When James Henry Blitch was born on 21 May 1841, in Georgia, United States, his father, William Blitch, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Elizabeth Tullis, was 30. He married Sarah Elizabeth Groover on 27 September 1870, in Bulloch, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bryan, Georgia, United States in 1850 and District 1380, Bryan, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 January 1912, in Blitchton, Bryan, Georgia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Brooklet, Bulloch, Georgia, United States.
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English: variant of Bletch, itself a rare variant of Bleach , for which see Blatch .
In some cases also an Americanized form of German Blitsch .
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