Personal Details

Born	December 4th, 1845
Birthplace	Watertown, NY, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Died	November 2nd, 1891, aged about 46 years
Died at...	Peekskill, NY, USA
Cause of Death	Murder by gunshot
Burial Place	No Entry
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[323]	Charles Denison Blish 6
Mother	[323_sa]	Amelia Austin (Fletcher) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Charles Frederick Blish	Charles Denison Blish	John Denison Blish	John Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Sarah (Gardner) Blish	William Gardner
				Esther (Denison) Gardner
		Elcy "Elsie" (Collins) Blish	Eliphalet "Lifflet" Collins	No Entry
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			Abigail "Abby" (?) Collins	No Entry
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	Amelia Austin (Fletcher) Blish	Rev. Leonard Fletcher	No Entry	No Entry
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		Elenore (Austin) Fletcher	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1845 to 1891

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 6 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 15 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 0 to age 3 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 0 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 0 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 0 to age 4 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 1 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 1 to age 3 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 3 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 3 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 3 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 3 to age 11 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 4 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 4 to age 7 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 5 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 5 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 5 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 5 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 5 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 6 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 7 to age 14 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 8 to age 11 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 8 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 9 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 9 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 9 to age 11 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 12 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 12 to age 21 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 12 to age 15 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 13 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 13 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 14 1859: Oil Well at age 14 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 14 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 15 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 15 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 16 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 16 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 16 to age 20 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 16 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 16 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 16 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 16 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 16 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 16 to age 20 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 16 1861-1865: Civil War from age 16 to age 20 1862: US Homestead act at age 17 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 18 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 18 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 18 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 18 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 18 to age 34 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 18 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 19 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 19 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 20 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 20 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 20 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 21 to age 23 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 21 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 22 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 22 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 22 1867: Dynamite at age 22 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 22 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 23 to age 33 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 24 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 24 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 24 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 24 to age 31 1869: Suez canal opened at age 24 1870: US black men can vote at age 25 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 25 to age 26 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 25 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 26 1873: Color Photographs at age 28 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 28 to age 33 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 31 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 31 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 31 1876: American Centennial at age 31 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 32 to age 35 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 32 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 33 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 34 1879: Zulu war at age 34 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 36 to age 40 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 36 until after line end 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 36 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 36 1884: 1st subway at age 39 1884: Motorcycle at age 39 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 40 to age 43 1885: Automobile at age 40 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 41 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 42 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 43 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 43 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 44 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 44 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 44 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 44 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 44 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 44 until after line end 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 45 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 45 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 45 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 45 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 46

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