“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JAMES BLISS;  P.O. Fort Atkinson; born in Colerain, Franklin Co., 
Mass., March 4, 1798, where he lived till he was 18 years old, when, 
with his mother, he moved to Onondaga Co., N.Y., living there till 1840, 
when he came to Wisconsin and located in Koshkonong, Jefferson Co.; 
purchased 200 acres of land in Sec. 24, where he farmed till 1868; then 
retired to Fort Atkinson.  Married, April 26, 1830, Elizabeth Seymour, a 
native of Chenango Co., N.Y.; children - Amelia E., born May 12, 1831, 
dead; Seymour H., born March 8, 1833, died aged 24 years; Augusta M., 
born Sept. 15, 1835; Orelia M., April 17, 1838.  Mr. Bliss has held the 
office of Town Supervisor three terms, and on School Board as Trustee 
and Clerk; Republican.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)