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14 as Bliss and his wife, or as belonging to them, was ever discovered. As George Root put it, they disappeared "from the earth as completely as did Elijah in his flaming chariot." They were survived by two sons, Phillip Paul and George Goodwin.

George F. Root, who was in a position to make a professional estimate of Bliss, observed in 1891 that Bliss's "musical training and experience were too limited to permit safe flight on his part beyond simple harmonies, although it was easily seen that he had a natural vein of true melody. What a wonderful use his songs have performed now for more