Personal Details

Born	April 15th, 1832
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Died	March 17th, 1897, aged about 65 years
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Parents

Father	[249]	Captain William Blish 6
Mother	[249_sa]	Katherine (Luce) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
West Luce Blish	Captain William 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
	Katherine (Luce) Blish	? Luce	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Luce	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1832 to 1897

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 2 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 4 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 19 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 28 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 5 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 0 1833: Telegraph at age 1 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 1 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 2 1835: Halley's Comet at age 3 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 3 to age 10 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 3 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 4 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 4 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 4 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 5 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 5 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 5 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 5 to age 8 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 6 to age 7 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 7 to age 10 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 9 to age 12 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 10 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 12 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 13 to age 17 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 13 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 13 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 13 to age 16 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 14 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 14 to age 16 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 16 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 16 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 16 to age 24 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 16 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 17 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 17 to age 20 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 18 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 18 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 18 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 18 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 18 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 19 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 20 to age 27 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 21 to age 24 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 21 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 22 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 22 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 22 to age 24 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 25 to age 28 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 25 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 25 to age 34 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 26 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 26 1859: Oil Well at age 27 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 27 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 27 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 28 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 28 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 29 to age 33 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 29 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 29 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 29 1861-1865: Civil War from age 29 to age 33 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 29 to age 33 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 29 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 29 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 29 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 29 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 29 1862: US Homestead act at age 30 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 31 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 31 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 31 to age 47 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 31 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 31 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 31 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 32 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 32 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 33 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 33 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 33 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 34 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 34 to age 36 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 35 1867: Dynamite at age 35 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 35 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 35 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 35 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 36 to age 46 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 37 to age 44 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 37 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 37 1869: Suez canal opened at age 37 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 37 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 38 to age 39 1870: US black men can vote at age 38 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 38 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 39 1873: Color Photographs at age 41 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 41 to age 46 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 44 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 44 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 44 1876: American Centennial at age 44 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 45 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 45 to age 48 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 46 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 47 1879: Zulu war at age 47 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 49 to age 53 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 49 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 49 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 49 to age 64 1884: Motorcycle at age 52 1884: 1st subway at age 52 1885: Automobile at age 53 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 53 to age 56 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 54 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 55 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 56 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 56 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 57 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 57 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 57 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 57 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 57 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 57 to age 60 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 58 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 58 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 58 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 58 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 59 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 61 to age 64 1893: Movies at age 61 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 61 to age 65 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 61 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 61 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 62 to age 63 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 62 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 64 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 64 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 65 until after line end

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