Difference between revisions of "Charles Henry Bliss"
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| − | | date_of_birth =[[1860]] | + | | 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]] | ||
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| occupation =Politician, publisher | | occupation =Politician, publisher | ||
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| spouse =Gertrude Herman Bliss<br/>Matilda Willcox Bliss<ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2166715&id=I127973760 RootsWeb]</ref> | | spouse =Gertrude Herman Bliss<br/>Matilda Willcox Bliss<ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2166715&id=I127973760 RootsWeb]</ref> | ||
| − | | parents = | + | | parents =Christian Henry and Caroline Fowler Bliss |
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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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Revision as of 23:33, 6 February 2009
| Charles Henry Bliss | |
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| Born | 1860 or 1861[1] Shelbyville, Indiana |
| Died | July 24, 1907 Pensacola |
| Occupation | Politician, publisher |
| Spouse | Gertrude Herman Bliss Matilda Willcox Bliss[2] |
| Parents | Christian Henry and Caroline Fowler Bliss |
| Children | Five children |
Charles Henry Bliss was Mayor of Pensacola from 1905 to 1906. He was also a publisher of a 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.
A Georgia newspaper published an account of the altercation:
| Another municipal sensation was sprung in Pensacola, Fla., late Monday afternoon when
Secretary W. C. Jones of the Chamber of Commerce, who was formerly city clerk, openly charged Mayor Charles H. Bliss with grafting, for the reason he had not signed the new ordinance, just passed, separating the white and negro races on the street cars. This occured on Palafox Street in the presence of quite a number of people and when the mayor called the secretary a liar, the latter struck at him with his clenched fist. Secretary Jones, then continued to talk to the mayor, saying that he was an accident in office, and always held his hand behind him to receive anything that might be placed in it. 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. |
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—Schley County (Georgia) News, September 6, 1905. | ||
References
| Preceded by: Thomas Everett Welles |
Mayor of Pensacola 1905-1906 |
Succeeded by: Calvin C. Goodman |
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