Samuel Bly (1814 - aft. 1878)

Born 10 Apr 1814 in Frederick County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Flora (Rosenberger) Bly — married 26 May 1836 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 29 Aug 1878 after age 64 in North Mountain neighborhood, Shenandoah County, Virginia

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Biography

Samuel Bly was the youngest child of John and Barbara and was only a small boy when his family moved from the Cedar Creek neighborhood of Frederick County back to the Mulberry neighborhood of Shenandoah County.^[1] Samuel married Flora Rosenberger, daughter of Rudolph and Barbara Rosenberger in 1836 and lived on a tract of land he purchased from her brother Asa, along the Back Road, near present-day St. Stephens Church. ^[2] Samuel Bly was a carpenter and was reputed to be the last man in the county who could still hew a log properly. He was building a house for Lewis Chrisman in Edinburg, Virginia, at the time of his death.^[3] The heirs of Samuel Bly are named in a chancery case regarding the settlement of his estate.^[4]

Sources

• Birth and death dates from Samuel Bly's Family Bible, in possession of Annalea Pyne Dawson, Berkeley Springs, WV (now deceased) Typed copy made in 1962, in possession of Daniel W. Bly, Grottoes, VA).
• Public records, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
• United States Census, 1850, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Dist. 58, p. 42A, family #588.
• United States Census, 1860, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Strasburg, p. 761, family #2077.
• United States Census, 1870, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Davis Dist. p. 656A, family #49.

Footnotes

1. ↑ John Bly's Revolutionary War pension application #S37780, National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives, Washington, DC.
2. ↑ Shenandoah County Deed Books, "RR", p. 464 and "WW, pp. 41-2. and United States Census 1850, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Family #588, p. 42.
3. ↑ Shenandoah County Chancery Causes: Adm of Samuel Bly vs. Lewis Chrisman and George J. Zimmerman, 1880-052, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
4. ↑ George Funkhouser, vs. Heirs of David Bly ETC, 1882-036, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. (Indexed as Heirs of David Bly, Etc. but should read "David Bly ETC, heirs of Samuel Bly."