Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--Henry G. Bliss

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 581, 582

Henry G. Bliss, of Hickory County, Mo., is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Guth) Bliss, 
natives of Lorraine, France, born in 1808 and 1812 respectively.  Previous to their 
marriage the father served seven years in the French army, and, after that event, was 
engaged in farming until his removal to America, about 1853.  He located in Cleveland 
County, Ohio, and, after tilling the soil there for a short period, he came to Missouri, 
and resided first in Maries County and then in Hickory County where he died in 1870, 
having been an earnest member of the Lutheran Church for many years.  The mother is 
still living, and resides with her son Henry G., who is the elder of her two children, 
being born in Lorraine, France, in 1839.  He spent his early life with his father until
the year 1866, when he came to Hickory County, Mo., and has resided here since.  He was 
married to Miss Lavina M. Marsh, who was born in Dallas County, Mo., in 1850.  They have 
nine children: George, Sophia, Fannie, Nellie, Linnie, Maud, Charles, Florence and Roscoe.  
Mr. Bliss is one of the wealthy farmers of the county, and is now the owner of 580 acres 
of land, and is erecting on his farm a handsome dwelling house.  He is a Republican in 
politics, and a member of the Agricultural Wheel.  The paternal grandfather, David Bliss, 
spent his life in Lorraine, France.

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