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American Born Daniel L. BLISS

Founder of the American University of Beirut

Born on August 17, 1823 in Georgia, Vermont , United States

Died on July 27, 1916 in Beirut , Lebanon

Born on August 17 44

Deceased on July 27 33

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Bliss

Samuel

1701 - 1771

Loomis

Mary

1685 - 1738

Bliss

Solomon

1736 - 1803

Young

Martha

1741 - 1788

Bliss

Loomis

1773 - 1854

Farwell

Susanna

1790 - 1832

Bliss

Daniel L.

1823 - 1916

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Born in the town of Georgia, Vermont, Daniel was one of seven children in his household. His parents were Loomis and Susanna Bliss. His mother died when Daniel was only nine years old. Bliss spent much of his youth in the state of Ohio. He began to support himself at the age of sixteen mainly by farming, tanning, and tree grafting. He graduated from Kingsville Academy in 1848 and went on to attend Amherst College. Once he graduated from Amherst in 1852, Bliss went on to attend Andover Theological Seminary to prepare for foreign and overseas missions. By October 1855, he was ordained at Amherst and in November of the same year he was married to Abby Maria Wood.

© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0 ... Born in the town of Georgia, Vermont, Daniel was one of seven children in his household. His parents were Loomis and Susanna Bliss. His mother died when Daniel was only nine years old. Bliss spent much of his youth in the state of Ohio. He began to support himself at the age of sixteen mainly by farming, tanning, and tree grafting. He graduated from Kingsville Academy in 1848 and went on to attend Amherst College. Once he graduated from Amherst in 1852, Bliss went on to attend Andover Theological Seminary to prepare for foreign and overseas missions. By October 1855, he was ordained at Amherst and in November of the same year he was married to Abby Maria Wood.