James
Henry
Bly
Born in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Bly
and Rosanna (Wolf) Bly
Brother of
Mary Catherine (Bly) Hisey, Ellen Elizabeth (Bly) Bloodhart, Sarah Ann (Bly) Altaffer, Caroline (Bly) Glenn, Joseph Bly, Rosanna (Bly) Hout, Lydia (Bly) Barr, Arabella Frances (Bly) Laser, Virginia (Bly) Dick, Amanda Bly, Alice Adele (Bly) Gates, Eunice (Bly) Gates, William Bly, John Bly and Dorothy (Bly) Magner
Husband of
Sarah (Briner) Bly
— married
21 Nov 1867 in Richland County, Ohio
Descendants 
Father of
William Henry Bly, Virginia May (Bly) Laser, Willard James Bly, Arabella Frances Bly, Ora Luetta Bly and Florence Fay (Bly) Alleman
Died
at age 75
in Williams County, Ohio
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Mar 2017
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Biography
James Bly and his family moved from Richland County, Ohio to William County in 1879 and settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, near the town of West Unity. James was a well-known farmer and served as a township trustee. He became prosperous enough to be one of the first people in the county to own an automobile about 1915. He and his family were members of the Methodist Church in West Unity, Ohio. Two of James's and Sarah's children died in a diphtheria epidemic in the spring of 1885.
Sources
- "Daniel W. Bly, A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore (1992), p. 83.
- Henry Bly family records from Ralph W. Bly, Shelby, Richland County, Ohio (grandson).
- United States Census, 1880, Ohio, Williams County, Jefferson Township, family #161, p. 526C.
- Tombstone inscription, Floral Grove Cemetery, West Unity, Ohio, = Find A Grave: Memorial #90923023.
- Ohio Death Certificate #63033 (Williams County).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Daniel Bly
:
Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269
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~0.78%
Christy Melick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926564 [compare], Ancestry member melickc
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~0.39%
Judy Kearns :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Daniel Bly :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dwbly12
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~0.39%
Donna (Fadely) Housden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dfl1221
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