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Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine

BLISS.

   The name of the first American ancestor of the Bliss family of Durham was
Elias. His son Samuel was born at Columbia, Conn., in  1758 and died in 1834. He
was with his father at Valley Forge, his father being a Captain in the Army. He
married, in 1780, Sarah Loomis, and had eleven children, of whom three lived in
Durham, viz. Sophia b. 9 June 1790, d. 25 April 1845; Achsah b. 3 Jan. 1793, d.
30 May 1886; and Charles b. at Columbia, Conn., 1800, d. at Durham in 1873. The
latter moved to Durham in 1836 and bought the old O. Israel Bag-ley farm. The
house is the oldest one in Durham, and is still a fine building of heavy timbers
and curious finish.

   Charles Bliss m. (1) 1825, Mary Webster of Conn. She died 13 Oct. 1833,
leaving two daughters.

   CLARINDA b. 16 Aug. 1826; m. Win. B. Thomas of Durham.

   MARTHA b. 11 April 1829; d. 15 Sept. 1S48.

   He married (2) 1843, Lydia E. Cox of Brunswick who was born 29 Sept. 1814 and
died 13 Oct. 1896. They had four children.

   MARY R. b. 1 Nov. 1844; d. 15 July 1856.

   CHARLES O. b. 9 July 1846; d. 16 Jan. 1847.

   HARRIET S. b. 13 Mch. 1848; d. 3 Aug.  1852.

   CHARLES H. b. 28 Aug. 1850; m. 6 April 1873 Etta L. Tracy, b. at Durham 3
June 1853. Lives on the homestead. Eight children. The first two died in
infancy. Henry P. b. 13 Oct. 1875; Charles Fred b. 10 Feb. 1878; George Warren
b. 20 Oct. 1879; Emma Tracy b. 17 Mch. 1S83; Mary Fannie b. 31 Oct. 1885; Louisa
Loring b. 28 Feb. and d. 9 Nov. 1892.


Additional Comments:
Part of Chapter XII.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE
WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE.

PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN.

LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 
1899.


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