Personal Details

Born	November 20th, 1838
Birthplace	Middle Haddam, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Died	August 16th, 1905, aged about 67 years
Died at...	Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
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Burial Place	Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
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Parents

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

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [512_sa] - Jane (Smith) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Willimantic, CT, USA Children by this spouse: I [878] William Arthur Blish 8 b. March 5th, 1876 c. June II [879]+ Ernest Luverne Blish 8 b. January 30th, 1878 c. April

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
William Lorin 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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Personalized History Timeline, 1838 to 1905

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 13 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 22 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 4 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 63 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 2 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 0 to age 1 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 1 to age 4 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 3 to age 6 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 4 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 6 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 7 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 7 to age 11 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 7 to age 10 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 7 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 8 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 8 to age 10 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 10 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 10 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 10 to age 18 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 10 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 11 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 11 to age 14 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 12 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 12 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 12 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 12 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 12 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 13 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 21 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 15 to age 18 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 15 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 16 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 16 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 16 to age 18 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 19 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 19 to age 28 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 19 to age 22 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 20 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 20 1859: Oil Well at age 21 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 21 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 21 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 22 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 22 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 23 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 23 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 23 to age 27 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 23 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 23 1861-1865: Civil War from age 23 to age 27 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 23 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 23 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 23 to age 27 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 23 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 23 1862: US Homestead act at age 24 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 25 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 25 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 41 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 25 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 25 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 25 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 26 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 26 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 27 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 27 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 27 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 28 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 28 to age 30 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 29 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 29 1867: Dynamite at age 29 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 29 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 29 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 30 to age 40 1869: Suez canal opened at age 31 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 31 to age 38 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 31 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 31 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 31 1870: US black men can vote at age 32 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 32 to age 33 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 32 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 33 1873: Color Photographs at age 35 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 35 to age 40 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 38 1876: American Centennial at age 38 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 38 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 38 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 39 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 39 to age 42 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 40 1879: Zulu war at age 41 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 41 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 43 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 43 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 58 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 43 to age 47 1884: Motorcycle at age 46 1884: 1st subway at age 46 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 47 to age 50 1885: Automobile at age 47 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 48 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 49 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 50 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 50 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 51 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 51 to age 54 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 51 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 51 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 51 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 51 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 52 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 52 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 52 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 52 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 53 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 55 to age 59 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 55 1893: Movies at age 55 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 55 to age 58 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 55 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 56 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 56 to age 57 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 58 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 58 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 59 to age 63 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 60 1899-1902: Boer war from age 61 to age 64 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 61 until after line end 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 62 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 62 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 62 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 63 1901: First British submarine launched at age 63 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 63 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 63 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 63 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 63 until after line end 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 63 until after line end 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 63 1903: Airplane at age 65 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 65 1904: Radar at age 66 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 66 to age 67

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