2nd Sergeant Daniel McQueen Blue,
Company C, 8th Florida Infantry

Residence Houston FL; a 25 year-old Merchant.
Enlisted on 5/10/1862 at Houston, FL as a Private.
On 5/10/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. FL 8th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)

He was listed as:
POW 7/6/1863 Falling Waters, MD
Confined 7/10/1863 Fort McHenry, MD (Estimated day)
Paroled 8/15/1863 Fort McHenry, MD (Exchanged)
Promotions: Sergt
born 6/7/1836 in McIntosh County, GA
died in 1906
Additional Information:
Prewar Occupations: Merchant / Businessman, Houston, Suwannee County, FL., Planter, Houston, Suwannee County, FL. He owned a large plantation with 19 slaves and an overseer.

Blue founded the town of Keysville in eastern Hillsborough County. He ran a lumber mill and general store there and also played a principal role in growing the community to the second largest in Hillsborough County at the time.

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Marriage date for Margaret Hill Lane and Daniel M. Blue-Jan. 3, 1867

Marriage date for Missouri Tanner and Daniel M. Blue - Aug. 19, 1882

Children of Margaret Lane and Daniel M. Blue:
Margaret Ashe Blue Beaty (already listed)
Mary Louise Blue - 1869-1870
Sophia Lane Blue (already listed)
Elizabeth HULL Blue Proctor-(Hull not Hall)
Thomas James Blue - 1874 -?
Florrie Jewett Blue - 1875-1897
Harry McQueen Blue - 1877-1879
Alexander Hall Blue (already listed)
Children of Missouri and Daniel M. Blue:
Mary Louise Blue Kelley - 1883-1977
Alexander Blue - 1886-1926
Estelle McQueen Blue Davis, Gilliken - 1891-1953
Ethel Adel Blue McClelland-1894-1915
Sanky Moody Blue (already listed)
Sarah Louise Blue Barker, Taylor, Wetzel - 1896-1998
William Bryan Blue - 1898-1899
Johnnie McQueen Blue - 1900-1969
Jessie Mae Blue - 1904-1906