Mary BLUE 
Mary was born on April 20th, 1800 in Berkeley, Virginia.1 Mary's father was David BLUE and her mother was Phoebe WALLINGFORD. Her maternal grandparents were Benjamin Franklin Wallingford and Prudence ELLIOT. She had two brothers and two sisters, named Famous Mortimore, John Salter, Amy and Sarah. She was the second oldest of the five children. She had two half-sisters named Margaret and Martha. She died at the age of 66 in 1866 in Old Town Township, McLean Co., Illinois.2 General Notes
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1766 in Somerset Co., New Jersey d.29 Dec 1834 in Parke Co., Indiana
- b.20 Apr 1800 in Berkeley, Virginia d.1866 in Old Town Township, McLean Co., Illinois
- b.1629 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England d.10 May 1682 in At sea off Ivory Coast
- b.27 Jun 1678 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts d.05 May 1733 in Anne Arundal County, Maryland
- b.1636 in Newbury, Essex Co, Massachusetts, USA d.10 May 1682 in Newbury, Essex Co, Massachusetts, USA
- b.06 May 1706 in Queen Anns Parish, Prince Georges County, Maryland d.1792 in Berkeley County, Virginia
- b.~ 1646 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d.05 Jun 1705 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.05 May 1678 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d.1741 in Prince Georges County, Maryland
- b.07 Feb 1649 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts d.1726 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1735 in Frederick County, Virginia d.14 Jun 1814 in Mt. Gilead, Mason County, Kentucky
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- b.~ 1707 in Prince Georges County, Maryland d.1772 in Frederick County, Virginia
- b.1762 in Farquar Co., Virginia d.1834
- b.1732 in Frederick Co., Virginia d.24 Jul 1824 in Mount Gilead, Mason Co., Kentucky
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Details of Mary's family with Newman GLASCOCK
Details of Mary's family with Famous MORTIMORE
1 Rootsweb.com databases @ Descendants and Ancestors of Thomas A. Murrow and Evaline King; database=murrow
2 Bob Blue
2 Bob Blue
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