Author: Bliss, Henry
Biography:
BLISS, Henry (1775-1855: ancestry.com)
The son of Benedict and Sarah (Upham) Bliss, he was born in Newport RI on 7 Oct. 1775. He married Rhoda Pickett (d 1863) in Tolland MA on 13 Nov. 1812; the couple had three children. It is not clear what his occupation was. His poems were published in Pittsfield MA but he died at Tolland on 4 Mar. 1855 and was buried like his wife in Sandisfield MA. Not to be confused with Henry Bliss (1797-1873). (ancestry.com 8 July 2025; Boston Courier 12 Mar. 1855) HJ
Books written (2):
Pittsfield [MA]: printed by Phinehas Allen, 1813
Pittsfield [MA]: printed by Phineas Allen, 1815