Personal Details

Born	March 22nd, 1827
Birthplace	South Coventry, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	February 6th, 1886, aged about 59 years
Died at...	No Entry
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Willimantic, CT, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[291]	Robert Stiles Blish 6
Mother	[291_sa]	Dorothy "Dolly" (McCall) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [515_sa] - Julia (Wallen) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Coventry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Lewis Blish	Robert Stiles 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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	Dorothy "Dolly" (McCall) Blish	Elisha McCall	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) McCall	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1827 to 1886

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 7 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 3 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 2 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from before birth until age 1 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 0 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 0 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 0 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 1 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 1 to age 9 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 1 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 2 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 2 to age 24 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 3 to age 33 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 3 to age 10 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 3 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 5 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 6 1833: Telegraph at age 6 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 7 1835: Halley's Comet at age 8 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 8 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 8 to age 15 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 9 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 9 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 9 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 10 until after line end 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 10 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 10 to age 13 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 10 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 11 to age 12 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 12 to age 15 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 14 to age 17 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 15 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 17 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 18 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 18 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 18 to age 21 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 18 to age 22 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 19 to age 21 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 19 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 21 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 21 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 21 to age 29 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 21 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 22 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 22 to age 25 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 23 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 23 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 23 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 23 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 23 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 24 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 32 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 26 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 26 to age 29 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 27 to age 29 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 27 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 27 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 30 to age 39 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 30 to age 33 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 30 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 31 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 31 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 32 1859: Oil Well at age 32 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 32 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 33 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 33 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 34 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 34 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 34 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 34 to age 38 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 34 to age 38 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 34 1861-1865: Civil War from age 34 to age 38 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 34 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 34 1862: US Homestead act at age 35 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 36 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 36 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 36 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 36 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 36 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 36 to age 52 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 37 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 37 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 38 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 38 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 38 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 39 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 39 to age 41 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 40 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 40 1867: Dynamite at age 40 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 40 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 40 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 41 to age 51 1869: Suez canal opened at age 42 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 42 to age 49 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 42 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 42 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 42 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 43 1870: US black men can vote at age 43 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 43 to age 44 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 44 1873: Color Photographs at age 46 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 46 to age 51 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 49 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 49 1876: American Centennial at age 49 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 49 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 50 to age 53 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 50 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 51 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 52 1879: Zulu war at age 52 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 54 to age 58 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 54 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 54 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 54 until after line end 1884: Motorcycle at age 57 1884: 1st subway at age 57 1885: Automobile at age 58 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 58 until after line end 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 59

Additional Information

Lewis Blish was a cotton mill operative, and later became a superintendent. He was a genial man, devoted to his home and family. Lewis Blish is mentioned in the USS Constitution's log of 1 Aug 1865. He would have been 36 years of age at the time of the log entry, so it is very likely that he is not one of the crew. A summary of log entry found by genealogist Charles Benjamin in 1999 is: Paymaster's Steward Porter D. Morris, Ship's Corporal Chas Howland, and Seamen Thos Clark and Jno McCue AWOL at Newport -- Lewis Blish mentioned -- loading Academy furniture for transport. Sources: USS Constitution log, 1 March 1865 - 14 February 1866 in national archives

Ship's Records

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