Person:Kirkendall Bliss (1)

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Kirkendall Bliss
b.1 Oct 1835 Ohio, United States
  • HKirkendall Bliss1835 - 1909
  • W.  Amanda Borah (add)
m. Est 1858
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Name Kirkendall Bliss
Alt Name[2] Ambrose Kirkendall Bliss
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1 Oct 1835 Ohio, United States
Census[1] 1850 Lake, Illinois, United States
Marriage Est 1858 to Amanda Borah (add)
Census[6] 1860 Grant, Wisconsin, United States
Military[3][4][5] 12 Aug 1862 Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United Statesenlisted in Company C, 20th Wisconsin Infantry
Military[5] 14 Jul 1865 mustered out of army
Death[7] 24 Sep 1909 Denver, Colorado, United States
Burial[7] Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Freemont, Lake, Illinois, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
    HH 21, Fam 21.

    Bliss, Ambrose, 48, farmer, RE = $450, b. VT
    , Esther, 42, b. VT
    , Cornelius, 23, farmer, b. VT
    , Orleanna (female), 25, b. VT
    , Caroline, 22, b. VT
    , Ellen, 19, b. OH
    , Thaddews, 21, b. OH
    , Elliott, 19, b. OH,
    , Curkendale (male), 15, b. OH
    , Amelia, 12, b. OH
    , Maria M., 10, b. OH
    , Adelbert, 8, b. OH
    , Jane, 4, b. IL
    , George, 3,b. IL
    , Alfred, 1, b. IL
    Collins, James, 38, farmer, b. NY
    , Ann, 4, b. IL
    , Charles, 1, b. IL

  2. 2.0 2.1 Bliss, John Homer; Sylvester Bliss; and Oliver Bliss Morris. Genealogy of the Bliss family in America (1881): from about the year 1550 to 1880 ... including the compilations of Judge Oliver Bliss Morris ... and Sylvester Bliss. (Boston, Masachusetts: The author, 1881)
    p. 493, #742.

    Children of Ambrose and Esther (Varney) Bliss:
    Ambrose Kirkendall, b. Ohio, 1 Oct 1835, farm, of Mt. Ida, rant Co, WI, m. Amandah Borah. In Uinion Army 3 yrs

  3. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: aka CWSS. (National Park Service).

    Bliss , Ambrose K
    BATTLE UNIT NAME:20th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
    SIDE:Union
    ALTERNATE NAME:A. K./Bliss

  4. United States. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. (National Park Service).

    Name: Ambrose K Bliss
    Also Known As Name: A. K. Bliss
    Event Type: Military Service
    Military Beginning Rank: Private
    Military Final Rank: Corporal
    Military Side: Union
    State or Military Term: Wisconsin
    Military Unit: 20th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
    Military Company: C
    Sources: Affiliate Publication Number: M559, Film Number: 3; GS Film number: 882488

  5. 5.0 5.1 Company C, Twentieth Regiment Infantry, in Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988)
    Vol II, p. 149.

    Bliss, Ambrose R. [sic], Residence Boscobel, enlisted 12 Aug 62; Corp; mustered out 14 Jul 65

  6. Lancaster, Grant, Wisconsin, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
    HH 1154, Fam 1138.

    Bliss, Kirk, 24, RE = $500, PE = $400, b. VT
    , Amanda, 20, b. KY
    , Albert, 1, b. WI
    Borah, Sarah, 62, VA

  7. 7.0 7.1 Ambrose Kirkendall Bliss, in Find A Grave
    accessed .

    Ambrose Kirkendall Bliss
    Birth: Oct. 1, 1837, Ohio, USA
    Death: Sep. 24, 1909, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
    Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
    Plot: Lot 947 Sec A

    Ambrose Kirkendall Bliss was born 1 Oct 1837 in Ohio to Ambrose and Esther Anna Varney Bliss. He married Amanda Maria Borah in 1861 in Grant Co, Wisconsin.
    ______________________

    Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bliss came to town last night from Iron Mountain to meet the remains of Ambrose K. Bliss, father of Charles, who died in Denver yesterday of senile decay in his 73rd year. A daughter of the deceased accompanied the body to this city. Arrangements for the funeral are now being made. Interment will take place in Lakeview cemetery.

    © Wyoming Tribune no. 228 September 25, 1909, page 5

    Spouse: Amanda Maria Borah Bliss (1840 - 1901)*
    Children: Byron Elsworth Bliss (1878 - 1932), Myrle Fred Bliss (1880 - 1932)