Additional information has been supplied by: Douglas Robinson
From the book "Successful Vermonters" by William Hartley Jeffrey.
BLISS, Frederick W., son of Cornelius V. and Miriam (Newman) Bliss, was born in Georgia, April 9, 1855. Cornelius Bliss died in 1872 at the early age of 47.
He was a merchant in Georgia Center and erected the Post & Bliss store; was many years a constable and tax collector and a stirring character during the Civil Waiperiod. He was a lineal descendant of one of the earliest pioneers of the town.
Captain Benjamin Newman, the maternal grandfather of Frederick W. Bliss, was commander of one of the Georgia militia companies and served at Plattsburg in 1814. The family of Cornelius V. and Miriam (Newman) Bliss consisted of three sons and one daughter: Betsey A. (deceased) ; Chlorus C., a farmer at Burlington; William Y., a physician located at Tully, New York; and Frederick W.
Frederick W. Bliss was educated in the excellent common and select schools of Georgia. Orphaned at 17. He married Harriet Ladd 1884, daughter of Ephraim L. and Fanny (Leonard) Ladd. He served as Justice of the Peace for 15 years.
Additional information has been supplied by: Douglas Robinson
From the book "Successful Vermonters" by William Hartley Jeffrey.
BLISS, Frederick W., son of Cornelius V. and Miriam (Newman) Bliss, was born in Georgia, April 9, 1855. Cornelius Bliss died in 1872 at the early age of 47.
He was a merchant in Georgia Center and erected the Post & Bliss store; was many years a constable and tax collector and a stirring character during the Civil Waiperiod. He was a lineal descendant of one of the earliest pioneers of the town.
Captain Benjamin Newman, the maternal grandfather of Frederick W. Bliss, was commander of one of the Georgia militia companies and served at Plattsburg in 1814. The family of Cornelius V. and Miriam (Newman) Bliss consisted of three sons and one daughter: Betsey A. (deceased) ; Chlorus C., a farmer at Burlington; William Y., a physician located at Tully, New York; and Frederick W.
Frederick W. Bliss was educated in the excellent common and select schools of Georgia. Orphaned at 17. He married Harriet Ladd 1884, daughter of Ephraim L. and Fanny (Leonard) Ladd. He served as Justice of the Peace for 15 years.
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