Personal Details

Born	October 20th, 1833
Birthplace	Hebron, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Died	January 18th, 1892, aged about 59 years
Died at...	Willimantic, CT, USA
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Parents

Father	[286]	Elisha Blish 6
Mother	[286_sa]	Laura (Button) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [510_sa] - Nellie (Gaines) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Stafford Springs, CT, USA Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Asa Hills Blish	Elisha Blish	Ezra Blish	Sylvanus Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Esther (Way) Blish	No Entry
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		Hannah (Hills) Blish	No Entry	No Entry
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	Laura (Button) Blish	? Button	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Button	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1833 to 1892

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 1 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 3 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 18 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 4 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 27 1833: Telegraph at age 0 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 0 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 1 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 2 1835: Halley's Comet at age 2 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 2 to age 9 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 3 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 3 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 3 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 4 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 4 to age 7 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 4 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 4 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 5 to age 6 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 6 to age 9 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 8 to age 11 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 9 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 11 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 12 to age 15 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 12 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 12 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 12 to age 16 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 13 to age 15 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 13 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 15 to age 23 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 15 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 15 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 15 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 16 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 16 to age 19 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 17 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 17 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 17 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 17 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 17 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 18 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 26 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 20 to age 23 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 20 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 21 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 21 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 21 to age 23 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 24 to age 33 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 24 to age 27 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 24 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 25 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 25 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 26 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 26 1859: Oil Well at age 26 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 27 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 27 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 28 to age 32 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 28 to age 32 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 28 1861-1865: Civil War from age 28 to age 32 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 28 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 28 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 28 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 28 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 28 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 28 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 28 1862: US Homestead act at age 29 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 30 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 46 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 30 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 30 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 30 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 30 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 31 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 31 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 32 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 32 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 32 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 33 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 33 to age 35 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 34 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 34 1867: Dynamite at age 34 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 34 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 34 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 35 to age 45 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 36 1869: Suez canal opened at age 36 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 36 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 36 to age 43 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 36 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 37 to age 38 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 37 1870: US black men can vote at age 37 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 38 1873: Color Photographs at age 40 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 40 to age 45 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 43 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 43 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 43 1876: American Centennial at age 43 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 44 to age 47 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 44 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 45 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 46 1879: Zulu war at age 46 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 48 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 48 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 48 until after line end 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 48 to age 52 1884: 1st subway at age 51 1884: Motorcycle at age 51 1885: Automobile at age 52 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 52 to age 55 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 53 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 54 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 55 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 55 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 56 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 56 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 56 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 56 to age 59 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 56 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 56 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 57 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 57 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 57 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 57 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 58

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