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Harold L. (Jack) Bliss
February 1, 1895 - October 19, 1985
portrait: 1923, age 28 |
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Harold L.
"Jack" Bliss was born in Plainwell, Allegan County, MI on February
1, 1895. He was the son of Herbert L. Bliss (#6730) and Mary
Elizabeth Buxton. Mr. Bliss served as a second lieutenant and
general's adjutant with the U.S. Army in Panama during World War I and
later attended the Detroit College of Law. After the war, he became co-owner of the
Crowells-Bliss Transportation Co., which operated sand boats, tugs, and
barges in the Detroit, Port Huron, and Windsor Canada region.
Crowells-Bliss was also responsible for the construction and paving of
Gratiot Avenue from Detroit to Mt. Clemens and the Belle Isle Roadway in
Detroit.
By 1940, Mr. Bliss served as general manager of Nicholson Transit Co. of Detroit and in later years, he was a partner and vice president of McQueen Marine Ltd. of Amherstburg, Ontario and of Construction Materials Corporation of Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland. Mr. Bliss married W. Dolly Alexander on December 28, 1940 in Toledo. They had two children: Grace Elizabeth Bliss and John Warren Bliss. Mr. Bliss was previously married and divorced in 1927. There were no children from the first marriage. Mr. Bliss lived the first twenty years of his life in Plainwell. After his military service, he lived in the Detroit area until 1961 when he retired and moved to northern Michigan. He died in Traverse City in 1985.
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Above: Jack Bliss, age 8; Below: age 21 in Panama |
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