Personal Details

Born	September 25th, 1818
Birthplace	Stamford, New York, USA
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Died	1884, aged about 66 years
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Parents

Father	[382]	Novatus Blish 6
Mother	[382_sa]	Sophia (Brett) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [685sa] - Elizabeth (Barnes) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Franklin, county of Delaware, New York, USA Children by this spouse: I [1074] Howard Blish 8 b. 1842 c. ?
Wife #2 [685sb] - ? (Rexford) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1075] Rexford Blish 8 b. 1855 c. ? II [1076] George Blish 8 b. 1858 c. ?

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Alonzo Howard Blish	Novatus Blish	Aaron Blish	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Roxanna (Webster) Blish	? Webster	No Entry
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			? (?) Webster	No Entry
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	Sophia (Brett) Blish	? Brett	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Brett	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1818 to 1884

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 16 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 2 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 7 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 5 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 6 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 0 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 0 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 1 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 1 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 1 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 2 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 2 to age 12 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 3 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 3 to age 11 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 3 1821: 1st US women's college at age 3 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 4 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 6 to age 10 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 6 1824: Erie canal finished at age 6 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 8 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 9 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 9 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 9 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 10 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 10 to age 18 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 10 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 11 to age 33 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 11 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 12 to age 42 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 12 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 12 to age 19 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 14 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 15 1833: Telegraph at age 15 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 16 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 17 1835: Halley's Comet at age 17 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 17 to age 24 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 18 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 18 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 18 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 19 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 19 to age 22 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 19 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 19 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 20 to age 21 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 21 to age 24 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 23 to age 26 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 24 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 26 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 27 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 27 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 27 to age 30 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 27 to age 31 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 28 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 28 to age 30 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 30 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 30 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 30 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 30 to age 38 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 31 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 31 to age 34 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 32 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 32 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 32 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 32 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 32 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 33 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 34 to age 41 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 35 to age 38 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 35 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 36 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 36 to age 38 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 36 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 39 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 39 to age 42 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 39 to age 48 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 40 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 40 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 41 1859: Oil Well at age 41 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 41 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 42 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 42 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 43 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 43 to age 47 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 43 1861-1865: Civil War from age 43 to age 47 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 43 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 43 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 43 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 43 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 43 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 43 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 43 to age 47 1862: US Homestead act at age 44 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 45 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 45 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 45 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 45 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 45 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 45 to age 61 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 46 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 46 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 47 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 47 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 47 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 48 to age 50 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 48 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 49 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 49 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 49 1867: Dynamite at age 49 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 49 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 50 to age 60 1869: Suez canal opened at age 51 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 51 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 51 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 51 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 51 to age 58 1870: US black men can vote at age 52 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 52 to age 53 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 52 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 53 1873: Color Photographs at age 55 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 55 to age 60 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 58 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 58 1876: American Centennial at age 58 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 58 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 59 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 59 to age 62 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 60 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 61 1879: Zulu war at age 61 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 63 until after line end 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 63 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 63 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 63 until after line end 1884: 1st subway at age 66 1884: Motorcycle at age 66

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