Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903. pp. 508-509.

C. L. BLUE, M. D.

In the present essentially utilitarian age the life of every successful man is a lesson which, told in contemporary narrative, is productive of great good in shaping the destiny of others. There is, therefore, a sense of satisfaction and importance in presenting, even in brief resume, the life and achievements of such men, and in preparing the following history of the scholarly young physician of whom this sketch is written, it is with the hope that it may not only prove interesting and instructive, but that it may also serve as an incentive to those who contemplate making the profession of medicine their life work.

Dr. C. L. Blue, the rising young physician of Tocsin, Wells County, Indiana, is the son of the Hon. M. C. Blue, of Lancaster township. He was born in Jefferson township, Wells County, December 16, 1868, and received his early training on his father's farm and in the district schools. Later he attended the Ossian graded schools and also took a three-years course in the Ossian high school. Before completing his high school course he entered the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he took the course assigned to teachers, and also graduated from the business department of that institution February 24, 1891. He then returned to his father's home and after teaching two terms entered the School of Pharmacy at Chicago, graduating with the class of 1895. He then entered the Fort Wayne Medical College and after three years' study in that institution graduated with the degree of M. D. in the spring of 1898, in the same class with Dr. Fred Metts, of Ossian, Indiana. Immediately after completing his medical education Dr. Blue located in Tocsin, Indiana, where he succeeeded [sic] in building up a large and lucrative practice. His knowledge of medicine not being satisfactory to himself, he went to Chicago in 1901 and took a postgraduate course in the Chicago Clinical School. The Doctor is a close student of his profession and spares no pains to keep in touch with the latest theories advanced in medical science. His reading is extensive and his knowledge of his profession is thorough. He is a member of the Wells County and Indiana State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association, and Fort Wayne Academy of Medicine. He has been vested with the privileges of notary public and also holds the office of deputy health officer of Wells County. He has always given his support to the Democratic party, but owing to his duties as a physician has never taken a very active part in the political affairs of his community.

Dr. Blue is a Mason and a man of many friendships, and stands well in the community in which he has labored since the completion of his education. He is well versed in his profession and makes an excellent citizen of Wells County as well as Jefferson township.