Personal Details

Born	August 24th, 1817
Birthplace	Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Died	January 15th, 1890, aged about 73 years
Died at...	Galena, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Galena, Illinois, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[668saf]	Halsey Buck 6
Mother	[668sam]	Sarah (Wood) Buck 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [668] - Thomas Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1032] Mary Blish 8 b. No Entry c. ? II [1027]+ Henry Sylvester Blish 8 b. July 18th, 1838 c. October III [1028] Thomas Hubbard Blish 8 b. April 27th, 1840 c. July IV [1029] George Blish 8 b. September 14th, 1842 c. December V [1030] Sarah Blish 8 b. May 27th, 1844 c. August VI [1031] Ella Blish 8 b. July 26th, 1848 c. October VII [1033] Mary Louise Blish 8 b. August, 1853 c. November VIII [1034] George Cheney Blish 8 b. February 16th, 1855 c. May IX [1035] Hattie Blish 8 b. May, 1857 c. August X [1036] Benoni Blish 8 b. October, 1862 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

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Wealthy Ann (Buck) Blish	Halsey Buck	No Entry	No Entry	No Entry
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	Sarah (Wood) Buck	? Wood	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1817 to 1890

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 17 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 3 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 0 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 0 to age 6 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 0 to age 8 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 0 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 0 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 0 to age 7 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 1 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 1 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 2 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 2 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 2 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 3 to age 13 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 3 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 4 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 4 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 4 to age 12 1821: 1st US women's college at age 4 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 5 1824: Erie canal finished at age 7 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 7 to age 11 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 7 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 9 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 10 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 10 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 10 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 11 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 11 to age 19 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 11 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 12 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 12 to age 34 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 13 to age 20 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 13 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 13 to age 43 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 15 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 16 1833: Telegraph at age 16 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 17 1835: Halley's Comet at age 18 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 18 to age 25 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 18 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 19 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 19 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 19 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 20 until after line end 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 20 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 20 to age 23 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 20 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 21 to age 22 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 22 to age 25 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 24 to age 27 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 25 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 27 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 28 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 28 to age 32 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 28 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 28 to age 31 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 29 to age 31 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 29 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 31 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 31 to age 39 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 31 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 31 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 32 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 32 to age 35 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 33 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 33 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 33 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 33 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 33 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 34 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 35 to age 42 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 36 to age 39 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 36 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 37 to age 39 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 37 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 37 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 40 to age 49 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 40 to age 43 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 40 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 41 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 41 1859: Oil Well at age 42 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 42 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 42 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 43 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 43 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 44 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 44 to age 48 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 44 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 44 1861-1865: Civil War from age 44 to age 48 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 44 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 44 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 44 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 44 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 44 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 44 to age 48 1862: US Homestead act at age 45 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 46 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 46 to age 62 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 46 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 46 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 46 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 46 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 47 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 47 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 48 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 48 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 48 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 49 to age 51 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 49 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 50 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 50 1867: Dynamite at age 50 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 50 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 50 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 51 to age 61 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 52 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 52 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 52 to age 59 1869: Suez canal opened at age 52 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 52 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 53 to age 54 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 53 1870: US black men can vote at age 53 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 54 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 56 to age 61 1873: Color Photographs at age 56 1876: American Centennial at age 59 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 59 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 59 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 59 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 60 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 60 to age 63 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 61 1879: Zulu war at age 62 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 62 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 64 to age 68 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 64 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 64 until after line end 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 64 1884: 1st subway at age 67 1884: Motorcycle at age 67 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 68 to age 71 1885: Automobile at age 68 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 69 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 70 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 71 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 71 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 72 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 72 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 72 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 72 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 72 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 72 until after line end 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 73 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 73 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 73 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 73

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