Mathew Bliss
Representing: Union
G.A.R Post
- Custer Post #6 Pierce Co. WA
Unit History
- 7th Massachusetts Infantry D
BLISS, Matthew (b 1841) photo in 1861
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America pp. 769-770
Brothers-BLISS, Andrew and Matthew E. (b 1841) 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry from Ancestry - highlighted
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) Civil War Battles of the 7th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry 1861-1864
Matthew Bliss Marriage Record
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) 1887 Washington State Census - highlighted
Bliss, Mathew & Grout, Sarah M.; Vermont Vital Records; m 22 July 1892 in Irasburgh, Vermont; parents = Otis Bliss & Roxana Wilber + A. R. Grout & M. A. Libby.
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) 1892 Washington State Census - highlighted
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) Marriage Certificate with Lucinda Bliss, m 1898
Bliss, Matthew & Landers, Elizabeth; Oregon State Marriages; m 16 September 1913 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.
BLISS, Matthew E. (b 1841) Certificate of Death, d 1920
Family History
Created by Brian
Corp Matthew Bliss
- Birth
- 8 Jun 1841
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death
- 30 Mar 1920 (aged 78)
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
- Burial
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Vaughn, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Memorial ID
Matthew Bliss was a machinist. He enlisted in Company D, Massachusetts 7th Infantry Regiment on 15 Jun 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on 5 Jan 1864 at Washington, D.C. According to his Civil War records, he was wounded in the war.
He must have remarried after Clara's death, because on the 1920 census, his wife's name is Elizabeth and she was born in Iowa.
He has a son, Fred E., 36, born about 1884 in Illinois, living with he and Elizabeth.
A findagrave member sent me the following information in May 2013:
Looks like another wife with kids for this gent in 1900. From 1900 census for Anderson Island WA
Head Matthew Bliss M 59 Mass
Wife Lucinda A Bliss F 47 Iowa
Daughter Mamie E Bliss F 18 Minn
Son Fred E Bliss M 17 Ill
Dau Cora B Llewellyn F 24 Ill
1910 census shows him as a widower living/visiting a daughter and son in law.
First Name: Matthew
Last Name: Bliss
Date Of Death: 30 Mar 1920
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Father Name: Otis Bliss
Mother Name: Unknown
Batch Id: 275806
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Born in Massachusetts. Enlisted in the 7th Massachusetts Infantry for three years at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mustered in as a Private in Company D the same day he enlisted. Promoted to Corporal 1 Jan 1863. Wounded in the leg on 3 May 1863 during the Battle of Salem Church, Virginia, part of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Immediately after the battle, Salem Church became a field hospital. Afterwards he was transferred to the Eastern Troop Convalescent Camp. The Jul-Aug 1863 muster roll indicates that he had been appointed a Ward Master in the Camp. He continued in that role until he was discharged for disability. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Died in Tacoma, Washington. His military and pension records spell his first name "Matthew".
Migrating
The Otis Bliss family moved from Massachutes to Ohio, to Illinois and back to Mass. When a bonus from the Civil War Dept. was paid to Matthew, he moved his family to Washington State and settled in Vaughn, Pierce Co. on the Key Peninsula. Clara's Aunt Jenny Farley was already there.
Military Service
Enlisted in Union Army, Massachusetts, 7th Mass. Infantry, 7th Regiment,Mass. Infantry, Company D, Private. Film #M544, Roll 3 Machinist, 20, enlisted and mustered 15 June 1861, wounded 3 May, 1863, Fredericksburg, Virginia, discharged 5 January 1864 for disability, at Washington, D.C. as a Corporal.
Synopsis of the life of Matthew E. Bliss (1841-1920)
Contributed By
This synopsis comes from "Bliss Family in America" by Aaron Tyler Bliss, published in 1982. The book is digitized and found in the Catalog at FamilySearch.org. Information about Matthew E. Bliss is found on pages 769-770.
"Matthew E. BLISS, machinist and shoemaker, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts and later of Tacoma, Washington, was born June 8, 1841 at Taunton, Massachusetts (the son of Otis H. Bliss and Roxanna Wilbur of Taunton). He ran away from home at the age of fourteen and later joined the Massachusetts
Volunteers, serving as a Corporal duringthe Civil War. He was married July 3, 1863 at Taunton to Clara Amelia Phelps (dau. of Edmond Wier Phelps and Hopestill Corbet Pond). She was born June 27, 1844 at Hopkinton. They removed from Massachusetts to Ohio, thence to Illinois and returned to Massachusetts. When Mr. Bliss received his Civil War bonus, the family removed to Vaughn, Washington. He was employed at the Washington State Penitentiary, where he taught prisoners to make shoes. Mr. Bliss also ran for a seat in the Washington State Legislature. Mrs. Bliss died August 13, 1890 at Vaughn...After his first marriage, Matthew E. Bliss was married three more times. He was married each time after the death of the previous wife. In 1900 his wife was a Lucinda A., who was born in May of 1853 in Iowa. His fourth wife was Elizabeth Landers. Mr. Bliss died March 30, 1920 in Tacoma.
Matthew Bliss (b 1841) in the Civil War 1861-1864
Contributed By
There are United States Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles (1861-1865) for Matthew Bliss (1841-1920). A copy of the record from Ancestry.com is as follows:
Name: Matthew Bliss
Residence: Massachusetts
Occupation: Machinist
Age at enlistment: 20
Enlistment Date: 15 Jun 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Massachusetts 7th Infantry Regiment on 15 Jun 1861.Promoted to Full Corporal.Mustered out on 05 Jan 1864 at Washington, DC.
Birth Date: Abt 1841
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Cemetery
Buried at Vaughn Bay Cemetery
Row: Cemetery Lot C 05 Cemetery Section Sec E
Site: Cemetery Grave Number 1