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The Trueblood Family In America
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dbeeler/Trueblood.html

Notes taken from

"The Trueblood Family in America" by Bula Trueblood Watson, copyright 1964.

".....He is still remembered as "The Prophet of Blue River" as he was called by the many people who sat under his teaching, preaching, and exhortation. In 1914, Edith M. Winder published a book, 'The Prophet of Blue River,' whose main character and hero was Elwood Trueblood.

Elwood was the fifth in a family of eleven. As a youth he was very delicate, but only his brother, Alfred, lived longer than he. He prepared himself for college under the instruction of John L. Morrison, and later James G. May. At the age of 18, a change of plans was made necessary by the death of his mother from smallpox; furthermore, the disease which he also had, caused the loss of the sight of one eye. He helped his older brother to care for his small brothers and sisters.
He taught school for many years, and the house was always full of students who came from far and near to receive his instruction. In 1862, although a strong advocate for peace, so great was his love of country and his abhorence of slavery that, together with Oliver Q. and Joshua G. Trueblood, his brothers, he offered his services to his country. Because of the loss of sight in one eye, however, his services were not accepted. He fed a number of horses that his brothers had left in his care; then, to feed the horses better, he moved to the home of Elijah Hobbs in Dubois Co., near Jasper. While there, he taught several terms of school, working at his trade as a carpenter during the summers. During the years from his youth, he had developed himself to a course in physical training. He thus developed from a delicate boy into a strong man. It was said that at barn-raisings and log-rollings, he was among the best.
He married Mary H. Baynes, dt of Beeson and Lowry Baynes of Highland community in the Old Blue River MH, 2-9-1869. He bought a portion of his father's farm near the headwaters of Rush Creek and lived there until his death. He was a minister of the Friends and traveled extensively to meetings both at New York and Philadelphia. He was minister of his home meeting at Blue River and Highland for thirty-five or forty years. The verdict of many people was that "his voice was one of the sweetest ever possessed by a public speaker, and his memory was a source of wonder to all." He believed that the commands of his Master were to be obeyed, and having obeyed them, his message of the Gospel influenced the lives of those who heard him, such as has been exercised by but few, even in the ministry. Elwood and Mary H. (Baynes) Trueblood had no children of their own but they reared a boy. As Elwood grew older his one good eye started failing, and he was almost totally blind at the time of his death, 7-16-1911." pg 81