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BLISS, STOUGHTON (18 Feb. 1823-19 Sept. 1896), was a Cleveland businessman and Army officer during the CIVIL WAR . Son of William and Cynthia (Wolcott) Bliss, he was born in Cleveland and worked as a post office clerk until he went into the hat and fur business in 1846. Between 1850 and the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed colonel and served as assistant quartermaster of Ohio, a position that he held throughout the war. After the war he went into the stone business. At his death, he was affiliated with the Diamond Stone Quarry in BEREA , and was treasurer of the Grafton Stone Co. He was 1st vice-president of the Cleveland Light Artillery Assoc. Bliss married Mary Sweet in 1849. He never remarried after her death in 1851. There were no children. He is buried in WOODLAND CEMETERY .
Obituary and photo (drawing):
Published Date: Monday, September 21, 1896
Newspaper: Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH)
Page: 1 (con't on page 2)
Mentions a cousin, Mrs. Nancy Pierce of Michigan.
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STOUGHTON BLISS.
A familiar figure in the business life of Cleveland passed away with the death of Colonel Stoughton Bliss. He lived a long and honorable life in this city, and every man who knew him had a warm and friendly feeling for him. He was an upright man, a good citizen and a steadfast friend.
Colonel Bliss was the son of William Bliss, who settled in Cuyahoga County in 1815. The elder Bliss married Miss Cynthia Wolcott, a direct descendant of Governor Wolcott, Connecticut's first governor, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. They had four children, all of whom, excepting Stoughton Bliss, had been dead several years. William Bliss was one of Cleveland's pioneers and began business here when the town contained but five hundred inhabitants.
Stoughton Bliss was born in Cleveland, in a little house on lower Superior street, February 18, 1823, and lived in the city all his life. He received such educational advantages as the schools of his youth afforded, and upon leaving school became a clerk in the post-office. He was at one time City Marshal of Cleveland, and in 1846-47 was engaged with T. S. Paddock in the hat and fur business. In 1850 he was associated with J. B. Smith in the production of malt, in which he was engaged several years. At the beginning of the War of the Rebellion he was made Assistant Quartermaster-General of Ohio, with the rank of Colonel, and served in that capacity through the war. After the close of hostilities, Colonel Bliss bought an interest in the Diamond Stone Quarry, at Berea, and his excellent business qualities resulted in a fortune to him. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the Grafton Stone Company.
In 1849, Colonel Bliss married Miss Mary Sweet, who died two years later. He remained faithful to his memory of her and never married again. For forty years he made his home at the Kennard House, where he died during the night of September i9-2oth, 1896. Death came to him unheralded and gently, and he passed from one sleep to the other without intervening consciousness.
Colonel Bliss was a reserved man, quiet and methodicalin his habits, and warm-hearted and generous in his nature. His near relatives were limited to his nephew, Mr. Harry A. Bliss, of Cleveland: and his niece, Mrs. C. P. Horr, of Philadelphia.
Colonel Bliss was an earnest member of the Early Settlers' Association of Cuyahoga County.
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1823 - 1896 (73 years)