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Died	March 16th, 1896
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Parents

Father	[641_sa_f]	Meedy White Shields 6
Mother	[641_sa_m]	Eliza P. (Ewing) Shields 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [641] - John Hedding Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Seymour, IN, USA Children by this spouse: I [968]+ Meedy Shields Blish 8 b. December 14th, 1855 c. March II [969]+ Emma Merab (Blish) Thompson 8 b. June 1st, 1858 c. September III [970] Commander John Bell Blish 8 b. September 8th, 1860 c. December IV [971]+ Lucy Shields (Blish) Humbert 8 b. October 8th, 1862 c. January V [972] Tipton Shields Blish 8 b. January 13th, 1865 c. April

Immediate Family Tree

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Personalized History Timeline, 1796 to 1896

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 12 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 38 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 24 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 0 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 19 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 0 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 0 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 0 to age 4 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 0 1798: Lithography at age 2 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 2 to age 4 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 2 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 2 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 3 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 4 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 4 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 4 to age 13 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 4 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 6 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 7 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 7 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 7 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 8 to age 10 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 8 1805: Morphine isolated at age 9 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 9 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 11 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 12 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 12 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 13 to age 20 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 13 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 14 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 14 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 16 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 16 to age 18 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 16 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 19 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 19 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 19 1816: Stethoscope at age 20 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 20 1816: Photographic Negative at age 20 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 21 to age 28 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 21 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 27 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 21 to age 29 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 21 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 21 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 22 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 22 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 23 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 23 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 23 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 24 to age 34 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 24 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 25 1821: 1st US women's college at age 25 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 25 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 25 to age 33 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 26 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 28 to age 32 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 28 1824: Erie canal finished at age 28 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 30 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 31 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 31 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 31 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 32 to age 40 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 32 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 32 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 55 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 33 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 34 to age 64 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 34 to age 41 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 34 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 36 1833: Telegraph at age 37 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 37 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 38 1835: Halley's Comet at age 39 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 39 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 39 to age 46 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 40 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 40 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 40 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 41 until after line end 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 41 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 41 to age 44 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 41 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 42 to age 43 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 43 to age 46 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 45 to age 48 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 46 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 48 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 49 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 49 to age 52 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 49 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 49 to age 53 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 50 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 50 to age 52 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 52 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 52 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 52 to age 60 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 52 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 53 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 53 to age 56 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 54 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 54 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 54 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 54 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 54 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 55 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 56 to age 63 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 57 to age 60 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 57 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 58 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 58 to age 60 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 58 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 61 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 61 to age 70 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 61 to age 64 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 62 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 62 1859: Oil Well at age 63 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 63 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 63 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 64 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 64 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 65 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 65 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 65 to age 69 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 65 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 65 to age 69 1861-1865: Civil War from age 65 to age 69 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 65 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 65 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 65 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 65 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 65 1862: US Homestead act at age 66 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 67 to age 83 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 67 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 67 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 67 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 67 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 67 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 68 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 68 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 69 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 69 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 69 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 70 to age 72 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 70 1867: Dynamite at age 71 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 71 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 71 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 71 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 71 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 72 to age 82 1869: Suez canal opened at age 73 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 73 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 73 to age 80 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 73 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 73 1870: US black men can vote at age 74 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 74 to age 75 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 74 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 75 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 77 to age 82 1873: Color Photographs at age 77 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 80 1876: American Centennial at age 80 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 80 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 80 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 81 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 81 to age 84 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 82 1879: Zulu war at age 83 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 83 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 85 to age 100 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 85 to age 89 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 85 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 85 1884: Motorcycle at age 88 1884: 1st subway at age 88 1885: Automobile at age 89 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 89 to age 92 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 90 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 91 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 92 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 92 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 93 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 93 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 93 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 93 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 93 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 93 to age 96 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 94 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 94 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 94 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 94 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 95 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 97 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 97 until after line end 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 97 to age 100 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 97 1893: Movies at age 97 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 98 to age 99 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 98 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 100 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 100

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