Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Bloss was born in 1832, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, his father, Hiram Bloss, was 27 and his mother, Mariah Ferguson, was 21. He married Sarah Ann McClure on 27 April 1854, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Ceredo, Wayne, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1897, in Alliance, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States.
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- Isaac Blofs in household of Hiram Blofs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Isaac Blop, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Isaac Bloss in entry for Sarah Mcclure Bloss, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1838
Spring Hill’s oldest grave is dated 1838, when the site was still open countryside. The first official burial came in 1873.
1863
On June 20, 1863, Cabell County, Virginia, was one of the 50 counties separated from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War to form the State of West Virginia
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German blōz ‘naked, destitute’, applied as a nickname for a poor person, or for someone who dressed inappropriately, also applied to a man without a beard.
German: variant of Blass .
Swedish: possibly an adoption of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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