John Howard Blue Jr.
b. 31 August 1877, d. 6 May 1960
- Father: John Howard Blue b. 1848, d. 8 January 1894
- Mother: Mary Wood Cook b. circa April 1854, d. 13 January 1926
- John Howard Blue Jr. was born on 31 August 1877 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- John Howard Blue and Mary Wood Cook appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included John Howard Blue Jr., Mary Ellen Blue, Oliver Rufus Blue and Ann (?)
- Mary Wood Cook appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 116 South Perry Street. Other members of the household included John Howard Blue Jr., Kate Blue, Harvey Morris Blue, Annie Howard Blue, George Eason Blue and Florence Blue.
- Mary Wood Cook appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 116 South Perry Street. Other members of the household included John Howard Blue Jr., Kate Blue, Harvey Morris Blue, George Eason Blue and Florence Blue.
- He married Anna Pelzer, daughter of William K. Pelzer and Elizabeth (?), on 20 April 1910.
- He was a physician in general practice, according to the 1910 census.
- John Howard Blue Jr. registered for the draft on 10 September 1918 in Montgomery County, Alabama, while living with his wife Anna at 1520 South Hull Street (Box 251) in Montgomery, and self-employed there as a physician and surgeon.
- John Howard Blue Jr. and Anna Pelzer appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cloverdale, Montgomery County, Alabama, at Ridge Avenue.
- He was employed as a surgeon, according to the 1920 census.
- John Howard Blue Jr. and Anna Pelzer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 300 Felden Avenue. Other members of the household included George Eason Blue. Also in the household was nurse Margaret Weston, boarding and like employed by the doctors Blue.
- He was a medical doctor, according to the 1930 census.
- John Howard Blue Jr. became a widower at the 21 September 1944 death of his wife Anna Pelzer.
- John Howard Blue Jr. died on 6 May 1960 at age 82 in Montgomery, Alabama.
- He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
- A biographical sketch appears in History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1920): John Howard Blue, physician, was born August 31, 1877, at Montgomery; son of Dr. John Howard and Mary Wood (Cook) Blue, the former a native of Mobile, a physician, who lived at Montgomery; grandson of Dr. Oliver R. and Ann E. (Howard) Blue (q. v.) of Montgomery, the former a Methodist minister, the latter a native of Georgia, and of John and Sallie Cook of Elmore County. His great-grandfather was one of the original settlers of Montgomery and was one of the first men who located the town. John Howard Blue received his first schooling in Montgomery from Miss Augusta Woodruff, and later attended the University of Alabama from which he was graduated, B. S., 1896, and the following year became instructor in chemistry at the institution. He entered Columbia University and was graduated, M. D., 1901. He served as interne in the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, from 1901 until 1904, then located in Montgomery where he has practiced his profession as physician and surgeon with eminent success and distinction. He is a Democrat and a Methodist. Married: April 20, 1910, Anna, daughter of William Keller and Elizabeth Pelzer of Montgomery. Residence: Montgomery.
- Last Edited: 5 Jun 2014