Personal Details

Born	February 1st, 1834
Birthplace	Painesville, OH, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Died	March 20th, 1906, aged about 72 years
Died at...	Mentor, Ohio, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Mentor, Ohio, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[277]	Deacon Justice Benjamin Blish 6
Mother	[277_sa]	Artemisia (Perkins) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [493x_sa] - Ediltha (Prouty) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Mentor, OH, USA Children by this spouse: No Records of Children
Wife #2 [493x_sb] - Helen D. Pardee (Dickey) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
George Blish	Deacon Justice Benjamin Blish	Benjamin Blish	Benjamin Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Mary (Adams) Blish	John Adams
				Ruth (Loomis) Adams
		Phebe (Skinner) Blish	No Entry	No Entry
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	Artemisia (Perkins) Blish	Grant Perkins	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Perkins	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1834 to 1906

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 0 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 2 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 17 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 3 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 26 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 0 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 1 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 1 to age 8 1835: Halley's Comet at age 1 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 2 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 2 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 2 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 3 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 3 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 3 to age 67 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 3 to age 6 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 4 to age 5 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 5 to age 8 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 7 to age 10 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 8 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 10 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 11 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 11 to age 14 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 11 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 11 to age 15 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 12 to age 14 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 12 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 14 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 14 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 14 to age 22 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 14 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 15 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 15 to age 18 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 16 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 16 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 16 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 16 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 16 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 17 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 18 to age 25 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 19 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 19 to age 22 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 20 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 20 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 20 to age 22 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 23 to age 32 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 23 to age 26 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 23 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 24 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 24 1859: Oil Well at age 25 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 25 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 25 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 26 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 26 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 27 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 27 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 27 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 27 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 27 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 27 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 27 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 27 to age 31 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 27 to age 31 1861-1865: Civil War from age 27 to age 31 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 27 1862: US Homestead act at age 28 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 29 to age 45 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 29 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 29 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 29 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 29 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 29 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 30 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 30 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 31 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 31 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 31 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 32 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 32 to age 34 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 33 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 33 1867: Dynamite at age 33 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 33 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 33 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 34 to age 44 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 35 1869: Suez canal opened at age 35 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 35 to age 42 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 35 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 35 1870: US black men can vote at age 36 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 36 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 36 to age 37 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 37 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 39 to age 44 1873: Color Photographs at age 39 1876: American Centennial at age 42 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 42 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 42 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 42 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 43 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 43 to age 46 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 44 1879: Zulu war at age 45 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 45 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 47 to age 51 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 47 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 47 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 62 1884: Motorcycle at age 50 1884: 1st subway at age 50 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 51 to age 54 1885: Automobile at age 51 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 52 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 53 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 54 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 54 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 55 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 55 to age 58 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 55 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 55 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 55 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 55 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 56 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 56 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 56 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 56 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 57 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 59 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 59 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 59 to age 62 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 59 to age 63 1893: Movies at age 59 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 60 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 60 to age 61 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 62 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 62 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 63 to age 67 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 64 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 65 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 65 to age 68 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 66 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 66 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 66 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 67 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 67 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 67 until after line end 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 67 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 67 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 67 1901: First British submarine launched at age 67 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 67 until after line end 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 69 1903: Airplane at age 69 1904: Radar at age 70 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 70 to age 71

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