BLIZZARD BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BLIZZARD, William - b: 1809 Ross Co, OH
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 606
residence: Deepwater

William Blizzard, farmer and stock raiser, section 16, owes his nativity to Ross 
County, Ohio, where he was born August 22, 1809. Burton Blizzard, his father, 
was a native of Virginia, and his mother, formerly Millie Willoughby, was born in 
Maryland, her parents having come originally from Wales. The former settled in 
Ross County, Ohio, when a young man, and was one of the pioneers. William grew 
to manhood in his native county, his youth being spent on the farm, and he 
acquired a fair education, mostly by self application. He was married in Preble 
County, Ohio, in September, 1844, to Miss Eliza Smith, a Virginian by birth, who 
was reared and educated in Preble County, and a daughter of Joseph Smith. Mr. 
Blizzard was engaged in farming and stock raising in Ohio until 1866, when, 
selling his property in the fall of the same year, he came to Missouri and settled 
in Henry County on land he had purchased in 1856. This place formerly consisted 
of 600 acres, but now contains 480, he having given his son 120 acres. Four 
hundred and forty acres are under fence and fairly improved, upon it there being a 
good brick residence, and an orchard of 200 apple trees of select varieties. Coal 
is found in abundance, the vein running from twelve to thirty inches in thickness. 
This place is two miles west of Montrose, and is a very desirable property. Mr. 
Blizzard lost his wife by death in February, 1875. He was elected to several 
minor offices in Ohio, and is now identified with the Democratic party.

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