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Nancy Cornelia (Merriam) Blish 6 [f]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born November 17th, 1805 No Image On File
Birthplace Harpersfield, NY, USA
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Died February 3rd, 1879, aged about 74 years
Died at... Stamford, NY, USA
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Burial Place Stamford, NY, USA
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Parents
Father [383_sa_f]Asahel Merriam 5 No Image On File
Mother [383_sa_m]Phebe (Osborne) Merriam 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[383] - Aristarchus Blish 6

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Children by this spouse:
I [691]+ Caroline Delia (Blish) Rich 7 b. September 3rd, 1824 c. December No Image On File
II [692]+ Evaline Celia (Blish) Smith 7 b. June 5th, 1826 c. September No Image On File
III [693]+ Lorana Ann (Blish) McLaury 7 b. April 7th, 1828 c. July No Image On File
IV [694]+ Morilla Louise (Blish) Abel 7 b. August 15th, 1831 c. November No Image On File
V [695]+ Joshua Webster Blish 7 b. July 4th, 1834 c. October No Image On File
VI [696] Harriet Blish 7 b. May 14th, 1836 c. August No Image On File
VII [697]+ Emily Florella (Blish) King 7 b. October 23rd, 1840 c. January No Image On File
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Personalized History Timeline, 1805 to 1879
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 3
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 29
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 15
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 10
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from before birth until age 4
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from before birth until age 1
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 0
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 0
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 2
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 3
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 3
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 4
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 4 to age 11
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 5
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 5
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 7
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 7 to age 9
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 7
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 10
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 10
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 10
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 11
1816:
Stethoscope at age 11
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 11
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 12
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 12 to age 19
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 12
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 12 to age 18
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 12
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 12 to age 20
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 13
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 13
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 14
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 14
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 14
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 15
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 15 to age 25
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 16
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 16
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 16 to age 24
1821:
1st US women's college at age 16
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 17
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 19
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 19 to age 23
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 19
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 21
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 22
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 22
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 22
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 23
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 23 to age 31
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 23
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 24 to age 46
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 24
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 25
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 25 to age 32
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 25 to age 55
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 27
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 28
1833:
Telegraph at age 28
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 29
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 30
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 30
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 30 to age 37
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 31
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 31
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 31
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 32 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 32 to age 35
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 32
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 32
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 33 to age 34
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 34 to age 37
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 36 to age 39
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 37
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 39
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 40 to age 43
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 40 to age 44
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 40
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 40
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 41 to age 43
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 41
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 43 to age 51
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 43
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 43
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 43
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 44 to age 47
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 44
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 45
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 45
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 45
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 45
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 45
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 46
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 54
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 48 to age 51
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 48
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 49 to age 51
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 49
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 49
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 52
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 52 to age 55
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 52 to age 61
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 53
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 53
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 54
1859:
Oil Well at age 54
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 54
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 55
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 55
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 56
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 56 to age 60
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 56
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 56
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 56
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 56
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 56 to age 60
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 56
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 56 to age 60
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 56
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 56
1862:
US Homestead act at age 57
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 58
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 58
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 58
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 58
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 58
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 58 to age 74
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 59
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 59
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 60
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 60
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 60
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 61
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 61 to age 63
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 62
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 62
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 62
1867:
Dynamite at age 62
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 62
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 63 to age 73
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 64
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 64 to age 71
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 64
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 64
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 64
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 65
1870:
US black men can vote at age 65
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 65 to age 66
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 66
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 68 to age 73
1873:
Color Photographs at age 68
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 71
1876:
American Centennial at age 71
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 71
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 71
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 72
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 72 until after line end
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 73
1879:
Zulu war at age 74
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 74

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