Born in Fremont Center, Fremont Township, Lake, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ambrose W. Bliss
and Esther Anna (Varney) Bliss
Sister of
Adaline Orlana Bliss, Caroline Rosina (Bliss) Cullings, Cornelius Freeman Bliss, Thaddeus Madison Bliss, Eliza Ellen (Bliss) Goodell, Elliott Oramel Bliss, Ambrose Kirkendall Bliss, Amelia Ann (Bliss) Gilman, Maria Antoinette (Bliss) McKinney, Adelbert Erastus Bliss, George Addison Bliss and Henry Alfred Bliss
Wife of
George Albert Smith
— married
20 Feb 1864 in Grant, Wisconsin, United States
Wife of
Lyman B Varney
— married
26 Dec 1866 in Grant, Wisconsin, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2015
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Biography
While home on leave in early 1864, George Smith married Jane Bliss Feb 20th. When the regiment returned in early spring, their first major offensive was the Battle of the Wilderness. George Albert was killed during the battle on 5 May 1863 in the Wilderness ten miles west of Fredericksburg VA. In 1867 Grant County erected a monument to the slain soldiers of the Civil War in the court house square. George Albert Smith’s name is inscribed with the 7th Wisconsin Regiment from the county. Jane and Albert had no children.
26 Dec 1866, Jane married her first cousin Lyman Varney. They moved to Iowa by 1870. Jane died 1 Jan 1932 in Englewood, Arapahoe Co.,CO. Children of Jane and Lyman: Frank H Varney 1869-1924, Genevieve Varney 1871-1952, Mabel Varney 1884-deceased
Sources
- Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900
- U.S., Civil War Pension Index
- Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications, 1860-1934
- FindAGrave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224678718/jane-hester-varney
- 1860 United States Federal Census
- 1880 United States Federal Census
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
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