Caleb BLISS

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25 April 1794 , Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

Died

27 March 1877 , Bristol, New York, USA

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Born: 25 April 1794 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

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Caleb married Zilpha GARY 8 September 1817 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA . Zilpha GARY was born 26 June 1793 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton). Zilpha died 15 March 1862 in Bristol, New York, USA. Zilpha was the child of Seth GARY and Zilpha PIERCE.

Caleb BLISS died 27 March 1877 in Bristol, New York, USA.

Son of John Bliss b: 21 AUG 1747 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA and Sarah Smith b: 13 OCT 1752 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

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Abel Bliss (1763 - 1852) and Lucy Carpenter (1769 - 1835)

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Zilpha GARY
Marriage date: 8 September 1817
Marriage place: Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
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Zilpha GARY was the child of Seth GARY and Zilpha PIERCE

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GAREY Ziltha and Caleb BLISS, both of Rehoboth, married by Rev. Otis Thompson Sept. 8, 1817.

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groom's name: Caleb Bliss

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bride's name: Bilkha Gary

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marriage date: 08 Sep 1817

marriage place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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indexing project (batch) number: I03061-1

system origin: Massachusetts-EASy

source film number: 1987644

reference number: p 214

"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 23 Dec 2012), Caleb Bliss and Bilkha Gary, 08 Sep 1817; citing reference p 214, FHL microfilm 1987644.

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Charlotte Bliss b: 23 SEP 1831 in Bristol, Ontario, NY

Zilpha Bethana Bliss b: 10 AUG 1826

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Birth — 1794
25 April 1794
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

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1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Caleb BLISS and Zilpha GARY 8 September 1817, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

He was 23 years old.

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 Bristol, Ontario, New York
name: Caleb Bliss
event place: Bristol, Ontario, New York
page number: 238
nara publication number: M19
nara roll number: 101
film number: 0017161
digital folder number: 004409538
image number: 00461
1830 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Bristol, Ontario, New York
name: Caleb Bliss
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: Bristol, Ontario, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 56
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birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1794
dwelling house number: 290
family number: 299
line number: 38
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 571
film number: 444287
digital folder number: 004202539
image number: 00102
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Caleb Bliss M 56 Massachusetts
Sylva Bliss F 57 Massachusetts
Maria Bliss F 19 New York
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Lima, Livingston, New York
name: Caleb Bliss
residence: , Livingston, New York
ward: The Town Of Lima
age: 66 years
estimated birth year: 1794
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Male
page: 3
family number: 17
film number: 803778
dgs number: 4236606
image number: 00224
nara number: M653

name: Zilpha Bliss
residence: , Livingston, New York
ward: The Town Of Lima
age: 66 years
estimated birth year: 1794
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Female
page: 3
family number: 17
film number: 803778
dgs number: 4236606
image number: 00224
nara number: M653
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Zilpha GARY died 15 March 1862, Bristol, New York, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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Evergreen Cemetery Bristol Center Ontario County New York, USA

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Death — 1877
27 March 1877
Bristol, New York, USA
He died at the age of 82.

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Evergreen Cemetery Bristol Center Ontario County New York, USA

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

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February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state