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Captain Oliver Blush 6 ("Blush" is a corruption of "Blish") [m]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 11th, 1796 No Image On File
Birthplace Burlington, VT, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died March 26th, 1868, aged about 72 years
Died at... Cleveland, OH, USA
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Brooklyn cemetery, Cleveland, OH, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [161]Joseph Blush, Jr. 5 No Image On File
Mother [161_sa]Sylvia (Taylor) Blish 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[326_sa] - Clarissa (Doke) Blush 6

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Children by this spouse:
I [570] Oliver Lorenzo Blush 7 b. March 7th, 1820 c. June No Image On File
II [571] George Henry Blush 7 b. March 18th, 1822 c. June No Image On File
III [572] Harris E. Blush 7 b. November 19th, 1824 c. February No Image On File
IV [573] Harriet Cynthia Blush 7 b. September 8th, 1826 c. December No Image On File
V [574] William Don Blush 7 b. September 15th, 1828 c. December No Image On File
VI [575]+ Mary Eliza (Blish or "Blush"?) Compton 7 b. August 20th, 1831 c. November No Image On File
VII [576]+ Edward Taylor Chauncy Blush 7 b. September 22nd, 1833 c. December No Image On File
VIII [577] Charles Albert Blush 7 b. October 22nd, 1836 c. January No Image On File
IX [578]+ Rosamond Elizabeth (Blish or "Blush"?) Madison 7 b. July 25th, 1840 c. October No Image On File
X [579]+ Leveret Cornelius Blush 7 b. February 19th, 1843 c. May No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
Captain Oliver BlushJoseph Blush, Jr.Joseph BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew Fuller
Patience (Young) Fuller
Elizabeth (Skinner) BlishDaniel SkinnerNo Entry
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Elizabeth (Hitchcock) SkinnerNo Entry
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Sylvia (Taylor) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1796 to 1868
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 12
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 38
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 24
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 0
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 19
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 0 to age 4
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 0
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 0
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 0
1798:
Lithography at age 2
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 2
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 2 to age 4
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 2
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 3
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 4 to age 13
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 4
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 4
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 4
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 6
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 7
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 7
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 7
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 8 to age 10
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 8
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 9
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 9
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 11
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 12
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 12
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 13
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 13 to age 20
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 14
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 14
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 16
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 16 to age 18
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 16
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 19
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 19
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 19
1816:
Stethoscope at age 20
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 20
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 20
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 21
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 27
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 21 to age 28
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 21
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 21
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 21 to age 29
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 22
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 22
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 23
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 23
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 23
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 24 to age 34
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 24
1821:
1st US women's college at age 25
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 25
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 25
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 25 to age 33
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 26
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 28
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 28
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 28 to age 32
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 30
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 31
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 31
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 31
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 32 to age 40
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 32
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 32
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 33
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 55
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 34 to age 41
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 34
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 34 to age 64
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 36
1833:
Telegraph at age 37
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 37
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 38
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 39
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 39
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 39 to age 46
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 40
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 40
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 40
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 41 to age 44
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 41
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 41 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 41
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 42 to age 43
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 43 to age 46
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 45 to age 48
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 46
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 48
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 49
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 49 to age 52
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 49 to age 53
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 49
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 50 to age 52
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 50
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 52
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 52
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 52
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 52 to age 60
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 53
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 53 to age 56
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 54
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 54
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 54
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 54
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 54
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 55
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 56 to age 63
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 57 to age 60
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 57
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 58
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 58 to age 60
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 58
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 61 to age 64
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 61 to age 70
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 61
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 62
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 62
1859:
Oil Well at age 63
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 63
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 63
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 64
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 64
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 65
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 65 to age 69
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 65
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 65
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 65
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 65
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 65
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 65
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 65 to age 69
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 65
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 65 to age 69
1862:
US Homestead act at age 66
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 67 until after line end
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 67
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 67
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 67
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 67
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 67
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 68
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 68
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 69
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 69
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 69
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 70 to age 72
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 70
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 71
1867:
Dynamite at age 71
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 71
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 71
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 71
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 72 until after line end

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