Bliss, Royal bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 886-887, Union Township
Royal Bliss, son of Isaac Bliss, of Avon, was born in Orange county, Vt., June 21, ’27. He was educated in the common schools of his native State and came to this county in 1856, and since has filled several local offices. He spent 20 years upon the railroads of the East. He was untied in marriage with Maria Stoddard, in Putney, Vt., May 1, 1840. She was born in Westminster, Vt. They had 7 children born to them, 6 of whom are living. William clerks in the store for his father, who is engaged in general merchandising. Royal’s father has recently returned from California where he has been living for several years.