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Alvin C. Bliss
1811 - 1875 (63 years)-
Name Alvin C. Bliss Birth 20 May 1811 Vermont Gender Male Census 1860 Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Illinois Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=nm80_7Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 30 1131 A C Bliss 49 1811 M White Farmer Vermont 31 1131 Eliz Bliss 46 1814 F White Virginia 32 1131 Cynthia Bliss 20 1840 F White Ohio 33 1131 Mary Bliss 16 1844 F White Ohio 34 1131 Charles Bliss 14 1846 m White Ohio 35 1131 William Bliss 8 1852 M White Illinois 36 1131 Thomas Bliss 6 1854 M White Illinois 37 1131 A C Bliss 4 1856 M White Illinois 38 1131 Lydia Bliss 78 1782 F White Vermont Death 19 Apr 1875 Burial Jasper County Illinois Person ID I2338 American Kindred Last Modified 1 Feb 2021
Father Eli Bliss, b. 19 Feb 1779, Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 17 Apr 1856, Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont (Age 77 years) Mother Lydia Crissey, b. 14 Apr 1782, Vermont d. 17 Aug 1861 (Age 79 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1810 Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont Family ID F862 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth Jane Gilmore, b. 22 Jan 1815, Virginia d. 18 May 1878 (Age 63 years) Marriage 27 Nov 1840 Miami, Ohio Children 1. John Gilmore Bliss, b. 18 May 1842, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio d. 26 Jun 1912, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 70 years) 2. Mary A. Bliss, b. 17 Feb 1844, Miami County, Ohio d. 28 Nov 1902, Jasper County Illinois (Age 58 years) 3. Charles James Bliss, b. 8 Oct 1846, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio d. 17 Oct 1917, Rose Hill, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 71 years) 4. William Carson Bliss, b. Abt 1852, Illinois d. 11 Dec 1917, Casey, Clark County, Illinois (Age 65 years) m.5. Thomas P. Bliss, b. Abt 1854, Illinois d. 22 Mar 1876 (Age 22 years) 6. Reverend Alvin C. Bliss, b. 17 Mar 1856, Illinois d. 18 Apr 1925, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma (Age 69 years) Family ID F860 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
Family 2 Lucy Sophronia Grosvenor, b. 22 Dec 1812, Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York d. 16 Sep 1839, Fort Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio (Age 26 years) Children 1. Henry Safford Bliss, b. 25 Mar 1836, New York d. 10 May 1875, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 39 years) 2. Cynthia Bliss, b. 17 Mar 1839, Ohio d. 30 Mar 1904 (Age 65 years) m. Daniel WoodFamily ID F1023 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
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Event Map Click to display Birth - 20 May 1811 - Vermont Marriage - 27 Nov 1840 - Miami, Ohio Burial - - Jasper County Illinois = Link to Google Earth
Documents Alvin C Bliss Marriage to Lucy Grosvener
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-QS99-ZK?cc=1784223&wc=MFVW-VP8%3A1029371801 : 22 May 2014), 004542958 > image 352 of 1108; Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.Alvin C. Bliss marriage to Elizabeth Jane Gilmore
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJS3-9K?cc=1614804&wc=ZRV4-7M9%3A121349801%2C121823401 : 19 July 2016), Miami > Marriage records 1834-1842 vol E > image 131 of 172; county courthouses, Ohio.
Headstones Alvin C. Bliss Headstone
Histories Crissey Genealogy - Descendants of John and Martha (Davenport) Crissey - contributed by John Ralsey Davenport , part 1.
The Crissey-Cressey genealogy was compiled by Mrs. Sardis Crissey of Washington, D.C. It was loaned about 1916 by her daughter , Miss Mabel Crissey to Dr. Charles Benedict Davenport for copying. He was then engaged in updating the published Davenport genealogy , which had been compiled by his father Amzi Benedict Davenport. Jane Joralemon…Excerpt from Genealogy of Bliss Family in America Membership records of the First Baptist Church, Fairfax, Vermont
Obituaries Alvin C. Bliss obituary
The Newton Weekly Press, 22 April 1875 (Thursday), Page 2, Column 2