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Oliver Blush 5 ("Blush" is a corruption of "Blish") [m]
5th Generation

Personal Details
Born March 28th, 1764 No Image On File
Birthplace Bolton, Connecticut, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) Hotelkeeper, farmer
Died July 18th, 1846, aged about 82 years
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Cause of Death old-age-paralytic
Burial Place old parsonage lot east of, Middlefield, Connecticut
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [47]Joseph Blish 4 No Image On File
Mother [47_sa]Elizabeth (Skinner) Blish 4 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[162_sa] - Sarah (Mack) Blish 5

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Children by this spouse:
I [328]+ Sally (Blish or "Blush"?) Smith, originally [Wheeler] 6 [adopted] b. October 12th, 1795 c. January No Image On File
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Wife #2
[162_sb] - Mary (Field) Blush 5

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Children by this spouse:
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2 Gen. 1
Oliver BlushJoseph BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)Abraham Blish, (***)
Anne (Pratt) Blish
Hannah (Hull) BlishTristham Hull
Agnes "Blanche" (?) Hull
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew FullerSamuel Fuller, Jr.
Anne (Fuller) Fuller
Patience (Young) FullerGeorge Young
Hannah (Pinson) Young
Elizabeth (Skinner) BlishDaniel SkinnerNo EntryNo Entry
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Elizabeth (Hitchcock) SkinnerNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1764 to 1846
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 44
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 70
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 56
1765:
Steam Engine at age 1
1765:
HMS Victory launched at age 1
1769:
San Francisco bay discovered at age 5
1770:
Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 6
1772:
Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 8
1772-1775:
Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 8 to age 11
1773:
Boston Tea Party at age 9
1774:
1st Continental Congress meets at age 10
1775-1783:
American Revolutionary War against the British from age 11 to age 19
1775-1782:
British war in India from age 11 to age 18
1776:
Declaration of Independence at age 12
1778:
Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 14
1778:
France joins war against Britan at age 14
1780:
Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 16
1781:
Uranus discovered at age 17
1783:
1st working hot air balloon at age 19
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 20
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 22
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 22
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 23
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 23
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 23
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 23
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 24
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 24
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 24
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 24
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 24
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 24
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 24
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 24
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 24
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 25 to age 32
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 25
1789:
US Army Established at age 25
1790:
1st official US census at age 26
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 26
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 26
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 27
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 27
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 28 to age 51
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 28
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 28
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 29
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 29
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 30
1794:
US Navy Established at age 30
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 30
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 32 to age 36
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 32
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 32
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 32
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 34
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 34
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 34 to age 36
1798:
Lithography at age 34
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 35
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 36
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 36
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 36
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 36 to age 45
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 38
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 39
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 39
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 39
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 40 to age 42
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 40
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 41
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 41
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 43
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 44
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 44
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 45 to age 52
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 45
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 46
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 46
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 48 to age 50
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 48
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 48
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 51
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 51
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 51
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 52
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 52
1816:
Stethoscope at age 52
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 53 to age 59
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 53 to age 61
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 53
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 53
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 53 to age 60
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 53
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 54
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 54
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 55
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 55
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 55
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 56 to age 66
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 56
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 57
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 57
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 57 to age 65
1821:
1st US women's college at age 57
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 58
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 60 to age 64
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 60
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 60
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 62
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 63
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 63
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 63
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 64
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 64 to age 72
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 64
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 65
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 65 until after line end
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 66 until after line end
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 66 to age 73
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 66
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 68
1833:
Telegraph at age 69
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 69
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 70
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 71 to age 78
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 71
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 71
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 72
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 72
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 72
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 73
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 73
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 73 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 73 to age 76
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 74 to age 75
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 75 to age 78
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 77 to age 80
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 78
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 80
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 81
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 81
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 81 until after line end
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 81 until after line end
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 82 until after line end
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 82

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