Personal Details

Born	August 16th, 1811
Birthplace	Smyrna, NY, USA
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Parents

Father	[158]	John Denison Blish 5
Mother	[158_sa]	Hannah (Otis) Blish 5

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Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2
Eliza Goold Blish	John Denison Blish	John Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)
				Hannah (Hull) Blish
			Anne (Fuller) Blish	Matthew Fuller
				Patience (Young) Fuller
		Sarah (Gardner) Blish	William Gardner	No Entry
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	Hannah (Otis) Blish	Charles Otis	No Entry	No Entry
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		Elizabeth (Sweetland) Otis	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1811 to 1911

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 23 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 9 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 4 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 5 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 1 to age 3 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 1 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 1 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 4 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 4 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 4 1816: Photographic Negative at age 5 1816: Stethoscope at age 5 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 5 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 6 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 6 to age 13 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 6 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 6 to age 14 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 6 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 12 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 7 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 7 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 8 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 8 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 8 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 9 to age 19 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 9 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 10 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 10 1821: 1st US women's college at age 10 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 10 to age 18 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 11 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 13 1824: Erie canal finished at age 13 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 13 to age 17 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 15 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 16 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 16 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 16 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 17 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 17 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 17 to age 25 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 18 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 18 to age 40 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 19 to age 26 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 19 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 19 to age 49 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 21 1833: Telegraph at age 22 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 22 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 23 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 24 to age 31 1835: Halley's Comet at age 24 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 24 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 25 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 25 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 25 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 26 to age 90 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 26 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 26 to age 29 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 26 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 27 to age 28 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 28 to age 31 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 30 to age 33 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 31 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 33 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 34 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 34 to age 38 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 34 to age 37 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 34 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 35 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 35 to age 37 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 37 to age 45 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 37 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 37 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 37 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 38 to age 41 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 38 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 39 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 39 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 39 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 39 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 39 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 40 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 41 to age 48 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 42 to age 45 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 42 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 43 to age 45 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 43 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 43 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 46 to age 49 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 46 to age 55 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 46 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 47 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 47 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 48 1859: Oil Well at age 48 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 48 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 49 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 49 1861-1865: Civil War from age 50 to age 54 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 50 to age 54 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 50 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 50 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 50 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 50 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 50 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 50 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 50 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 50 to age 54 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 50 1862: US Homestead act at age 51 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 52 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 52 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 52 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 52 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 52 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 52 to age 68 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 53 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 53 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 54 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 54 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 54 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 55 to age 57 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 55 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 56 1867: Dynamite at age 56 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 56 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 56 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 56 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 57 to age 67 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 58 to age 65 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 58 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 58 1869: Suez canal opened at age 58 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 58 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 59 1870: US black men can vote at age 59 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 59 to age 60 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 60 1873: Color Photographs at age 62 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 62 to age 67 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 65 1876: American Centennial at age 65 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 65 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 65 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 66 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 66 to age 69 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 67 1879: Zulu war at age 68 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 68 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 70 to age 74 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 70 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 70 to age 85 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 70 1884: 1st subway at age 73 1884: Motorcycle at age 73 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 74 to age 77 1885: Automobile at age 74 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 75 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 76 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 77 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 77 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 78 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 78 to age 81 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 78 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 78 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 78 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 78 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 79 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 79 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 79 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 79 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 80 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 82 to age 85 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 82 to age 86 1893: Movies at age 82 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 82 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 82 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 83 to age 84 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 83 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 85 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 85 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 86 to age 90 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 87 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 88 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 88 to age 91 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 89 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 89 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 89 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 90 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 90 to age 97 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 90 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 90 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 90 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 90 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 90 to age 99 1901: First British submarine launched at age 90 1903: Airplane at age 92 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 92 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 93 to age 94 1904: Radar at age 93 1907: Plastic at age 96 1907: Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 96 1908: Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 97 1909: North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 98 1909: Union of South Africa formed at age 98 1909-1912: William Howard Taft president of US from age 98 until after line end 1910: Japan annexes Korea at age 99 1910: Halley's Comet at age 99 1910-1936: Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 99 until after line end 1911: South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 100

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