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Asa Blish 6 [m]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born March 9th, 1799 No Image On File
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Cause of Death Drowned in attempt to swim Connecticut river both ways
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Parents
Father [141]Ezra Blish 5 No Image On File
Mother [141_sa]Hannah (Hills) Blish 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
Asa BlishEzra BlishSylvanus BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew Fuller
Patience (Young) Fuller
Esther (Way) BlishNo EntryNo Entry
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Hannah (Hills) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1799 to 1899
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 9
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 35
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 21
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 16
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from before birth until age 1
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from before birth until age 1
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 0
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 1 to age 10
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 1
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 1
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 1
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 3
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 4
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 4
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 4
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 5
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 5 to age 7
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 6
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 6
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 8
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 9
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 9
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 10
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 10 to age 17
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 11
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 11
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 13
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 13 to age 15
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 13
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 16
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 16
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 16
1816:
Stethoscope at age 17
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 17
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 17
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 18
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 18 to age 24
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 18
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 18 to age 25
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 18 to age 26
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 18
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 19
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 19
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 20
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 20
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 20
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 21
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 21 to age 31
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 22
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 22
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 22 to age 30
1821:
1st US women's college at age 22
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 23
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 25 to age 29
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 25
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 25
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 27
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 28
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 28
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 28
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 29 to age 37
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 29
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 29
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 52
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 30
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 31 to age 61
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 31
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 31 to age 38
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 33
1833:
Telegraph at age 34
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 34
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 35
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 36
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 36
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 36 to age 43
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 37
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 37
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 37
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 38 to age 41
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 38 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 38
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 38
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 39 to age 40
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 40 to age 43
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 42 to age 45
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 43
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 45
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 46 to age 50
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 46
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 46
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 46 to age 49
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 47 to age 49
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 47
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 49
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 49
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 49 to age 57
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 49
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 50 to age 53
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 50
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 51
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 51
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 51
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 51
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 51
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 52
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 53 to age 60
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 54
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 54 to age 57
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 55
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 55 to age 57
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 55
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 58 to age 67
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 58 to age 61
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 58
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 59
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 59
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 60
1859:
Oil Well at age 60
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 60
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 61
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 61
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 62
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 62
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 62 to age 66
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 62
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 62
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 62
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 62
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 62 to age 66
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 62
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 62
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 62 to age 66
1862:
US Homestead act at age 63
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 64
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 64 to age 80
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 64
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 64
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 64
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 64
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 65
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 65
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 66
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 66
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 66
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 67 to age 69
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 67
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 68
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 68
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 68
1867:
Dynamite at age 68
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 68
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 69 to age 79
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 70
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 70
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 70 to age 77
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 70
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 70
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 71
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 71 to age 72
1870:
US black men can vote at age 71
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 72
1873:
Color Photographs at age 74
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 74 to age 79
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 77
1876:
American Centennial at age 77
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 77
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 77
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 78 to age 81
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 78
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 79
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 80
1879:
Zulu war at age 80
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 82 to age 86
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 82
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 82
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 82 to age 97
1884:
Motorcycle at age 85
1884:
1st subway at age 85
1885:
Automobile at age 86
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 86 to age 89
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 87
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 88
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 89
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 89
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 90
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 90
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 90
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 90 to age 93
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 90
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 90
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 91
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 91
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 91
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 91
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 92
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 94
1893:
Movies at age 94
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 94
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 94 to age 97
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 94 to age 98
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 95
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 95 to age 96
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 97
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 97
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 98 until after line end
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 99
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 100 until after line end
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 100 until after line end

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