Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Bly, Daniel W. April 15, 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net January 20, 2008, 10:01 am Author: Hardin & Willard Bly, Daniel W., Norway, was born in Salisbury April 15, 1852. His father was Horace R. Bly, a son of Daniel Bly. The latter was a native of Rhode Island born in 1782 and an early settler in Norway, where he lived and died in 1823. His wife was a Miss Bennett, who bore him five children. After the death of Mr. Bly she married Mr. Barkley, and had one son, John, who was killed in the late war. Horace R. Bly was born in Norway August 26, 1815. He married Harriet A. Legg of Mendon, Mass., born June 14, 1817, who bore him three sons and two daughters. Mr. Bly was a Republican, was once collector, and he and his wife were members of the M. E. Church at Gray. Mr. Bly died February 22, 1880, and his wife resides with subject. Daniel W. Bly was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1876 he married Jennie E. Wilcox of Norway, born November 10, 1853, a daughter of Parker and Adeline (Hall) Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox was born in Rhode Island in 1816 and he died in July, 1892, and his wife in September, 1858. Daniel and his wife have had three children, Nellie A., Daniel W., and Leah W. When young Mr. Bly worked at the tanner's trade. He afterwards became a farmer, which business he has since followed. For ten years he engaged in the nursery business in Painesville, Ohio. He is a Republican and was supervisor of Norway in 1892. He is a member of Newport Lodge, 455 F. & A. M. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/herkimer/bios/bly251gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb