Personal Details

Born	March 26th, 1822
Birthplace	Glastonbury, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	March 19th, 1846, aged about 24 years
Died at...	Knoxville, county of Knox, IL, USA
Cause of Death	Pulmonary Consumption
Burial Place	Knoxville cemetery, Knoxville, county of Knox, IL, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[373]	Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6
Mother	[373_sa]	Rhoda (Cheney) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [670_sa] - Honorable James Knox 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Knoxville, county of Knox, Illinois, USA Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Prudence Hubbard (Blish) Knox	Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***)	Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Prudence (Hubbard) Blish	Elizur Hubbard	? Hubbard
				? (?) Hubbard
			Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard	? Hollister
				? (?) Hollister
	Rhoda (Cheney) Blish	Timothy Cheney	? Cheney	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Cheney	No Entry
				No Entry
		Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney	? Skinner	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Skinner	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1822 to 1846

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 12 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 3 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 1 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 2 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 8 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 7 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 0 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 2 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 2 to age 6 1824: Erie canal finished at age 2 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 4 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 5 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 5 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 5 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 6 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 6 to age 14 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 6 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 7 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 7 until after line end 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 8 until after line end 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 8 to age 15 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 8 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 10 1833: Telegraph at age 11 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 11 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 12 1835: Halley's Comet at age 13 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 13 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 13 to age 20 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 14 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 14 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 14 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 15 to age 18 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 15 until after line end 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 15 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 15 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 16 to age 17 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 17 to age 20 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 19 to age 22 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 20 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 22 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 23 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 23 until after line end 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 23 until after line end 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 23 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 24 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 24 until after line end

Additional Information

Prudence Hubbard Blish was educated in the schools of Middletown and Hartford, Connecticut. At the age of fifteen, removed to Illinois, with her father. She was a beautiful and accomplished lady, and after her marriage, lived at Knoxville, Illinois, where she died of Pulmonary Consumption.