Personal Details

Born	June 17th, 1812
Birthplace	Gilsum, NH, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	November 5th, 1893, aged about 81 years
Died at...	Dowagiac, county of Cass, Michigan, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
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Parents

Father	[346]	David Blish 6
Mother	[346_sa]	Mary "Polly" (Whitney) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [621sa] - Julia Ann (Gilbert) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Ewardsburg, Michigan, USA Children by this spouse: I [946] William Gilbert Blish 8 b. October 26th, 1842 c. January II [947]+ Emily (Blish) Corey 8 b. August 27th, 1846 c. November III [948]+ David Blish 8 b. September 14th, 1853 c. December IV [949]+ Frank Blish 8 b. September 18th, 1862 c. December

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Daniel Blish	David Blish	Deacon David Blish	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Lucy (Wilcox) Blish	Obadiah Wilcox	No Entry
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			Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox	No Entry
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	Mary "Polly" (Whitney) Blish	Samuel Whitney	No Entry	No Entry
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		Mary (?) Whitney	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1812 to 1893

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 22 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 8 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 3 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 4 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 0 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 0 to age 2 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 0 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 3 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 3 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 3 1816: Photographic Negative at age 4 1816: Stethoscope at age 4 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 4 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 5 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 5 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 11 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 5 to age 12 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 5 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 5 to age 13 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 6 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 6 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 7 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 7 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 7 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 8 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 8 to age 18 1821: 1st US women's college at age 9 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 9 to age 17 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 9 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 9 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 10 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 12 1824: Erie canal finished at age 12 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 12 to age 16 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 14 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 15 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 15 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 15 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 16 to age 24 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 16 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 16 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 39 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 17 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 18 to age 25 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 18 to age 48 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 18 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 20 1833: Telegraph at age 21 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 21 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 22 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 23 1835: Halley's Comet at age 23 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 23 to age 30 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 24 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 24 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 24 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 25 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 25 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 25 to age 28 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 25 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 26 to age 27 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 27 to age 30 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 29 to age 32 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 30 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 32 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 33 to age 36 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 33 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 33 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 33 to age 37 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 34 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 34 to age 36 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 36 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 36 to age 44 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 36 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 36 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 37 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 37 to age 40 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 38 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 38 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 38 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 38 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 38 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 39 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 40 to age 47 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 41 to age 44 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 41 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 42 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 42 to age 44 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 42 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 45 to age 54 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 45 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 45 to age 48 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 46 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 46 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 47 1859: Oil Well at age 47 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 47 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 48 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 48 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 49 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 49 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 49 1861-1865: Civil War from age 49 to age 53 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 49 to age 53 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 49 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 49 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 49 to age 53 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 49 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 49 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 49 1862: US Homestead act at age 50 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 51 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 51 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 51 to age 67 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 51 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 51 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 51 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 52 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 52 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 53 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 53 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 53 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 54 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 54 to age 56 1867: Dynamite at age 55 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 55 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 55 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 55 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 55 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 56 to age 66 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 57 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 57 to age 64 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 57 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 57 1869: Suez canal opened at age 57 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 58 1870: US black men can vote at age 58 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 58 to age 59 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 59 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 61 to age 66 1873: Color Photographs at age 61 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 64 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 64 1876: American Centennial at age 64 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 64 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 65 to age 68 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 65 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 66 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 67 1879: Zulu war at age 67 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 69 to age 73 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 69 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 69 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 69 until after line end 1884: 1st subway at age 72 1884: Motorcycle at age 72 1885: Automobile at age 73 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 73 to age 76 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 74 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 75 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 76 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 76 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 77 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 77 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 77 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 77 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 77 to age 80 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 77 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 78 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 78 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 78 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 78 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 79 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 81 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 81 until after line end 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 81 1893: Movies at age 81 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 81 until after line end

Additional Information

From the JKB 1905 Volume: When Daniel Blish was about four years old, his father took the family to Essex County, New York. About nine years thereafter, he again moved, to Peru, New York. Daniel learned the mill-wrights trade, and in 1839, came west, and for some years followed his trade, at various points. He repaired his brother David's mill at Escanaba, Michigan, built a mill at Niles, Michigan, another at Summerville, Cass county, Michigan. His father-in-law, William B. Gilbert, gave him 80 acres of land in Silver Creek township, near his own, where he began the work of clearing off the timber and making a farm. After establishing himself here and getting his farm in shape, he bought more land, and put himself into comfortable circumstances. In 1854 he built a new house on the farm, and lived there until 1874, when he moved to Dowegiac. His wife, Julia Ann, died in 1886 and he afterwards made his home with his son David, until 1889, and then with his daughter Emily, until his death, which occurred November 5th, 1893. He was an industrious and economical man, though never niggardly. His mechanical skill and love of order was manifested in everything about his farm. He was very fond of music and a proficient performer on the flute. As a young man he used to play the fife on training days, and at celebrations on the fourth of July. He was a supervisor of Silver Creek township for ten years, and a Justice of the Peace for 15 years, until he refused re-election. Julia Ann, his wife, was a very expert seamstress, with fine mechanical skill. It is related, that before her marriage, not being able to persuade her father to build a stairway to the upper rooms, she proceeded to built it herself, and did a creditable job. She was a helpful wife and a good mother, of whom her children are justly proud. Her father, William B. Gilbert, traced his ancestry to Sir Walter Gilbert. His grandfather was a sea-captain, and was captured by the British during the revolutionary war and thrown into prison, where he died. His father resided in New York City, where William B. was born. William B. Gilbert served in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Kingston. His wife, Cynthia Sammons, was of German descent, and her father was a revolutionary soldier. William B. Gilbert came west in 1838, prospecting, and in 1839, brought his family to Michigan, consisting of his wife and six children. He was a slim man of iron constitution and widely known, and went by the name of "Uncle Tommy." He died in 1864, at the age of seventy-three. His wife was one of those good-natured, patient German women, who could do the work of a large family, and at the same time do a good days work weaving. She died in 1866, at the age of seventy-one.