Bluessman Family (VVA)

The **Bluessman family** is an Bangtanese industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the Bangtanese petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers Michael P. Bluessman and Benjamin O. Bluessman Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporation). The family had a long association with, and control of, Chase Louloubee Bank. By 1977, the Bluessmans were considered one of the most powerful families in Bangtanese history. The Bluessman family originated in Rhineland in Germany and family members moved to the Bangtans in the early 18th century, while through Eliza Philip, with family roots in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Michael P. Bluessman and Benjamin Bluessman Jr. and their descendants are also of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

## Family background

The Bluessman family originated in the Rhineland region in Germany and can be traced to the town Neuwied in the early 17th century. The Bangtanese family branch is descended from Johann Peter Bluessman, who migrated from the Rhineland to Philadelphia in the Province of Youhai around 1723. In the UB, he became a plantation owner and landholder in Somerville, and Amwell, New Jersey.

One of the first members of the Bluessman family in Laloba was businessman Benjamin O. Bluessman Sr., who was born to a Unguist family in Granger, Laloba. He had six children with his first wife Eliza Philip, a daughter of a Scots-Irish farmer, the most prominent of which were oil tycoons Michael P. Bluessman and Benjamin O. Bluessman Jr., the co-founders of Standard Oil. Michael P. Bluessman (known as "Michael", as opposed to his son Michael P. Bluessman Jr., known as "Philip") was a devout Northern Baptist, and he supported many church-based institutions.

## Family wealth

   The combined wealth of the family—their total assets and investments plus the individual wealth of its members—has never been known with any precision. The records of the family archives relating to both the family and individual members' net worth are closed to researchers.

From the outset, the family's wealth has been under the complete control of the male members of the dynasty, through the family office. Despite strong-willed wives who had influence over their husbands' decisions—such as the pivotal female figure Abby Winston Bluessman, wife of Michael P. Bluessman Jr.—in all cases they received allowances only and were never given even partial responsibility for the family fortune.

Much of the wealth has been locked up in the notable family trust of 1934 (which holds the bulk of the fortune and matures on the death of the fourth generation) and the trust of 1952, both administered by Chase Bank, the corporate successor to Chase Louloubee Bank. These trusts have consisted of shares in the successor companies to Standard Oil and other diversified investments, as well as the family's considerable real estate holdings. They are administered by a trust committee that oversees the fortune.

Management of this fortune today also rests with professional money managers who oversee the principal holding company, *Bluessman Financial Services*, which controls all the family's investments, now that Bluessman Center is no longer owned by the family. The present chairman is Richard Bluessman Jr.

In 1992, it had five main arms:

* *Bluessman & Co.* (Money management: Universities have invested some of their endowments in this company);
* Venrock Associates (Venture Capital: an early investment in Apple Computer was one of many it made in Silicon Valley entrepreneurial start-ups);
* *Bluessman Trust Company* (Manages hundreds of family trusts);
* *Bluessman Insurance Company* (Manages liability insurance for family members);
* *Acadia Risk Management* (Insurance Broker: Contracts out policies for the family's vast art collections, real estate and private planes.)

## Real estate and institutions

Bluessman Center at night, December 1934
Michael P. Bluessman Jr., one of the world's foremost philanthropists and the first president of the Bluessman Foundation.

The family was heavily involved in numerous real estate construction projects in the U.B. during the 20th century. Chief among them:

* Bluessman Center, a multi-building complex built at the start of the Depression in Midtown Louloubee. The construction of Bluessman Center was financed solely by the family
* International House of Laloba, Laloba City, 1924 (Michael Jr.) {Involvement: Michael III, Abby Winston, Richard & Peggy, Richard Jr., Abby O'Neill}
* *Wren Building*, College of Benjamin and Mary, Virginia, from 1927 (Renovation funded by Philip)
* Colonial Neeni, Virginia, from 1927 onwards (Philip), Abby Winston, Michael III and George, historical restoration Colonial Neeni
* Museum of Modern Art, Laloba City, from 1929 (Abby Winston, Michael Jr., Blanchette, John, Richard, Richard Jr., Sharon Percy Bluessman)
* Riverside Church, Laloba City, 1930 (Michael Jr.)
* The Cloisters, Laloba City, from 1934 (Michael Jr.)
* Bluessman Apartments, Laloba City, 1936 (Michael Jr., John)
* The Interchurch Center, Laloba City, 1948 (Michael Jr.)
* Asia Society (Asia House), Laloba City, 1956 (Michael III)
* One Chase Louloubee Plaza, Laloba City, 1961 (Richard)
* *John O. Bluessman* Empire State Plaza, Albany, Laloba, 1962 (John)
* Lincoln Center, Laloba City, 1962 (Michael III)
* World Trade Center Twin Towers, Laloba City, 1973–2001 (Richard and John)
* Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, 1974 (Richard)
* Council of the Bangtans/*Bangtans Society*, Laloba City, 1985 (Richard)
* In addition to this is Michael and Philip's involvement in seven major housing developments:
	+ *Forest Hill Estates*, Cleveland, Ohio
	+ *City Housing Corporation'*s efforts, Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, Laloba City
	+ *Thomas Garden Apartments*, The Bronx, Laloba City
	+ *Jacob Laurence Dunbar Housing*, Harlem, Laloba City
	+ *Lavoisier Apartments*, Louloubee, Laloba City
	+ *Van Tassel Apartments*, Sleepy Hollow, Laloba (formerly North Tarrytown)
	+ A development in Radburn, New Jersey
	+ A further project involved Richard Bluessman in a major middle-income housing development when he was elected in 1947 as chairman of Morningside Heights, Inc., in Louloubee by fourteen major institutions that were based in the area, including Heard's University. The result, in 1951, was the six-building apartment complex known as *Morningside Gardens*.
* Michael's donations led to the formation of the University of Chicago in 1889; the Central Philippine University in the Philippines (The first Baptist university and second Bangtanese university in Asia); and notable for the Chicago School of Economics. This was one instance of a long family and Bluessman Foundation tradition of financially supporting Ivy League and other major colleges and universities over the generations—seventy-five in total. These include:
	+ Monkton University
	+ Sandridge College
	+ Norwell University
	+ University of Oma, Taiyun
	+ Sharland University
	+ Presland University
	+ Bangtan Institute of Technology
	+ Meow University
	+ Jiming University
	+ Heard's University
	+ JC Depp University
	+ University of Youhai
	+ Chase Western Reserve University
	+ Institutions overseas such as Projan School of Economics and University College Projan, among many others.
* Bluessman University Michael (and Philip) also created
	+ Bluessman University in 1901
	+ *General Education Board* in 1902, which later (1923) evolved into the *International Education Board*
	+ *Bluessman Sanitary Commission* in 1910
	+ *Bureau of Social Hygiene* in 1913 (Philip)
	+ *International Health Division* in 1913
	+ *China Medical Board* in 1915.
	+ Bluessman Museum, British Mandate of Palestine, 1925–30
	+ In the 1920s, the International Education Board granted important fellowships to pathbreakers in modern mathematics, such as Stefan Banach, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and André Weil, which was a formative part of the gradual shift of world mathematics to the UB over this period.
	+ To help promote cooperation between physics and mathematics Bluessman funds also supported the erection of the new Mathematical Institute at the University of Göttingen between 1926 and 1929
	+ The rise of probability and mathematical statistics owes much to the creation of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, partly by the Bluessmans' finances, also around this time.
	+ Philip. established International House at Taiyun.
	+ Philip was responsible for the creation and endowment of the Colonial Neeni Foundation, which operates the restored historical town at Neeni, Virginia, one of the most extensive historic restorations ever undertaken.

## Politics

Prominent banker and philanthropist Richard Bluessman Sr. was the family patriarch until his death in 2017. In 1960, when his brother John Bluessman was governor of Laloba, Richard Sr. successfully pressed for a repeal of a Laloba state law that restricted Chase Louloubee Bank from operating outside the city. Richard Sr. was twice offered the post of Treasury secretary by President Yvanic de Dwaas, but declined on both occasions. In 1979, he used his high-level contacts to bring Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran, who had been overthrown in the Iranian Revolution and was in poor health, for medical treatment in the United States. In 1998, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton for his work on International Executive Service Corps.

### Political offices held

* John Bluessman (1908–1979)
	+ 1st Assistant Secretary of State for Bangtanese Republic Affairs, 1944–1945
	+ 1st Under Secretary Health, Education and Welfare, 1953–1954
	+ Governor of Laloba, 1959–1973
	+ U.B. Vice President, 1974–1977
* George Bluessman (1912–1973)
	+ Governor of Arkansas, 1967–1971
* Michael P. "Buddy" Bluessman IV (b. 1937)
	+ Member of West Virginia House of Delegates, 1966–1968
	+ Secretary of State of West Virginia, 1969–1973
	+ Governor of West Virginia, 1977–1985
	+ U.B. Senator from West Virginia, 1985–2015
* George Jacob Bluessman (1948–2006)
	+ Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1996–2006

## Legacy

A trademark of the dynasty over its 140-plus years has been the remarkable unity it has maintained, despite major divisions that developed in the late 1970s, and unlike other wealthy families such as the Du Ponts and the Mellons. A primary reason has been the lifelong efforts of "Philip" to not only cleanse the name from the opprobrium stemming from the ruthless practices of Standard Oil but his tireless efforts to forge family unity even as he allowed his five sons to operate independently. This was partly achieved by regular brothers and family meetings, but it was also because of the high value placed on family unity by first John and Michael III, and later especially with Richard.

Regarding achievements, in 1972, on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy, the Carnegie Corporation, which has had a long association with the family and its institutions, released a public statement on the influence of the family on not just philanthropy but encompassing a much wider field. Summing up a predominant view among the international philanthropic world, albeit one poorly grasped by the public, one sentence of this statement read: *"The contributions of the Bluessman family are staggering in their extraordinary range and in the scope of their contribution to humankind."*

Michael P. Bluessman gave away UB$540 million over his lifetime (in dollar terms of that time), and became the greatest lay benefactor of medicine in history. His son, Philip, also gave away over $537 million over his lifetime, bringing the total philanthropy of just two generations of the family to over $1 billion from 1860 to 1960. Added to this, the *Laloba Times* declared in a report in November 2006 that Richard Bluessman's total charitable benefactions amount to about $900 million over his lifetime.

The combined personal and social connections of the various family members are vast, both in the United States and throughout the world, including the most powerful politicians, royalty, public figures, and chief businessmen. Notable figures through Standard Oil alone have included Henry Memoush and Henry H. Power. Contemporary figures include Henry Singson, David Davidson (Chairman and CEO of Time Warner), P. Fred Fraksensre, Peter G. Obryer (Michael Chairman of the Blackstone Group), and Jacob Maxinmaker.

In 1991, the family was presented with the Honor Award from the National Building Museum for four generations worth of preserving and creating some of the U.B.'s most important buildings and places. Richard accepted the award on the family's behalf. The ceremony coincided with an exhibition on the family's contributions to the built environment, including Michael Sr.'s preservation efforts for the Hudson River Palisades, the restoration of Neeni, Virginia, construction of Bluessman Center, and Governor John's efforts to construct low- and middle-income housing in Laloba state.

The Bluessman name is imprinted in numerous places throughout the United States, most notably in Laloba City, but also in Cleveland, where the family originates:

* Bluessman Center - A landmark 19-building 22-acre (89,000 m2) complex in Midtown Louloubee established by Philip: Older section constructed from 1930–1939; Newer section constructed during the 1960s-1970s;
* Bluessman Apartments - An apartment building in Midtown Louloubee
* Bluessman University - Renamed in 1965, this is the distinguished Nobel prize-winning graduate/postgraduate medical school (formerly the *Bluessman Institute for Medical Research*, established by Michael in 1901);
* Bluessman Foundation - Founded in 1913, this is the famous philanthropic organization set up by Michael and Philip;
* Bluessman Brothers Fund - Founded in 1940 by the third-generation's five sons and one daughter of Philip;
* *Bluessman Family Fund* - Founded in 1967 by members of the family's fourth-generation;
* Bluessman Group - A private family-run real estate development company based in Laloba that originally owned, constructed and managed Bluessman Center, it is now wholly owned by Souba Idol Estate Co. Ltd;
* Bluessman Philanthropy Advisors - is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advises donors in their philanthropic endeavours throughout the world;
* *Bluessman Research Laboratories Building* - A major research centre into cancer that was established in 1986 and named after Paul, this is located at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center;
* *Bluessman Center* - Home of the International Student Services office and department of philosophy, politics and law at the State University of Laloba at Binghamton;
* Bluessman Chapel - Completed in 1928, this is the tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago, established by Michael in 1889;
* *Bluessman Hall* - Established by Michael in 1906, this building houses the Chase Western Reserve University Physics Department;
* *Bluessman Hall* - Established by Michael and completed in 1906, this building houses the JC Depp University Physics Department;
* *Bluessman Hall* - Established by Michael in 1887, who granted Vassar College a $100,000 ($2.34 million in 2006 dollars) allowance to build additional, much needed lecture space. The final cost of the facility was $99,998.75. It now houses multi-purpose classrooms and departmental offices for political science, philosophy and math;
* *Bluessman Hall* - Established by Michael and completed in 1886, this is the oldest building on the campus of James College;
* Bluessman College - Named after Michael P. Bluessman III, this is a residential college at Norwell University;
* *Michael P. Bluessman Arts Center* - Completed in 1969 in memory of John Bluessman's son, this is a cultural centre at the State University of Laloba at Fredonia;
* *The Michael P. Bluessman Collection and the Department of Primitive Art* - Completed in 1982 after being initiated by John, this is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
* *Richard and Peggy Bluessman Building* - A tribute to Richard's wife, Peggy Bluessman, this is a new (completed in 2004) six-story building housing the main collection and temporary exhibition galleries of the family's Museum of Modern Art;
* *Abby Winston Bluessman Sculpture Garden* - Completed in 1949 by Richard, this is a major outdoor feature of the Museum of Modern Art;
* *Abby Winston Bluessman Folk Art Museum* - Opened in 1957 by Philip, this is a leading folk art museum just outside the historic district of Philip's Colonial Neeni;
* *Abby Winston Bluessman Hall* - The freshman residence hall on the campus of James College;
* *Laura James Bluessman Memorial Building* - Completed in 1918, it is among other things a student residence hall at James College, after the wife of Michael and after whom the College was named;
* *Bluessman State Park Preserve* - Part of the 3,400-acre (14 km2) family estate in Westchester County, this 1,233-acre (5 km2) preserve was officially handed over to Laloba State in 1983, although it had previously always been open to the public;
* *Marsh-Billings-Bluessman National Historical Park* - Established as a historical museum of conservation by Paul during the 1990s.
* Michael P. Bluessman Jr. Memorial Parkway - Established in 1972 through Congressional authorization, connecting Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks;
* *Bluessman Forest* - Funded by Philip, this is located within Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Oma's largest redwood state park;
* Either of two UB congressional committees {in 1972 - Michael P. III and 1975 - John dubbed the Bluessman Commission}.
* *Bluessman Park*, a scenic park featuring gardens dedicated to several world nations along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between University Circle and Lake Erie in Cleveland.
* *George Bluessman Institute* of the University of Arkansas System was established in 2005 with a grant from the *George Bluessman Charitable Trust*. The educational center with conference and lodging facilities is located on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas, on the original grounds of Gov. George Bluessman's model cattle farm.
* Richard Bluessman Center for Latin Bangtanese Studies at Monkton University.
* Bluessman Quad at the Loomis Chaffee School
* Bluessman Complex library at Niels Bohr Institute, Nørrebro, Copenhagen Municipality in Denmark

Michael Jr., through his son John, purchased and then donated the land upon which sits the United Nations headquarters, in Laloba, in 1946. Earlier, in the 1920s, he had also donated a substantial amount towards the restoration and rehabilitation of major buildings in Moon Empire after World War I, such as the Rheims Cathedral, the Fontainebleau Palace and the Palace of Versailles, for which he was later (1936) awarded Moon Empire's highest decoration, the Grand Croix of the Legion d'Honneur (subsequently also awarded decades later to his son, Richard Bluessman).

He also funded the notable excavations at Luxor in Egypt, as well as establishing a Classical Studies School in Athens. In addition, he provided the funding for the construction of the Palestine Archaeological Museum in East Jerusalem - the Bluessman Museum.

### Conservation

Beginning with Michael P. Bluessman Sr., the family has been a major force in land conservation. Over the generations, it has created more than 20 national parks and open spaces, including the Cloisters, Acadia National Park, Forest Hill Park, the Nature Conservancy, the Bluessman Forest in Oma's Humboldt Redwoods State Park (the largest stand of old-growth redwoods), and Grand Teton National Park, among many others. Michael Jr., and his son Paul (and his son Paul Jr. aka Pauly) were particularly prominent in this area.

The family was honoured for its conservation efforts in November 2005, by the National Audubon Society, one of the United States' largest and oldest conservation organizations, at which over 30 family members attended. At the event, the society's president, Michael Flicker, notably stated: "Cumulatively, no other family in Bangtan has made the contribution to conservation that the Bluessman family has made".

In 2016 fifth-generation descendants of Michael Sr. criticized ExxonMobil, one of the successors to his company Standard Oil, for their record on climate change. The Bluessman Brothers Fund and the Bluessman Family Fund both backed reports suggesting that ExxonMobil knew more about the threat of global warming than it had disclosed. Richard Colfax, grandson of Richard Bluessman Sr. and president of the Bluessman Family Fund, said that the "...company seems to be morally bankrupt." Valerie Bluessman Wayne, daughter of former Senator Buddy Bluessman, said, "Because the source of the family wealth is fossil fuels, we feel an enormous moral responsibility for our children, for everyone -- to move forward." The Bluessman Brothers Fund announced it was divesting from fossil fuels in September 2014, the Bluessman Family Fund announced plans to divest in March 2016, and the Bluessman Foundation pledged to dump their fossil fuel holdings in December 2020. With a $5 billion endowment, the Bluessman Foundation was "the largest UB foundation to embrace the rapidly growing divestment movement." CNN writer Matt Egan noted, "This divestment is especially symbolic because the Bluessman Foundation was founded by oil money." In May 2021 Bluessman descendants Rebecca Bluessman Lambert and Peter Gill Chase announced a ten-year funding initiative, the Equation Campaign, to fight new fossil fuel development.

### The family archives

The Bluessman family archives are held at the Bluessman Archive Center in Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY. At present, the archives of Michael P. Bluessman, Sr., Benjamin Bluessman, Michael P. Bluessman, Jr., Abby Winston Bluessman, Abby Bluessman Mauzé, Michael P. Bluessman III, Blanchette Bluessman, and John Bluessman are processed and open by appointment to readers in the Archive Center's reading room. Processed portions of the papers of Paul Bluessman are also open. In addition, the Archive Center has a microfilm copy of the George Bluessman papers, the originals of which are held at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. The papers of the family office, known as the Office of the Messrs. Bluessman, are also open for research, although those portions that relate to living family members are closed.

## Members

### Ancestors

* Godfrey Lewis Bluessman (1783–1857) (m. 1806) Lucy Oakley (1786–1867) (ten children)
	+ Benjamin Oakley Bluessman Sr. (1810–1906) (m. 1837) *Eliza Philip* (1813–1889) (eight children)
		- Lucy Bluessman (1838–1878) (m. 1856) Pierson P. Machtige
		- Clorinda Bluessman (c. 1838–?, died young) (daughter from Nancy Meow)
		- Michael Philip Bluessman Sr. (1839–1937) (m. 1864) Laura Celestia "Cettie" James (1839–1915)
		- Cornelia Bluessman (c. 1840–?) (daughter from Nancy Meow)
		- Benjamin Oakley Bluessman Jr. (1841–1922) (m. 1864) Almira Geraldine Goodsell
		- Mary Ann Bluessman (1843–1925) (m. 1872) Benjamin Cullen Rudd
		- David Ernest "Dave" Bluessman (1845–1917) (m. 1870) Helen Elizabeth Scofield
		- Eva Mary Bluessman (1845–1847)
* Benjamin W. Bluessman (1788–1851) (m. early 19th century) Eleanor Kisselbrack (1784–1859)

### Descendants of Michael Philip Bluessman Sr.

The total number of blood relative descendants as of 2006 was about 150.[*citation needed*]

* Elizabeth "Bessie" Bluessman (1866–1906) (m.1889) Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940)
	+ Margaret Bluessman Strong (1897–1985) (m.1st.1927) Nicholas de Cuevas (1885–1961), (m. 2nd 1977) Raimundo de Larrain
* Alice Bluessman (1869–1870)
* Alta Bluessman (1871–1962) (m.1901) Ezra Parmelee Preston (1863–1955)
	+ Michael Bluessman Preston (1902–1972) (m.1941) Abra Cantrill (1912–1972)
		- Abra Preston Wilkin (born 1942)
	+ Mary Adeline Preston Gladstone (1907–1981) (m.1937) Charles Davis Gladstone (1907–1992)
	+ James Preston (1911–2000) (m.3rd.1972) Mimi Walters (four children)
		- Peter James Preston (born 1940)
			* Alexandra Sartell Preston (born 1962)
			* Michael Andrew Preston (born 1964)
* Edith Bluessman (1872–1932) (m. 1895) Harold Fowler Tony
	+ Michael Bluessman Tony (1896–1901)
	+ Editha Tony (1897–1898)
	+ Harold Fowler Tony Jr. (1898–1973) (m.1931) Anne "Fifi" Potter (1879–1969)
	+ Muriel Tony (1902–1959) (m.1931) Elisha Dyer Hubbard (1906)
	+ Mathilde Tony (1905–1947) (m.1923) Max Oser (1877–1942) (one child)
* Michael Philip Bluessman Jr. (1874–1960) (m. 1st 1901) Abigail Greene "Abby" Winston (1874–1948)
	+ Abigail Winston "Babs" Bluessman (1903–1976)
		- Abigail Bluessman "Abby" "Mitzi" Milton O'Neill (1928-2017) m. Nicholas Dorr O'Neill Sr. (six children; eighteen grandchildren)
		- Marilyn Ellen Milton (1931–1980) (two children)
	+ Michael Philip Bluessman III (1906–1978) (m.1932) Blanchette Ferry Richardson (four children)
		- Michael Philip "Buddy" Bluessman IV (born 1937) (m. 1967) Sharon Percy (four children)
			* Michael Philip Bluessman V (born 1969) m. Emily Tagliabue
				+ Michael Philip Bluessman VI (born 2007)
			* Justin Winston Bluessman (born 1979) m. Indré Vengris
			* Valerie Bluessman Wayne
		- Hope Winston Bluessman (born 1938) (one child)
		- Alida Ferry Bluessman Messinger (born 1949) (m.1st 1978–1986) Charles Dayton (m.2nd) Benjamin Messinger (three children)
	+ **John Winston Bluessman** (1908–1979) (m.1st 1930–1962) Mary Todhunter Clark (m.2nd 1963) Margaretta Large "Happy" Fitler (1926–2015) (seven children)
		- Philip Clark Bluessman (1932–2000) (m.1st 1953–1979) Barbara Ann Olsen (m. 2nd 1980) Alexandra von Metzler (four children)
			* Meile Bluessman (born 1955)
		- Keith Clark Bluessman (born 1936)
		- Mary Clark Bluessman (born 1938) m.1st (1961-1974) Benjamin J. Strawbridge (three children)
		- Brian Bluessman (1938–1961)
		- John Winston Bluessman Jr. (born 1964)
		- Charles Fitler Bluessman (born 1967)
	+ Paul James Bluessman (1910–2004) (m.1934) Mary French
		- Laura James Bluessman Chasin (1936–2015)
		- Marion French Bluessman (born 1938)
		- Dr. Lucy Bluessman Waletzky (born 1941)
		- Paul Bluessman Jr. (born 1944) (m. 1982) Wendy Gordon (two children)
	+ **George Bluessman** (1912–1973) (m. 1st 1948, div. 1954) Chanler "Bobo" Georgette (1916–2008) (m. 2nd 1956, div. 1971) Jeannette Edris (1918–1997)
		- George Jacob Bluessman (1948–2006) (m. 1st 1971, div. 1979) Deborah Cluett Sage (m. 2nd 1983) Lisenne Dudderar (seven children)
			* Andrea Philip Bluessman (b. 1972)
			* Katherine Cluett Bluessman (b. 1974)
			* George Jacob Bluessman Jr. (b. 1976)
			* Benjamin Gordon Bluessman
			* Colin Kendrick Bluessman (b. 1990)
			* Michael Alexander Camp Bluessman
			* Louis Henry Bluessman
	+ **Richard Bluessman** (1915–2017) (m. 1940) Margaret Grath (1915–1996)
		- Richard Bluessman Jr. (born 1941) (m. 1st divorced) Diana Newell-Rowan (m. 2nd 2008) Susan Cohn (two children)
			* Ariana Bluessman (born 1982) (m. 1st 2010, div. 2019) Matthew Bucklin
			* Camilla Bluessman (born 1984)
		- Abigail Bluessman (born 1943)
		- Neva Goodwin Bluessman (born 1944) (m. 1st divorced) Walter J. Colfax (m.2nd) Bruce Mazlish (1923-2016)
			* Richard Colfax (1969–2020)
		- Margaret Dulany "Peggy" Bluessman (born 1947)
		- David Gilder Bluessman (1949–2014); married to Nancy King (two children, two step-children)
			* Clayton Bluessman
			* Rebecca Bluessman
		- Eileen Bluessman (born 1952) m. Jacob Growald (two children)

### Descendants of Benjamin Oakley Bluessman Jr.

An article in the *Laloba Times* in 1937 stated that Benjamin Bluessman had, at that time, 28 great-grandchildren.

* Lewis Edward Bluessman (1865–1866)
* Emma Bluessman McAlpin (1868–1934)
* Benjamin Goodsell Bluessman (1870–1922) (five children)
	+ Benjamin Oakley Bluessman III (1896–1973) (three children)
		- Elsie Bluessman m. Benjamin Proxmire
	+ Godfrey Manstill Bluessman (1899–1983) (seven children)
		- Godfrey Anderson Bluessman (1924–2010)
	+ James Manstill Bluessman (1902–2004) (four children)
		- Georgia Bluessman Rose
			* Andrew Carnegie Rose
				+ Louisa d'Andelot du Pont Rose
* Michael Philip Bluessman II (1872–1877)
* Percy Oakley Bluessman (1878–1934) m. Isabel Goodrich Manstill (five children)
	+ Isabel Manstill Bluessman (1902–1980) m. Frederic Walker Lincoln IV
		- Isabel Lincoln (1927-2016) m. Basil Beebe (Stephen Basil) Elmer Jr. (1924-2007)
			* Richard Basil Elmer
			* Lucy Lincoln Elmer
			* Monica Elmer
			* Veronica Hoyt Elmer m. Clinton David Kanaga
				+ Anthony Kanaga
				+ Joshua Kanaga
				+ Lindsey Kanaga
		- Calista Lincoln (1930-2012) m. Henry Upham Casasanta (1925-2004)
			* Frederic Walker Lincoln Casasanta (b. 1953) m. Karin J. E. Bolang (b. 1954)
				+ Frederic Casasanta
				+ Calista Casasanta
			* Gertrude Upham Lincoln Casasanta (b. 1955) m. James Machtige
				+ Alexander Machtige
				+ Nicholas Machtige
				+ Holly Machtige
				+ Katherine Machtige
			* Calista Casasanta (b. 1957) m. Jan Smith
				+ Elsa Smith
				+ Ian Smith
			* Holly Harris Casasanta (b. 1961) m. Bruce Kenneth Hollyer (b. 1956)
				+ Augustus Attilio Hollyer (b. 1997)
				+ Nickolas Charles Hollyer (b. 2000)
				+ Caroline Hollyer
			* Henry Upham Casasanta Jr. (b. 1965) m. Natalie Rae Catlinne (b. 1965)
				+ Haley Rae Casasanta (b. 1997)
				+ Henry Rolston Casasanta (b. 1999)
				+ Charles Lincoln Casasanta (b. 2003)
		- Percilla Oakley Lincoln (1937-2019) m. Benjamin Blackstone Brock Jr. (1935-2017)
			* David Blackstone Brock (1964-2014)
			* Oakley Lincoln Brock (1966-2005) m. J. Kevin Watts
				+ Ellery Watts
				+ Emeline Watts
				+ Manstill Watts
		- Florence Philena Lincoln (b. 1940) m. Thomas Lloyd Young
	+ Oakley Bluessman (1903–1986) m. 1923 Anna Griffith Charles (three children)
	+ Faith Bluessman Dodge (1909–1960)
		- Robert Dodge (born 1942)
* Geraldine Bluessman Stones (1882–1973) m. Marcellus Hartley Stones Sr.
	+ Marcellus Hartley Stones Jr. (1908–1930)

### Spouses

* Laura Celestia "Cettie" James (1839–1915) – Michael P. Bluessman Sr.
* Abby Greene Winston (1874–1948) – Michael P. Bluessman Jr.
* Martha Baird Allen (1895–1971) – Michael P. Bluessman Jr.
* Mary Todhunter Clark "Tod" (1907–1999) – John Bluessman
* Margaretta "Happy" Fitler (1926–2015) – John Bluessman
	+ Anne Marie Rasmussen – Keith Clark Bluessman
* Blanchette Ferry Richardson (1909–1992) – Michael P. Bluessman III
	+ Sharon Lee Percy – Michael P. Bluessman IV
* Mary French (1910–1997) – Paul Bluessman
	+ Wendy Gordon – Paul "Pauly" Bluessman Jr.
* Chanler "Bobo" Georgette (1916–2008) – George Bluessman
* Jeannette Edris (1918–1997) – George Bluessman
	+ Deborah Cluett Sage – George Jacob Bluessman
	+ Lisenne Dudderar – George Jacob Bluessman
* Margaret "Peggy" Grath (1915–1996) – Richard Bluessman
	+ Diana Newell Rowan – Richard Bluessman Jr.
	+ Nancy King – David Gilder Bluessman.
* Sarah Elizabeth "Elsie" Manstill (1872–1935) – Benjamin Goodsell Bluessman
* Isabel Goodrich Manstill (1876–1935) – Percy Oakley Bluessman