Census: 1880 Fulton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 38
Residence: 1940: 508 S. Main St., Edgerton, Rock Co., Wisconsin


Anson Beriah Bliven 1842-1940 Janesville Gazette Obituary
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Monday, Feb. 26, 1940, p 1.
Edgerton - Anson Beriah Bliven, 97, believed to be Edgerton's oldest resident, died in his home on South Main street, Sunday after a short illness. Edgerton was but a stopping place on an Indian trail when Me. Bliven came here with his parents in 1844.
He was born in Scio, Allegany county, N. Y., near New Alfred Center, Oct. 20, 1842, a son of William and Esther Bliven. He came to Wisconsin when about two years of age, his parents taking up a homestead about a mile north of Edgerton, where he resided until his marriage to Rose Collins July 3, 1886. They then moved to a neighboring farm in the town of Albion, which he had previously bought. Mr. and Mrs. Bliven lived there until moving to Edgerton in the spring of 1915. Seven children were born to this union.
Mr. Bliven was familiarly known as "Grandpa" Bliven and was admired and loved by all who knew him for his kindness and keen sense of humor. In spite of his advanced years, he took a keen interest in affairs of the city. Until a few months ago he took daily walks to the business section of the city, where he was a familiar figure.
Survivors are six children, Mrs. Gerhard Barsness, Edgerton, Mrs. Edwin Morse, Milton Junction, Mrs. Walter Day, Chicago, Harold and Wayland, both of Miami, Fla., and George Bliven, Milwaukee; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, Donald and Douglas Armstrong, Janesville. His wife died in 1927 and a daughter, Mrs. Ethel McCulloch, in 1929.
Funeral services will be held in the Henry Tellefson funeral home, 2 North Catlin street, at 3 p.m., Wednesday, an hour later than originally planned. Dr. E. M. Oliver of the Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Fassett cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening.

Rosabel B. (Collins) Bliven 1866-1927
Categories: Janesville Gazette Obituary
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1927, p 5.
Edgerton - Mrs. Rose Bliven, 61, died in her home here Friday, following four months illness. She had always lived on farms near Edgerton and Milton, and had resided in the city for the past 12 years.
Mrs. Bliven was born in Milton Aug. 10, 1866. She married Anson Bliven in Albion, July 4, 1886, and he survives.
Other survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Walter Day, Chicago, Mrs. George McCulloch and Mrs. Edwin Morse, Milton Junction, and Mrs. G. N. Barsness, Edgerton; two sons, Harold and Wayland Bliven, both of Waukesha; two brothers, Charles Collins, Janesville, and Frank Collins, Rockford, and a step-mother, Mrs. Milo Collins, Edgerton.
Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the home, with the Rev. R. J. Bailey of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in the Fassett cemetery. For many years Mrs. Bliven was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church.

Census: 1880 Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 13
Residence: 1927 508 S. Main, Edgerton, Rock Co., Wisconsin