Pliny Bliss (1776 - 1854)

Born 16 Nov 1776 in Wilbraham, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Died 3 Mar 1854 at age 77 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky

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Biography

Captain Pliny BLISS was born 16 November 1776 in Wilbraham, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Oliver Bliss and Catherine Brewer. ^[1][2]

Pliny married Polly Hamilton on 15 January 1802 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

Pliny's first wife died in 1812. Pliny married Rhoda (Jennison) Bliss (1781-1849) on 4 June 1812 in New Hampshire.^[4]

Pliny moved from New England to Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1815, and then in two years he moved to Newport, Kentucky. He built a steam ferry-boat with the eldest son of General William H. Harrison. They named it "General Pike" in honor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, the young man's father-in-law. The steamer was one hundred feet long by twenty-five wide, and was the first boat ever built in Cincinnati. Its first run was in 1819. Pliny was a ferryman between Cincinnati and Covington.^[1][5]

General Pike Steamship

In the 1850 census Plina (age 73) was in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States.^[6]

1850 Household

Pliny died at age 77 on 3 March 1854 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. He is buried in the Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bliss: Bliss, John Homer; Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America from about the year 1550 to 1880. Pub: 1881, Boston MA; Page 147. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbliss00blis/page/147/mode/2up?view=theater
2. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 14765; Record number: 321;
   FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
   Pliny Bliss baptism on 16 Nov 1775 (born 16 Nov 1775) in Wilbraham, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 496944;
   FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
   Pliny Bliss marriage to Polly Hamilton on 15 Jan 1802 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
4. ↑ Marriage: "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
   Citing , , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,964.
   FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
   Pliny Bliss marriage to Rhoda Jennison on 4 Jun 1812 in New Hampshire.
5. ↑ Preble, George Henry. A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation. United States: L. R. Hamersly & Company, 1895. Page 70 https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Chronological_History_of_the_Origin_an/qRLtFltC_AIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gen%20pike%20first%20steam%20ferry%20built%20in%20cincinnati%20oh&pg=PA70&printsec=frontcover&bsq=gen%20pike%20first%20steam%20ferry%20built%20in%20cincinnati%20oh
6. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   Citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch (accessed 13 January 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00426
   Plina Bliss (73) in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States.
7. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86285767/pliny-bliss : accessed 13 January 2022), memorial page for Capt Pliny Bliss (16 Nov 1776–3 Mar 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #86285767, citing Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735).

See also:

• Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin book of genealogical data, with brief biographical sketches, of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin; Pub: 1924, Hartford CT; Page 386 https://archive.org/details/chapinbookofgene00chap/page/386/mode/2up?view=theater