Educator and President of Huguenot College.
Graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary (1862). In 1873, at the appeal of Rev. Andrew Murray to open a female seminary in South Africa, she and Abby Ferguson went to Wellington, South Africa and founded Huguenot Seminary (later Huguenot College) as the first women's college in South Africa. In 1910 became the second president of Huguenot College.
Relatives notified of death - Miss Elsie Bliss (Niece) of Clinton, Conn. and Rev. Jason Henry Bliss (brother) of Penacook, NH.
Burial location taken from Reports of Deaths of Citizens Abroad - "Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Wellington"
Graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary (1862). In 1873, at the appeal of Rev. Andrew Murray to open a female seminary in South Africa, she and Abby Ferguson went to Wellington, South Africa and founded Huguenot Seminary (later Huguenot College) as the first women's college in South Africa. In 1910 became the second president of Huguenot College.
Relatives notified of death - Miss Elsie Bliss (Niece) of Clinton, Conn. and Rev. Jason Henry Bliss (brother) of Penacook, NH.
Burial location taken from Reports of Deaths of Citizens Abroad - "Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Wellington"
Educator and President of Huguenot College.
Graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary (1862). In 1873, at the appeal of Rev. Andrew Murray to open a female seminary in South Africa, she and Abby Ferguson went to Wellington, South Africa and founded Huguenot Seminary (later Huguenot College) as the first women's college in South Africa. In 1910 became the second president of Huguenot College.
Relatives notified of death - Miss Elsie Bliss (Niece) of Clinton, Conn. and Rev. Jason Henry Bliss (brother) of Penacook, NH.
Burial location taken from Reports of Deaths of Citizens Abroad - "Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Wellington"
Graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary (1862). In 1873, at the appeal of Rev. Andrew Murray to open a female seminary in South Africa, she and Abby Ferguson went to Wellington, South Africa and founded Huguenot Seminary (later Huguenot College) as the first women's college in South Africa. In 1910 became the second president of Huguenot College.
Relatives notified of death - Miss Elsie Bliss (Niece) of Clinton, Conn. and Rev. Jason Henry Bliss (brother) of Penacook, NH.
Burial location taken from Reports of Deaths of Citizens Abroad - "Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Wellington"
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