Personal Details

Born	July 9th, 1855
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Died	February 20th, 1878, aged about 23 years
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Parents

Father	[688]	Novatus Mapes Blish 7
Mother	[688sa]	Marietta (Cowan) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [1089sa] - Robert Bruce Chisholm 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
Helen Mary (Blish) Chisholm	Novatus Mapes Blish	Novatus Blish	Aaron Blish	David Blish, (***)
				Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
			Roxanna (Webster) Blish	? Webster
				? (?) Webster
		Mary (Mapes) Blish	David Mapes	No Entry
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			? (?) Mapes	No Entry
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	Marietta (Cowan) Blish	John Cowan	No Entry	No Entry
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		Eleanor (Grant) Cowan	? Grant	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1855 to 1878

1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 5 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 1 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from before birth until age 1 1854-1856: Crimean War from before birth until age 1 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 2 to age 5 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 2 to age 11 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 2 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 3 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 3 1859: Oil Well at age 4 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 4 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 4 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 5 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 5 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 6 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 6 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 6 to age 10 1861-1865: Civil War from age 6 to age 10 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 6 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 6 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 6 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 6 to age 10 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 6 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 6 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 6 1862: US Homestead act at age 7 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 8 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 8 until after line end 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 8 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 8 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 8 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 8 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 9 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 9 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 10 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 10 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 10 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 11 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 11 to age 13 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 12 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 12 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 12 1867: Dynamite at age 12 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 12 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 13 to age 23 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 14 1869: Suez canal opened at age 14 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 14 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 14 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 14 to age 21 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 15 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 15 to age 16 1870: US black men can vote at age 15 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 16 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 18 to age 23 1873: Color Photographs at age 18 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 21 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 21 1876: American Centennial at age 21 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 21 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 22 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 22 until after line end 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 23

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