Personal Details

Born	February 17th, 1820
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Died	March 29th, 1896, aged about 76 years
Died at...	New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Parents

Father	[243]	John Blish 6
Mother	[243_sa]	Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [474_sa] - Mary H. (Calder) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [857]+ John Arthur Blish 8 b. June 3rd, 1849 c. September

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Captain Samuel Blish, ship master	John Blish	Stacey "grey eagle" Blish	John Blish	Reuben Blish
				Elizabeth (?) Bodfish
			Mary (Goodspeed) Blish	Ebeneer Goodspeed, Jr.
				? (?) Goodspeed
		Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish	? Barker or "Baxter"?	No Entry
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			Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?	? Stacey
				? (?) Stacey
	Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish	? Farnsworth	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Farnsworth	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1820 to 1896

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 14 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 0 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 4 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 3 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 5 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 0 to age 10 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 0 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 1 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 1 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 1 to age 9 1821: 1st US women's college at age 1 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 2 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 4 to age 8 1824: Erie canal finished at age 4 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 4 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 6 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 7 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 7 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 7 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 8 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 8 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 8 to age 16 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 9 to age 31 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 9 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 10 to age 17 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 10 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 10 to age 40 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 12 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 13 1833: Telegraph at age 13 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 14 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 15 to age 22 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 15 1835: Halley's Comet at age 15 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 16 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 16 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 16 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 17 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 17 to age 20 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 17 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 17 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 18 to age 19 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 19 to age 22 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 21 to age 24 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 22 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 24 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 25 to age 29 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 25 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 25 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 25 to age 28 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 26 to age 28 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 26 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 28 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 28 to age 36 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 28 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 28 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 29 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 29 to age 32 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 30 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 30 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 30 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 30 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 30 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 31 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 32 to age 39 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 33 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 33 to age 36 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 34 to age 36 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 34 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 34 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 37 to age 40 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 37 to age 46 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 37 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 38 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 38 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 39 1859: Oil Well at age 39 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 39 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 40 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 40 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 41 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 41 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 41 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 41 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 41 to age 45 1861-1865: Civil War from age 41 to age 45 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 41 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 41 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 41 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 41 to age 45 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 41 1862: US Homestead act at age 42 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 43 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 43 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 43 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 43 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 59 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 43 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 44 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 44 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 45 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 45 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 45 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 46 to age 48 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 46 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 47 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 47 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 47 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 47 1867: Dynamite at age 47 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 48 to age 58 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 49 1869: Suez canal opened at age 49 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 49 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 49 to age 56 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 49 1870: US black men can vote at age 50 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 50 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 50 to age 51 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 51 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 53 to age 58 1873: Color Photographs at age 53 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 56 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 56 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 56 1876: American Centennial at age 56 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 57 to age 60 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 57 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 58 1879: Zulu war at age 59 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 59 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 61 to age 65 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 61 to age 76 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 61 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 61 1884: 1st subway at age 64 1884: Motorcycle at age 64 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 65 to age 68 1885: Automobile at age 65 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 66 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 67 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 68 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 68 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 69 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 69 to age 72 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 69 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 69 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 69 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 69 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 70 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 70 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 70 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 70 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 71 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 73 until after line end 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 73 to age 76 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 73 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 73 1893: Movies at age 73 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 74 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 74 to age 75 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 76 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 76

Additional Information

Captain Samuel Blish died on March 29, 1896 at his home at Raritan Landing in Piscataway Township at 3:30 in the afternoon. He was 76 years old. He leaves one son, John Arthur Blish, an architect with an office at 86 Church St. in New Brunswick. Mr. Blish was a captain for many years and had charge of some of the sailing vessels under Robert Merritt. He was also a prominent member of the Middlesex County Board of Agriculture. He has raised several prize crops on his farm. He was a man of very strong character, bright intellect, and public spirit. His death will be a great loss. From the March 30, 1896 isue of The Daily Times, New Brunswick, NJ.