Donald Blue was born in Argylshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, January 18, 1799. He married Catharine McFarlain, January 15, 1815. She was born January 1, 1801. Mr and Mrs Blue have lived together now over 62 years. In March 1820, Mr. Blue, with his family, emigrated to New Brunswick, where he resided 8 years, and then settled about 30 miles from Toronto Canada. After taking part in the "Patriot War" in Canada, in 1839 he settled and made a claim upon section 17, in Clyde. He was warned to abandon the claim, but replied to the committee that he was in peacable possession, and would hold it at all hazards. He was allowed to remain. In 1852 Mr. Blue went to California, where he remained 3 years, and then returned to his farm. For the past 12 years he has resided in Morrison. Children: John, Jane ( now Mrs. John Wilson), Alexander, Donald (s/b Daniel), Margaret, Isabella, Charles, Catharine. Three children died in infancy; eleven children in all. Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation,during the Pikes Peak gold excitement in '59. John and Margaret died in Clyde in 1839.

**According to research Donald Blue is an ancestor of President Ronald Wilson Reagan as follows:

Donald Blue married Catharine McFarlain
Jane Blue married John Wilson 23 Nov 1841 Whiteside Co
Thomas Wilson married Mary Ann Elsey
Nellie Wilson married John Edward Reagan
President Ronald Wilson Reagan s/o Nellie Wilson Reagon

Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 145-146

The biography of Richard Blue gives a detailed accounting of the trip to Pikes Peak in 1859 on which Charles and Alexander died. Richard Blue was a son of Alexander Blue