Personal Details

Born	January 1st, 1846	Image courtesy Sarah R Skinner
Birthplace	Sherburne, NY, USA
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Died	September 18th, 1883, aged about 37 years
Died at...	Kewanee, IL, USA
Cause of Death	Pulmonary Consumption
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Parents

Father	[1037_sa_f]	Redmond McManus 7
Mother	[1037_sa_m]	Cyrena (Phillips) McManus 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [1037] - James Knox Blish, (***) 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Chicago, IL, USA Children by this spouse: I [1319] Carrie Elizabeth Blish 9 b. February 7th, 1869 c. May II [1320]+ James Louis Blish 9 b. July 18th, 1871 c. October III [1321] Bertha Belle Blish 9 b. September 19th, 1871 c. December

James Knox Blish

Immediate Family Tree

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	Cyrena (Phillips) McManus	? Phillips	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1846 to 1883

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 5 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 14 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from before birth until age 3 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from before birth until age 2 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 0 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 0 to age 2 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 2 to age 10 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 2 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 2 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 2 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 3 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 3 to age 6 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 4 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 4 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 4 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 4 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 4 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 5 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 13 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 7 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 7 to age 10 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 8 to age 10 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 8 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 8 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 11 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 11 to age 14 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 11 to age 20 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 12 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 12 1859: Oil Well at age 13 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 13 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 13 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 14 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 14 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 15 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 15 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 15 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 15 1861-1865: Civil War from age 15 to age 19 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 15 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 15 to age 19 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 15 to age 19 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 15 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 15 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 15 1862: US Homestead act at age 16 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 17 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 17 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 17 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 33 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 17 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 17 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 18 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 18 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 19 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 19 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 19 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 20 to age 22 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 20 1867: Dynamite at age 21 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 21 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 21 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 21 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 21 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 22 to age 32 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 23 1869: Suez canal opened at age 23 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 23 to age 30 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 23 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 23 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 24 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 24 to age 25 1870: US black men can vote at age 24 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 25 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 27 to age 32 1873: Color Photographs at age 27 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 30 1876: American Centennial at age 30 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 30 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 30 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 31 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 31 to age 34 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 32 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 33 1879: Zulu war at age 33 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 35 until after line end 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 35 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 35 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 35 until after line end

Additional Information

Mary Eliza Blish died on the 18th of September, 1883, at Kewanee, Illinois, of pulmonary consumption, supposed to have been contracted while nursing her sister, who had died of the same disease a year before.