Minerva (Green) Bliven 1836-1927
Categories: 1850's Settlers, Janesville Gazette Obituary, Rev. James H. Hurley Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1927, p 5.
Edgerton - Mrs. Minerva Bliven, 90, one of the oldest residents of this section of Rock Co., died Thursday morning in her home on a farm one mile north of Edgerton from complications setting in as a result of old age.
Mrs. Bliven was born in Scio, Allegany county, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1836. She was married to Milo Bliven in Janesville Aug. 14, 1858, and since then she has always lived on the farm north of Edgerton. Her husband died several years ago.
She is survived by two children, Gene and Mrs. Cash Williams, both of Edgerton.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the home, the Rev. J. H. Hurley, Albion, officiating. Burial will be in Fassett cemetery.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 103, No 18, p 575, Oct. 31, 1927.
Mrs. Minerva Green Bliven, daughter of Edward and Sarah Green, was born in Scio, Allegany County, N. Y., in 1836, and passed from this life at her home near Edgerton, Wis., October 13, 1927.
When sixteen years of age she came west with her parents, settling on a farm near Newville. In early life she gave her heart to Christ and united with the Rock River Church.
On August 14, 1858, she was united in marriage to Milo Bliven. Six children were born to this union. Three of them died in infancy. Jennie Bliven grew to womanhood, married, and left a daughter Ruby, Now Mrs. Ruby Gains. Jennie passed away twenty-eight years ago. Only two of the children survive the mother - Mrs. Cassius Williams and Eugene Bliven, both of Edgerton.
Funeral services were held from the home on October 15, 1927, conducted by Pastor J. H. Hurley, and the body was laid to rest in the Edgerton cemetery beside that of her husband.
Music was furnished by Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Sayre. J. H. H.

Census: 1880 Fulton Township, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 43

Census: 1880 Fulton Township, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 41, Meder

'The Sabbath Recorder', Vol 64, No 15, p 476, Apr. 13, 1908.
At his home near Edgerton, Wis., February 28, 1908, Milo W. Bliven.
He was born in Allegany County, New York, January 7, 1839. He married Minerva Green, August 14, 1858. She and two children, a son and a daughter, survive him. Funeral services were held at the house, March 2, and burial was made in the Edgerton Cemetery. E. S.

The Milo Bliven farm in is Section 2, Fulton Township, about 1 mile NE of Edgerton in 1873.