John Bliss (1785 - 1822)

Born 2 Sep 1785 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Died 6 Dec 1822 at age 37 in Mobile Point, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Biography

John Bliss was born on Sep. 2, 1785 to Ebenezer Bliss and Jane Unknown.^[1]

John married Olive H. Simons in 1820.^[2]

John died on Dec. 6, 1822.

Military Service

Appointed in the Army with the rank of First Lieut., 11th Infantry, Mar. 12, 1812. Served : in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, on the Northern (Captain 11th Infantry, May 13, 1813: 6th Infantry, May 17, 1815) frontier, being wounded in the Battle of Niagara, July 25, 1814 ; in command of company at Plattsburg, N. Y., 1815-18, — Rouse's Point, N. Y., 1818, — and Plattsburg, N. Y., 1818;

at the Military Academy, as Commandant of Cadets and Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Apr. 2, 1818, to Jan. 11, 1819; on frontier duty at Bellefontaine, Mo., 1819, — Missouri River, 1819-20, — and Council Bluffs, Io., 1820-21 ; on leave of absence, 1821-22 ;

(Transferred to 5th Infantry, 1821, and to 3d Infantry, 1822) on frontier duty at Ft. Howard, Wis., 1822-25 ; (Bvt. Major, May 13, 1823, for Faithful Service Ten Years in one Grade)

on Recruiting service, 1825-26 ; on frontier duty at Ft. Winnebago, Wis., 1826, — Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1826-27, — and at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1827-29 ; on leave of absence, 1829-30 ; on frontier duty at Des Moines, Io., 1830, — and at Ft. Armstrong, I1l., 1830-32 ;

in the BlackHawk War (Major, 1st Infantry, July 15, 1831) , being engaged in command of a regiment in the Battle of the Bad Axe, Aug. 2, 1832 ; on leave of absence, 1832-33 ; (Lieut.-Colonel, 6th Infantry, Oct. 30, 1836) on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1833-36 ; and in garrison at Newport Bar racks, Ky., 1836-37.

Resigned, Sep. 6, 1837.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
2. ↑ New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947. Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
3. ↑ Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point N.Y., Volume 1, pg 28