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History of Bliss House. Source: "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois". 1878
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On the 22nd day of November 1838, a man popularly known as “Boss” Read, who still lives in Blackberry, erected for P.Y. Bliss a frame house, which is still occupied by its original owner, on its original site. In the Spring of 1839, the Methodists held their quarterly meeting in on of its rooms, before it was quite completed; but religious exercises had been introduced into the township some time previous, the first sermon having been delivered by the devout and conscientious “Father” Clarke.
On the 1st of June, 1839, Mr. Bliss filled the new building with such goods as are demanded by the country trade, and opened the first mercantile establishment in the township. Its trade extended over a territory reaching from Dundee to Yorkville, and from the borders of Kane County on the east to Johnshon’s and Shabbona groves, DeKalb County, on the west. No other store in Kane County ever drew such a wide range of custom, and according to Mr. Bliss, the annual sales exceeded those of any other in the county by thousands of dollars. In order to have exceeded the sales of any establishment by thousands, the population must have increased very rapidly during the two or three preceding years, for when, in 1837, a vote was taken for the division of Kane and DeKalb Counties, the ballot stood 170 for to 83 against the erection of the proposed new county. It is known, however, that it had increased thus rapidly, and that real estate had become proportionately dear, while in the main, other property which had been previously introduced into the settlements at a greater expense had become relatively cheaper.
Source: "History of Kane County", "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois". 1878, page 415.
On the 1st of June, 1839, Mr. Bliss filled the new building with such goods as are demanded by the country trade, and opened the first mercantile establishment in the township. Its trade extended over a territory reaching from Dundee to Yorkville, and from the borders of Kane County on the east to Johnshon’s and Shabbona groves, DeKalb County, on the west. No other store in Kane County ever drew such a wide range of custom, and according to Mr. Bliss, the annual sales exceeded those of any other in the county by thousands of dollars. In order to have exceeded the sales of any establishment by thousands, the population must have increased very rapidly during the two or three preceding years, for when, in 1837, a vote was taken for the division of Kane and DeKalb Counties, the ballot stood 170 for to 83 against the erection of the proposed new county. It is known, however, that it had increased thus rapidly, and that real estate had become proportionately dear, while in the main, other property which had been previously introduced into the settlements at a greater expense had become relatively cheaper.
Source: "History of Kane County", "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois". 1878, page 415.
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Logan C.
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