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Bliss's first and middle names (Doctor and Willard) were inspired by Samuel Willard, a surgeon from New England. [7] [8] [9] During his youth, the Bliss family lived in Savoy, Massachusetts. [6] Bliss had one brother, Zenas (July 4, 1832 – April 23, 1877). [6] Bliss treated Zachary Taylor for malaria at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, in 1844. [10] [11]
Susan Ann Edson was born January 4, 1823, in Fleming, New York. [5] She was the daughter of John Joy Edson and Sarah E. Barnes. Her sister Sarah Philena Edson (born 1818) married Sterne John Wheaton Underhill; after they divorced, Sarah retained custody of the children. [1]
Doctor Willard Bliss, physician who treated President James A. Garfield [14] (his given name was "Doctor") Sara Blizzard, meteorologist and television weather presenter for the BBC [8] Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter [15] [16] Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America (Bowser is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise, Super Mario) [17]
Mildred Barnes Bliss was the principal beneficiary of the estates of her half-sister, Cora Barnes, in 1911, and of her mother, Anna Barnes Bliss, in 1935. This wealth was largely based on Demas Barnes’s investments in The Centaur Company , the manufacturers of the laxative Fletcher’s Castoria , the success of which had made him a wealthy man.
Bliss was born in Newton St Loe, Bath, Somerset. [2] He was the son of Rev. William Bliss and Jane Monck (born Jane Bridges). Bliss was the grandson of Dr John Bliss M.D., a physician who specialised in the treatment of gout. The family owned a tweed mill (Bliss Tweed Mill) at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester from ...
View of the eastern side of the Mall in 1879. The Armory is the first square building on the right. Following the American Civil War's 1861 beginning, President Abraham Lincoln asked Doctor Willard Bliss to organize a system of hospitals in and around the city of Washington, D.C. [2] Among the facilities which resulted from this directive were several facilities which were built in or near ...
Rev. David Stuart Dodge (1836–1921) was a friend and supporter of the Reverend Dr. Daniel Bliss, the founder of the Syrian Protestant College, Beirut. Dodge became the professor for English and modern languages at the institute, a position he held for nine years. He was later appointed the America-based chairman of trustees for the college.
Johnson-Jolls Complex, also known as the Dr. Willard B. Jolls House, is a historic home located at Orchard Park in Erie County, New York. It is an Italianate style brick house built in 1869. The house was built originally for merchant Ambrose Johnson; in 1902 it was purchased by Dr. Willard B. Jolls who resided there until his death in 1963. [2]