Edward
"Ed"
Bly
Born in Shelby County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Houston Bly
and Margaret Agnes (Peek) Bly
Brother of
John William H. Bly, Mary A. Bly, Margaret Bly, Georgia Anna (Bly) Snell, Icy Elizabeth (Bly) Gordon, Alice Maude (Bly) Fisher, George Washington Bly and Bessie Bell (Bly) Blythe
Husband of
Esther A. (Hatfield) Rhoades
— married
12 May 1901 in Christian County, Illinois
Descendants 
Father of
Lloyd Murvin Bly, Ruth Marie (Bly) Bailey, Fern Amanda Agnes (Bly) Schoeneweis, Cleo Harmon Bly and Leo Herman Bly
Died
at age 41
in Assumption, Christian County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2017
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Biography
Ed Bly grew up in Shelby County, Illinois, and after he and Esther married they lived there until about 1907 when they moved to Assumption in neighboring Christian County. He did farm work and after 1910 worked for the railroad. He was partially paralyzed after a fall from a freight car and was an invalid for several years before died in the flu epidemic of 1918-1919.
Sources
- Margaret Bly's Civil War pension application. W503315, National Archives, Washington, DC.
- United States Census, 1880, Illinois, Shelby County, Penn Township, family #4, p. 158D. Digital image at FamilySearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-59N?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMXKV-CRS&action=view
- Shelby County, Illinois Marriage Records, Book 3, p. 51.
- United States Census, 1900, Illinois, Shelby County, Rose Township, Ward 3, family #64, p. 3B. Digital image at FamilySearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68F3-R1G?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMSHK-BYV&action=view
- United States Census, 1910, Illinois, Christian County, Assumption, Ward 1, family #101, p. 5A. Digital image at FamilySearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJY-PYT?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMKHH-CYW&action=view
- Illinois Death Certificate #0015970.
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- Daniel Bly
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Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269
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~3.12%
~12.50%
P Chance :
23andMe, GEDmatch A840078 [compare]
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~0.78%
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