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	Subject:	BIO: Isaac Bloss - Wayne Co. WV 1832 s/o Hiram (son of Valentine)~m. Sarah Ann
	Post Date:	October 12, 2004 at 14:45:30
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Biography of Isaac Bloss - Wayne Co. WV Isaac Bloss was son of Hiram Bloss, who was a son of Valentine Bloss, who as a soldier of the Revolution, and settled near the falls of Twelve Pole in 1808. Hiram Bloss was born in Cabell county, February 15, 1805, and married Maria Ferguson, who was born in Wayne county, September 20, 1811. She died in April, 1844. Their son Isaac, subject of this sketch, was born in this county, November 23, 1832, and his wedded life began April 27, 1854. On that date, in Lawrence county, Kentucky, Sarah Ann McClure became his wife, and the three children of their union were born ; Hiram Wesley, March 4, 1855, Mary Lucretia, March 21, 1858, William McClure, October 18, 1859. All are residents at Huntington, Cabell county. The wife of Mr. Bloss was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, July 16, 1830, a daughter of William and Lucretia Chapman McClure. Her parents were Virginians, her father born in Botetourt county,Virginia, in 1789, and her mother in Giles county, in 1798. Her mother died June 15, 1861, and her father died November 23, 1861. During the Civil War Isaac Bloss served the Federal army as recruiting officer, enrolling officer and scout. He has been deputy United State marshall two years. For the past fifteen years he has been postmaster at Ceredo, and is still the efficient incumbent of the office. He also receives at his pleasant residence in Ceredo a limited number of boarders.Submitted by Lorna Corns Workman <pworkman@newwave.net>