Records of Porter Bliss on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Porter Bliss and the Bliss Family Tree

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Some Famous People called Porter Bliss

Porter Cornelius Bliss

Porter Cornelius Bliss (December 28, 1838 – February 1, 1885), was an American journalist, linguist, historian and diplomat. Bliss was a volunteer in defense of the capital, served in various government positions and traveled extensively; he was once accused of treason and conspiracy, and imprisoned before being rescued by a United States Navy Squadron.

He served as an editor of the Washington Chronicle from 1869 to 1870 and as an editor and biographer at the New York Herald from 1878 through 1881. Bliss also spent three years working on Johnson's Cyclopedia and edited a weekly called The Literary Table.

Source: Porter Cornelius Bliss, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Bliss

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