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Abner Bliss Family

 

May 23, 1828 - April 19, 1907
Reference Number: 3753
Submitter:  Norm Mathis 
2nd great-grandson

Photo: Abner Bliss (center) and his three brothers
 

  1. Abner Bliss was born May 23, 1828 at Pomfret, NY. He married Lydia Malinda Miller on March 31, 1850. Lydia Miller was born October 3, 1827 in North Carolina and died April 14, 1903 at Princeville, Illinois.

Children:

Fiducia Marette b. April 14, 1851

Albert Leslie b. May 19,1856; died May 12, 1912-13.

Alvin Zenas b. May 13, 1858 ; died December 19, 1933.

Emma Mabelia b. March  30,1860

Lucy Araminta b. March 2, 1862; died May 18, 1902.

Clarissa Ellen b. November 14, 1864; died November 22, 1913.

Annie Lovina b. March 26, 1869

Also: Malinda Jane, Amos, Edward, Phineas, and Malinda
 

  1. Alvin Zenus Bliss b. May 13, 1858; died December 19, 1933  married Martha Caroline Huffington (February 4, 1854-1936) at Bloomington, Mclean, Illinois  on July 4, 1879.

Children:

Ruth Anna Bliss  b. October 19, 1880; died June 12, 1954  

Infant died at birth

Robert Leslie Bliss b. September 27, 1890; Died April 3, 1976                      Elmer Ray b. 1892; died 1895

 

Robert Leslie Bliss
   
  1. Robert Leslie Bliss b. September 27, 1890; died April 3, 1976  married Iva May Hurley (born May 18, 1886 - died April 13, 1952) December 30, 1914.

Children:

Leslie Laverne Bliss b.  May 17, 1916  Died June 06, 1944 (Train/car accident at Center Point, Iowa)

4. Helen Louise Bliss Mathis 
b. Sept. 20, 1918 at Marion, Iowa

5. Harold DeLoy Bliss
 b. Jan 04, 1926 (4 daughters)

 

 

Leslie Laverne Bliss
  1. Helen Louise Bliss Mathis (b. Sept. 20, 1918 at Marion, Iowa) married Ivan Dale Mathis (b. May 2, 1920) on June 13, 1944 at Cedar Rapids, IA.

Children:

Edwin Laverne Mathis b. living; Children: Jillayne, Chadwin

Vernon Lee Mathis b. living; Children: Rebecca, Luke

Norman Dale Mathis b. living; Children: Eric, Michael

 

  1. Harold DeLoy Bliss (b. January 14, 1926 at Marion, Iowa) married Irene May Seivers (b. October 2, 1935 at Taylor, ND) on June 15, 1947 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

 Children:   

Janet Lee (Bliss) Stokes b. living; Child: J.D.

Donita Kay (Bliss) Brownlee b. living; Children: Krishandra Erickson, Clorrisa

Carol Eilene (Bliss) Rezkalla b. living; Child: Nicole

Corinne Diane (Bliss) Wallace b.  living; Children: Sydney, Cole