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− | | date_of_birth =[[ | + | | date_of_birth =[[1860]] or [[1861]]<ref>[http://204.9.225.200/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/titledetailsframe.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=239981&disp=Bless-Bliss+(and)+Regenstein+genealogy&first=undefined&last=undefined]</ref> |
| place_of_birth =Shelbyville, Indiana | | place_of_birth =Shelbyville, Indiana | ||
| date_of_death =[[July 24]], [[1907]] | | date_of_death =[[July 24]], [[1907]] | ||
| place_of_death =Pensacola | | place_of_death =Pensacola | ||
− | | occupation = | + | | occupation =Politician, publisher |
| religion = | | religion = | ||
− | | spouse =Matilda | + | | spouse =Matilda Willcox Bliss<ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2166715&id=I127973760 RootsWeb]</ref><br/>Gertrude Herman Bliss |
| parents =Christian Henry and Caroline Fowler Bliss | | parents =Christian Henry and Caroline Fowler Bliss | ||
− | | children = | + | | children =Five children |
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}} | }} | ||
− | '''Charles Henry Bliss''' was [[Mayor of Pensacola]] from [[1905]] to [[ | + | '''Charles Henry Bliss''' was [[Mayor of Pensacola]] from [[1905]] to [[1906]]. He was also a publisher of a [[Bliss magazines|quarterly magazine]] called at various time Bliss' Magazine, The Bliss Magazine, and Bliss' Quarterly. |
− | + | ==Scuffle with W. C. Jones== | |
− | + | In [[1905]], during Bliss' tenure as Mayor of Pensacola, a former city clerk named [[W. C. Jones]] accused Bliss of being corrupt and physically accosted him. | |
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− | In [[1905]], during Bliss' tenure as Mayor of Pensacola, [[W. C. Jones]] | ||
A Georgia newspaper published an account of the altercation: | A Georgia newspaper published an account of the altercation: | ||
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Shortly afterwards, Jones went to the police station to surrender himself when he again met Mayor Bliss and the war of words continued. Jones stated that the mayor was crooked and he knew it from the manner in which he had acted. Receiving some reply, the secretary dealt the mayor a blow on the jaw, which felled him. The police interfered and arrested Jones.|20px|20px|''Schley County (Georgia) News'', [[September 6]], [[1905]].}} | Shortly afterwards, Jones went to the police station to surrender himself when he again met Mayor Bliss and the war of words continued. Jones stated that the mayor was crooked and he knew it from the manner in which he had acted. Receiving some reply, the secretary dealt the mayor a blow on the jaw, which felled him. The police interfered and arrested Jones.|20px|20px|''Schley County (Georgia) News'', [[September 6]], [[1905]].}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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− | {{succession box | before = [[Thomas Everett Welles]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1905- | + | {{succession box | before = [[Thomas Everett Welles]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1905-1906 | after = [[Calvin C. Goodman]]}} |
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− | [[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Bliss, Charles | + | {{bio-stub}} |
+ | [[Category:Mayors of the City of Pensacola|Bliss, Charles H.]] |