Personal Details

Born	1793
Birthplace	Woodstock, VT, USA
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Died	January 5th, 1861, aged about 68 years
Died at...	Chicago, IL, USA
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Parents

Father	[349_sa_f]	Stephen Wales 5
Mother	[349_sa_m]	Mary (?) Wales 5

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [349] - John Blish 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [638] Merab Ann Blish 7 b. August 8th, 1815 c. November II [639]+ Ellen Douglas (Blish) Burnham 7 b. March 10th, 1817 c. June III [640]+ Lucy Hedding (Blish) Alden 7 b. May 5th, 1819 c. August IV [641]+ John Hedding Blish 7 b. April 25th, 1821 c. July V [642] Mary Blish 7 b. April 5th, 1823 c. July VI [643]+ Elijah Hedding Blish 7 b. February 20th, 1827 c. May VII [644]+ Mary Dunham (Blish) Marsh 7 b. February 20th, 1827 c. May VIII [645]+ Edwin Wales Blish 7 b. December 25th, 1829 c. March IX [646] Emily Tinkham (Blish) Williams 7 b. November 3rd, 1831 c. February X [647] William Wales Blish 7 b. December 5th, 1833 c. March

Immediate Family Tree

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Personalized History Timeline, 1793 to 1861

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 15 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 41 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 27 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 3 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 22 1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 0 1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 0 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 1 1794: US Navy Established at age 1 1794: US Post Office Established at age 1 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 3 to age 7 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 3 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 3 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 3 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 5 to age 7 1798: Lithography at age 5 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 5 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 5 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 6 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 7 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 7 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 7 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 7 to age 16 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 9 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 10 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 10 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 10 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 11 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 11 to age 13 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 12 1805: Morphine isolated at age 12 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 14 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 15 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 15 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 16 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 16 to age 23 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 17 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 17 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 19 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 19 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 19 to age 21 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 22 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 22 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 22 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 23 1816: Photographic Negative at age 23 1816: Stethoscope at age 23 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 24 to age 32 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 24 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 24 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 24 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 24 to age 30 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 24 to age 31 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 25 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 25 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 26 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 26 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 26 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 27 to age 37 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 27 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 28 1821: 1st US women's college at age 28 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 28 to age 36 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 28 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 29 1824: Erie canal finished at age 31 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 31 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 31 to age 35 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 33 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 34 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 34 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 34 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 35 to age 43 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 35 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 35 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 36 to age 58 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 36 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 37 to age 44 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 37 to age 67 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 37 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 39 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 40 1833: Telegraph at age 40 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 41 1835: Halley's Comet at age 42 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 42 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 42 to age 49 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 43 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 43 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 43 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 44 to age 47 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 44 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 44 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 44 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 45 to age 46 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 46 to age 49 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 48 to age 51 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 49 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 51 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 52 to age 55 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 52 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 52 to age 56 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 52 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 53 to age 55 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 53 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 55 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 55 to age 63 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 55 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 55 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 56 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 56 to age 59 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 57 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 57 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 57 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 57 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 57 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 58 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 59 to age 66 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 60 to age 63 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 60 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 61 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 61 to age 63 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 61 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 64 until after line end 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 64 to age 67 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 64 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 65 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 65 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 66 1859: Oil Well at age 66 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 66 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 67 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 67 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 68 until after line end 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 68 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 68 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 68 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 68 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 68 1861-1865: Civil War from age 68 until after line end 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 68 until after line end 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 68 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 68 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 68

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