| George Cheney Blish
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| Generation: | 7 |
| Born: | January 12th, 1831 |
| Birthplace | Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA |
| Died: | October 3rd, 1892, at about age 61 |
| Died at: | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Father: | Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) |
| Mother: | Rhoda (Cheney) Blish |
| Occupation(s): | --- |
| Marriages: | Marie Therese (Nievergelder) Blish At St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Children: | Elizabeth Marie Blish Louise Ernestine (Blish) McBean George Joseph Blish Florence Marie Blish Eugene Sylvester Blish Julia Marie Blish Sylvester Blish Charles Cheney Blish |
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George Cheney Blish came west with his father in 1837 and at the age of 15 went to Galena, Illinois, where he became a bookkeeper and later a clerk on a Mississippi steamboat of the Minnesota Packet Company. He became secretary of the company and at the outbreak of the civil war went to St. Paul where his boat was frequently employed in the transportation of troops and supplies down the river. After his marriage he joined L. M. Rumsey & Co. of Chicago a wholesale hardware firm. At the time of his death he was the secretary and treasurer of E. Schneider & Co. |
George Cheney Blish1831 through 1892
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