Personal Details

Born	1825
Birthplace	Waterbury, Vermont, USA
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Died	October 17th, 1904, aged about 79 years
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Cause of Death	struck by train
Burial Place	Topeka, Kansas, USA
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Parents

Father	[327]	Daniel Blish 6
Mother	[327sb]	Margaret (?) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [579Fsa] - Augusta (Sheldon) Blush 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Stowe, Vermont, USA Children by this spouse: I [905] Walter F. Blush 8 b. November 22nd, 1856 c. February II [906] Maud Blush 8 b. August, 1868 c. November

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Van Rensselaer Blush	Daniel Blish	Joseph Blush, Jr.	Joseph Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Elizabeth (Skinner) Blish	Daniel Skinner
				Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Skinner
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	Margaret (?) Blish	No Entry	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1825 to 1904

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 9 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 0 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 5 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 4 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from before birth until age 3 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 1 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 2 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 2 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 2 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 3 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 3 to age 11 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 3 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 4 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 4 to age 26 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 5 to age 12 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 5 to age 35 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 5 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 7 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 8 1833: Telegraph at age 8 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 9 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 10 to age 17 1835: Halley's Comet at age 10 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 10 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 11 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 11 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 11 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 12 to age 15 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 12 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 12 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 12 to age 76 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 13 to age 14 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 14 to age 17 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 16 to age 19 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 17 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 19 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 20 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 20 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 20 to age 23 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 20 to age 24 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 21 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 21 to age 23 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 23 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 23 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 23 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 23 to age 31 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 24 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 24 to age 27 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 25 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 25 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 25 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 25 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 25 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 26 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 27 to age 34 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 28 to age 31 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 28 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 29 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 29 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 29 to age 31 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 32 to age 35 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 32 to age 41 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 32 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 33 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 33 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 34 1859: Oil Well at age 34 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 34 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 35 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 35 1861-1865: Civil War from age 36 to age 40 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 36 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 36 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 36 to age 40 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 36 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 36 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 36 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 36 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 36 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 36 to age 40 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 36 1862: US Homestead act at age 37 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 38 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 38 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 38 to age 54 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 38 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 38 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 38 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 39 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 39 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 40 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 40 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 40 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 41 to age 43 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 41 1867: Dynamite at age 42 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 42 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 42 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 42 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 42 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 43 to age 53 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 44 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 44 to age 51 1869: Suez canal opened at age 44 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 44 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 44 1870: US black men can vote at age 45 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 45 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 45 to age 46 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 46 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 48 to age 53 1873: Color Photographs at age 48 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 51 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 51 1876: American Centennial at age 51 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 51 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 52 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 52 to age 55 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 53 1879: Zulu war at age 54 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 54 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 56 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 56 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 56 to age 71 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 56 to age 60 1884: Motorcycle at age 59 1884: 1st subway at age 59 1885: Automobile at age 60 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 60 to age 63 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 61 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 62 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 63 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 63 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 64 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 64 to age 67 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 64 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 64 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 64 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 64 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 65 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 65 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 65 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 65 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 66 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 68 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 68 to age 72 1893: Movies at age 68 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 68 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 68 to age 71 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 69 to age 70 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 69 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 71 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 71 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 72 to age 76 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 73 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 74 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 74 to age 77 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 75 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 75 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 75 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 76 1901: First British submarine launched at age 76 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 76 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 76 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 76 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 76 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 76 until after line end 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 76 until after line end 1903: Airplane at age 78 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 78 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 79 until after line end 1904: Radar at age 79

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