Personal Details

Born	June 9th, 1830
Birthplace	Rose's Brook, county of Delaware, New York, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Accountant, later worked for Standard Oil as accountant
Died	November 14th, 1902, aged about 72 years
Died at...	Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Hillside cemetery, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

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

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [699sa] - Rhoda (Kelly) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: New York City, New York, USA Children by this spouse: I [1114] Florella "Ella" Adeline Blish 8 b. February 2nd, 1861 c. May II [1115] Henrietta "Etta" More (Blish) Stevens 8 b. March 6th, 1875 c. June

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Henry Moore 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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	Florella (Farrington) Blish	March Farrington	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1830 to 1902

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 4 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 0 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 6 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 21 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 0 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 0 to age 30 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 0 to age 7 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 2 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 3 1833: Telegraph at age 3 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 4 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 5 to age 12 1835: Halley's Comet at age 5 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 5 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 6 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 6 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 6 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 7 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 7 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 7 to age 10 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 7 to age 71 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 8 to age 9 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 9 to age 12 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 11 to age 14 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 12 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 14 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 15 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 15 to age 18 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 15 to age 19 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 15 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 16 to age 18 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 16 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 18 to age 26 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 18 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 18 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 18 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 19 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 19 to age 22 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 20 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 20 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 20 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 20 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 20 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 21 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 22 to age 29 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 23 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 23 to age 26 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 24 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 24 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 24 to age 26 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 27 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 27 to age 30 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 27 to age 36 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 28 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 28 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 29 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 29 1859: Oil Well at age 29 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 30 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 30 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 31 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 31 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 31 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 31 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 31 1861-1865: Civil War from age 31 to age 35 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 31 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 31 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 31 to age 35 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 31 to age 35 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 31 1862: US Homestead act at age 32 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 33 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 33 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 33 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 33 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 49 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 33 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 34 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 34 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 35 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 35 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 35 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 36 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 36 to age 38 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 37 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 37 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 37 1867: Dynamite at age 37 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 37 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 38 to age 48 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 39 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 39 1869: Suez canal opened at age 39 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 39 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 39 to age 46 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 40 1870: US black men can vote at age 40 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 40 to age 41 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 41 1873: Color Photographs at age 43 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 43 to age 48 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 46 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 46 1876: American Centennial at age 46 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 46 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 47 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 47 to age 50 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 48 1879: Zulu war at age 49 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 49 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 51 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 51 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 51 to age 66 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 51 to age 55 1884: Motorcycle at age 54 1884: 1st subway at age 54 1885: Automobile at age 55 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 55 to age 58 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 56 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 57 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 58 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 58 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 59 to age 62 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 59 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 59 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 59 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 59 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 59 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 60 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 60 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 60 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 60 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 61 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 63 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 63 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 63 to age 67 1893: Movies at age 63 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 63 to age 66 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 64 to age 65 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 64 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 66 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 66 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 67 to age 71 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 68 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 69 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 69 to age 72 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 70 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 70 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 70 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 71 until after line end 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 71 until after line end 1901: First British submarine launched at age 71 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 71 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 71 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 71 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 71 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 71

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