Personal Details

Born	November 16th, 1827
Birthplace	Rose's Brook, county of Delaware, New York, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Grocer
Died	March 1st, 1870, aged about 43 years
Died at...	Wilmington, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
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Parents

Father	[384]	Roderic Skinner Blish 6
Mother	[384_sa]	Florella (Farrington) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [698sa] - Sarah (Sidebotham) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1112]+ Frank May Blish 8 b. June 30th, 1865 c. September II [1113] Pauline Ford Blish 8 b. October 6th, 1868 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Morris Farrington Blish	Roderic Skinner 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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	Florella (Farrington) Blish	March Farrington	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Farrington	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1827 to 1870

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 7 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 3 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 2 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from before birth until age 1 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 0 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 0 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 0 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 1 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 1 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 1 to age 9 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 2 to age 24 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 2 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 3 to age 33 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 3 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 3 to age 10 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 5 1833: Telegraph at age 6 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 6 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 7 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 8 1835: Halley's Comet at age 8 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 8 to age 15 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 9 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 9 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 9 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 10 to age 13 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 10 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 10 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 10 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 11 to age 12 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 12 to age 15 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 14 to age 17 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 15 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 17 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 18 to age 21 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 18 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 18 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 18 to age 22 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 19 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 19 to age 21 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 21 to age 29 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 21 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 21 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 21 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 22 to age 25 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 22 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 23 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 23 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 23 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 23 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 23 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 24 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 32 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 26 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 26 to age 29 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 27 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 27 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 27 to age 29 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 30 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 30 to age 39 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 30 to age 33 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 31 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 31 1859: Oil Well at age 32 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 32 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 32 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 33 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 33 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 34 to age 38 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 34 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 34 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 34 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 34 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 34 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 34 to age 38 1861-1865: Civil War from age 34 to age 38 1862: US Homestead act at age 35 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 36 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 36 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 36 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 36 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 36 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 36 until after line end 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 37 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 37 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 38 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 38 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 38 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 39 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 39 to age 41 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 40 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 40 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 40 1867: Dynamite at age 40 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 40 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 41 until after line end 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 42 1869: Suez canal opened at age 42 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 42 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 42 until after line end 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 42 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 43 until after line end 1870: US black men can vote at age 43 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 43

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