William Wirt Bloss (1831 - 1892)

Born 25 Mar 1831 in Brighton, Monroe, New York, United States

Husband of Louisa Kate (Skinner) Bloss — married 24 Aug 1856 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 1892 at about age 60 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1831. He was the son of William Bloss and Mary Blossom. He passed away in 1892.^[1]

William was an editor of an anti-slavery newspaper in Kansas. He was a Lieutenant in the 108th New York Volunteer Infantry and was wounded at the battle of Antietam. Later, he worked as an aid to General Dietzler, with the rank of Captain. At the end of the war, he was brevetted Major by Governor Fenton.^[2]

William, along with his brother, Henry Culver Bloss established and ran the ‘Morning Herald’ in Titusville, Pennsylvania, selling out his share in 1883.^[3]

William lived in Rochester, Monroe, New York in 1850^[4] and 1855, with his parents.^[5]

William married Louisa Kate Skinner in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri on 24 Aug 1856.^[6] They had three children, including:

• William Wirt Bloss - born 1856
• Harry Hubble Bloss - born 1860
• Violet Bloss - born 1869.

They lived in Rochester, Monroe, New York in 1860,^[7] in Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania in 1870,^[8] and in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri in 1880.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140309562 : accessed 29 February 2020), memorial page for William Wirt Bloss (25 Mar 1831–1892), Find A Grave Memorial no. 140309562, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by David Bloss (contributor 49700472) .
2. ↑ ”Bloss Genealogy”, James O Bloss, David Clapp & Son, Printers, Boston, 1887, Page 14, https://archive.org/details/blossgenealogy00inblos/page/n33/mode/2up : accessed 29 Feb 2020
3. ↑ “Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania”, Volume 1, Ed. John W Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912, Pages 359-360, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers01jord/page/358/mode/2up : accessed 29 Feb 2020
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBQ-MHM : 12 April 2016), Wm Blass in household of Wm C Blass, Rochester, ward 6, Monroe, New York, United States; citing family 1075, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SF-D1D : 13 March 2018), William Weit B* in household of William C B*, Ward 10, Rochester City, Monroe, New York, United States; citing p. 677, line #4, family #1, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,429,808.
6. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DH-NT9 : 18 January 2020), William W. Bloss, 1856.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWG-KX7 : 13 December 2017), William W Bloss, 1860.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG6-KB4 : 15 June 2019), William W Blass, 1870.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XZ-6V1 : 14 August 2017), William W Bloss, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 455D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,693.