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Elaenor Dellamater

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  • Name Elaenor Dellamater 
    Gender Female 
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    • Ebenezer P. Bliss
      The Past and Present of Shiawassee County, Michigan - Historically - Together with Biographcal Sketches of many of its Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead
      The Michigan Historical Publishing Association, Lansing, Michigan, Page 241
      Cicero once said that "there are more men ennobled by study than by nature". But what can be said of a man who wrecks his health by overstudy? Is such an example worthy of emulation or is it to be dissapproved? Be this as it may, Ebenezer P. Bliss, who was born in Lee, Massachusetts, April 15, 1820, left a record for faithfulness and long years in the harness as a school teacher that challenges a parallel in Michigan. He came to this state when a young man and bought eighty acres of unimproved land on section 16, Rush township, where the family now live. He built a log house on this land and cleared it up. He afterward taught for seven years in one school in New Haven township. He continued teaching winters and working on his farm summers for several years. He was fond of books.

      Golden volumes! richest treasures,
      Object of delicious pleasures!
      You my eyes rejoicing please,
      You my hands in rapture seize;
      Brilliant wits and musing sages,
      Lights who beam'd through many ages!

      Overstudy and too much reading finally undermined his constitution and precipitated apoplexy. He died July 15, 1902, aged eighty-two years. He had taught the "young ideas how to shoot" for more than forty terms, a record that challenges a parallel in Michigan, as has been said above. The direct cause of death was hemorrhages and paralysis of the brain, the result of overstudy. He was a son of Joshua and Grace Porter Bliss, and the family traced back to the earliest days of America. The original stock was from England.
      Ebenezer P. Bliss was the eighth in a family of nine children. He was married January 14, 1858, to Betsey Dellamater, who was born March 16, 1840. She was a daughter of Peter Dellamater, who was a native of New York state, where he was born December 23, 1804. His wife, Lydia (Bassett) Dellamater, was born in New York state in 1802 and died in 1857. Peter Dellamater was married in New York state, later removing to Canada. In 1856 he came to Shiawassee county, Michigan, and located in Rush township, on section 15, on eighty acres of wild land. He built a log house, still standing, and cleared the land. His was among the first families in the township and suffered all the experiences and privations of pioneer life. There were eight children in the Dellamater family, and besides Mrs. Bliss the others were: Eleanor, who is now Mrs. Henry Teeple; Martin, who died from scarlet fever, when "young"; Angeline, who married Barnabas Allen, and lived in Rush township; John, who is now deceased; N.D., who lives in Rush township and who married Permela Dean; Reuben, who died when a boy, of fever; the eighth died in infancy.
      When Mr. Bliss and his wife located on their land and built their log house in the woods there were but few families in that region. They lived in the house about twenty-seven years, when they erected the large square frame residence in which the widow now lives. Before his death, Mr. Bliss bought fifty-five acres of land, partly improved. Mr. and Mrs. Bliss had eight children, as follows: Grace P. was born December 30, 1858, and died January 21, 1867; Ebenezer P., born April 22, 1861, is married and lives in Brady township, Saginaw county, having four children, - Alva, Gordon, Florence, Bertha, and Lydia; Jesse, born March 15, 1863, maried Lydia Hobart lives in Rush township, and has two children, - Howard and Esther Grace; Elmer, born January 22, 1865, married May Webb, lives in Montana, and has one child, - Marv Eleanor; Arthur, born April 12, 1867, is a bachelor and is at home, being a Democrat and a member of the Odd Fellows; Lemuel, born September 13, 1869, lives in Brady township, Saginaw county; he married Emma Appleman and they have one child, - Stanley; Asa V., born March 1, 1872, lives in the west; Alpheus F., born September 12, 1877, died at age of seven years and twelve days, having been killed by a pile of lumber falling on him when a barn was being built.
      Mr. Bliss was a Republican in national affairs, but independent in matters local. He had been township clerk, justice of the peace and supervisor - holding all of these offices for several years. He was quite prominent in politics and had one hundred and thrity-five acres of improved land at the time of his death. His widow still lives on the place, with her son Arthur.
    Person ID I38  12B Oliver Bassett
    Last Modified 3 May 2012 

    Father Peter Porter Rose Dellamater,   b. 12 Jan 1805, Delaware County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1894, Shiawassee County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Lydia Bassett,   b. Abt 1805, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1858  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Teeple 
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart