James Henry Blitch

Brief Life History of James Henry

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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Family Time Line

James Henry Blitch
1841–1912
Sarah Elizabeth Groover
1849–1923
Marriage: 27 September 1870
John Gordon Blitch Sr
1872–1919
James Daniel Blitch Sr
1873–1917
Samuel Edgar Blitch
1876–1929
Eliza Blitch
1877–1893
Charles Groover Blitch
1877–1948
Thomas Norwood Blitch Sr
1880–1932
Homer Blitch
1882–1884
Brooks Erwin Blitch Sr
1885–1925
Bessie Moylin Blitch
1888–1923
Brantley Denmark Blitch
1890–1958
James Hudson Blitch
1893–1927

Sources (14)

  • James H Britch in household of William Britch, "United States Census, 1850"
  • James H Blitch in the Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828
  • James Henry Blitch, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bletch, itself a rare variant of Bleach , for which see Blatch .

In some cases also an Americanized form of German Blitsch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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