Personal Details

Born	January 7th, 1842
Birthplace	South Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	Musician, music teacher, solider. Leader of the Wheeler and Wilson band
Died	December 19th, 1871, aged about 29 years
Died at...	Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Cause of Death	consumption
Burial Place	Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[654]	Hiram Hale Blish 7
Mother	[654sa]	Mary A. (Peck) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [987sa] - Lena (Havens) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: New London, Connecticut, USA Children by this spouse: I [1279] William H. Blish 9 b. December, 1865 c. March

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
Hiram Hubbard Blish	Hiram Hale Blish	Aaron Hubbard Blish	Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)	David Blish, (***)
				Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
			Prudence (Hubbard) Blish	Elizur Hubbard
				Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard
		Joanna (Hale) Blish	Timothy Hale	No Entry
				No Entry
			Anna (Andrews) Hale	? Andrews
				? (?) Andrews
	Mary A. (Peck) Blish	Elias Peck	No Entry	No Entry
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			No Entry	No Entry
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		Vienna (Tyler) Peck	? Tyler	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Tyler	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1842 to 1871

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 9 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 18 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 0 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from before birth until age 0 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from before birth until age 2 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 0 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 2 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 3 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 3 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 3 to age 6 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 3 to age 7 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 4 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 4 to age 6 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 6 to age 14 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 6 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 6 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 6 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 7 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 7 to age 10 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 8 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 8 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 8 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 8 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 8 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 9 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 17 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 11 to age 14 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 11 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 12 to age 14 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 12 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 12 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 15 to age 18 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 15 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 15 to age 24 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 16 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 16 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 17 1859: Oil Well at age 17 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 17 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 18 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 18 1861-1865: Civil War from age 19 to age 23 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 19 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 19 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 19 to age 23 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 19 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 19 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 19 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 19 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 19 to age 23 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 19 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 19 1862: US Homestead act at age 20 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 21 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 21 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 21 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 21 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 21 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 21 until after line end 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 22 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 22 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 23 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 23 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 23 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 24 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 24 to age 26 1867: Dynamite at age 25 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 25 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 25 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 25 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 25 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 26 until after line end 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 27 until after line end 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 27 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 27 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 27 1869: Suez canal opened at age 27 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 28 to age 29 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 28 1870: US black men can vote at age 28 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 29

Additional Information

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Service Records

Service: Army Unit: Company D, 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Beginning Rank: Ending Rank: Roles: Regimental Band Conflicts: Battles: Honors: Service: Army Unit: 14th Infantry Regulars Beginning Rank: Ending Rank: Roles: Conflicts: Battles: Honors: