffy.Many of the individuals depicted are unidentified, but we are fairly certain they include both siblings and children of David Blue and Mary Eleanor Guffy.
I will be glad to exchange scans of these photographs in return for help in identifying the individuals in the photographs.
David Blue was born ca. 1833-36 in Pennsylvania, was married to Mary Eleanor Guffy in 1858 in Illinois, and died in 1909 in Iowa.He wasthe son of Ruben Blue (1798-1844) and Elizabeth Davis (1796-1841).David Blue's siblings were:
Peter Blue (1821-1892) who married Phoebe Gray;
Thomas D. Blue (1823-1855) who married Martha McEwen;
Mary Jane Blue (1826-1901) who married John Harris;
John Blue (1830-1863) who married Martha J. McHard;
Elizabeth Blue (1832-1833),
Rebecca Ann Blue (1834-1900) who married Joseph Carson Gilmore; and
Sarah D. Blue (1839-1840).
Mary Eleanor Guffy was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania and died in 1911 in Iowa.She was the daughter of Samuel Guffy (1794-?) and Mary Pollock (1800-1877).Mary Eleanor Guffy's siblings were:
William SheriffGuffy (bef. 1830-?);
Alexander Guffy (1820-?);
Richard Guffy (1822-);
Emanuel "Lem" Guffy (1824-1868); and
Samuel Scott Guffy (1826-?).
The children of David Blue and Mary Eleanor Guffy were:
Ida Belle Blue (1858-1947) who married W. H. VanHorne;
John Blue (1862-1941) who married Cora Ella Mecum;
Mary Jeannette Blue (1864-1937) who married William Franz Graham;
Lenora Jane Blue (1869-1945) who married John Robert Derry;
Rose Blue (1871-?) Who married Amzi W. Gregg;
Lowell David Blue (1875-1942) who married Mary Alexander; and
Viella Blue (1877-1896).