Personal Details

Born	September 11th, 1835
Birthplace	No Entry
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	November 9th, 1861, aged about 26 years
Died at...	VA, USA
Cause of Death	(pneumonia in army)
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Disposition	No Entry

Parents

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

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [494sa] - Mary (Corning) Hills 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: West Mentor, Ohio, USA Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
James M. 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, 1835 to 1861

1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 1 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 16 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 25 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 2 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 0 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 0 to age 7 1835: Halley's Comet at age 0 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 1 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 1 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 1 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 2 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 2 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 2 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 2 to age 5 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 3 to age 4 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 4 to age 7 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 6 to age 9 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 7 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 9 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 10 to age 14 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 10 to age 13 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 10 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 10 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 11 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 11 to age 13 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 13 to age 21 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 13 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 13 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 13 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 14 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 14 to age 17 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 15 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 15 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 15 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 15 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 15 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 16 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 24 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 18 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 18 to age 21 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 19 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 19 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 19 to age 21 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 22 until after line end 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 22 to age 25 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 22 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 23 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 23 1859: Oil Well at age 24 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 24 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 24 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 25 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 25 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 26 until after line end 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 26 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 26 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 26 1861-1865: Civil War from age 26 until after line end 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 26 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 26 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 26 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 26 until after line end 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 26 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 26

Additional Information

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Service Records

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