William Root Bliss

Background

Bliss, William Root was born in 1825. Son of Review Seth and Jeanette Root Bliss.

Education

Educated in Boston schools. Graduated from Yale, 1850.

Career

Author: Quaint Nantucket. September Days on Nantucket. Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-House.

The Old Colony Town and Other Sketches. Colonial Times on Buzzard’s Bay. Paradise in the Pacific.

Home: Short Hills, New Jersey.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Fearing.

Father:

Review Seth

Mother:

Jeanette Root Bliss

Spouse:

Elizabeth Fearing.