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Zenas Blish Sawyer 8 [f]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born November 13th, 1852 No Image On File
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Died October 14th, 1920, aged about 68 years
Died at... Willoughby, county of Lake, Ohio, USA
Cause of Death killed by train on New York Central railroad
Burial Place Mentor, Ohio, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [496_sa]Almon Sawyer 7 No Image On File
Mother [496]Lucinda (Blish) Sawyer 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree
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Zenas Blish SawyerAlmon SawyerJoseph SawyerNo EntryNo Entry
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Rhoda (Fole) Sawyer? FoleNo Entry
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Lucinda (Blish) SawyerJudge Zenas BlishBenjamin BlishBenjamin Blish
Mary (Adams) Blish
Phebe (Skinner) BlishNo Entry
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Vashti (Ingersol) BlishNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1852 to 1920
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 8
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 49
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 4
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from before birth until age 0
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 0 to age 7
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 1
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 1 to age 4
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 2 to age 4
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 2
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 2
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 5 to age 14
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 5
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 5 to age 8
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 6
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 6
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 7
1859:
Oil Well at age 7
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 7
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 8
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 8
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 9
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 9
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 9
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 9
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 9
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 9
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 9 to age 13
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 9 to age 13
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 9
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 9 to age 13
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 9
1862:
US Homestead act at age 10
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 11
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 11 to age 27
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 11
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 11
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 11
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 11
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 12
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 12
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 13
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 13
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 13
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 14
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 14 to age 16
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 15
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 15
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 15
1867:
Dynamite at age 15
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 15
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 16 to age 26
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 17
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 17
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 17
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 17
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 17 to age 24
1870:
US black men can vote at age 18
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 18
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 18 to age 19
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 19
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 21 to age 26
1873:
Color Photographs at age 21
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 24
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 24
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 24
1876:
American Centennial at age 24
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 25
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 25 to age 28
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 26
1879:
Zulu war at age 27
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 27
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 29
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 29 to age 44
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 29 to age 33
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 29
1884:
1st subway at age 32
1884:
Motorcycle at age 32
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 33 to age 36
1885:
Automobile at age 33
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 34
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 35
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 36
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 36
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 37
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 37
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 37
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 37 to age 40
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 37
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 37
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 38
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 38
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 38
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 38
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 39
1893:
Movies at age 41
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 41
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 41 to age 44
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 41
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 41 to age 45
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 42 to age 43
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 42
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 44
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 44
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 45 to age 49
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 46
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 47 to age 50
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 47 until after line end
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 48
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 48
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 48
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 49
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 49
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 49
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 49
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 49
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 49
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 49 to age 58
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 49 to age 56
1903:
Airplane at age 51
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 51
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 52 to age 53
1904:
Radar at age 52
1907:
Plastic at age 55
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 55
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 56
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 57 to age 60
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 57
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 57
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 58 until after line end
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 58
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 58
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 59
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 60
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 60
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 60
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 60
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 61 to age 68
1914-1919:
World War I from age 62 to age 67
1914:
The Bra at age 62
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 63
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 64
1916:
Sonar at age 64
1917:
Russian revolution at age 65
1917:
US enters WWI at age 65
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 66 to age 68
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 66 until after line end
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 67
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 67
1920:
Palestine established at age 68
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 68 until after line end
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 68

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