Blue family

The Blue family included Malcolm James Blue (d. 1914); his wife, Margaret Monroe Blue (d. 1934); and their seven children. The family lived in Efland, N.C., until Malcolm Blue's death in 1914. Lena Blue (b. 1880) moved to Raeford, N.C. Jane Cameron Blue (b. 1883) and Jean P. Blue (b. 1890) moved to Raleigh, the latter after serving as an army nurse in Brest, France, and Coblenz, Germany, during and after World War I. Flora Blue (d. 1919) died of influenza during the epidemic of 1919. John Wilmer Blue (1892-1934) attended Roanoke College from 1913 to 1916, but left without receiving a degree. He studied dentistry at Atlanta Dental College from 1916 to 1917, before enlisting in the United States Army at Fort McPherson, Ga. He volunteered for the American Expeditionary Forces and served in Siberia for two years. He was then posted to Manila, where he was promoted to the rank of captain. He was eventually posted to Fort Benning, Ga., where he was killed playing polo on 18 November 1934. His mother died two days later on 20 November 1934.

From the guide to the Blue Family Papers,  , 1913-1984, (bulk 1913-1934), (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)