Personal Details

Born	December 5th, 1794
Birthplace	Orford Parish, South Manchester, CT, USA
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Died	January 9th, 1878, aged about 84 years
Died at...	Wethersfield, IL, USA
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Parents

Father	[373_sa_f]	Timothy Cheney 5
Mother	[373_sa_m]	Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney 5

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [373] - Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: South Manchester, CT, USA Children by this spouse: I [667]+ William Henry Blish 7 b. May 25th, 1812 c. August II [668]+ Thomas Blish 7 b. September 8th, 1815 c. December III [669]+ Charles Cheney Blish, (***) 7 b. May 26th, 1820 c. August IV [670] Prudence Hubbard (Blish) Knox 7 b. March 26th, 1822 c. June V [671]+ George Cheney Blish 7 b. January 12th, 1831 c. April

Immediate Family Tree

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	Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney	? Skinner	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1794 to 1878

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 14 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 40 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 26 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 2 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 21 1794: Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 0 1794: US Post Office Established at age 0 1794: US Navy Established at age 0 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 2 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 2 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 2 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 2 to age 6 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 4 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 4 to age 6 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 4 1798: Lithography at age 4 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 5 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 6 to age 15 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 6 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 6 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 6 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 8 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 9 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 9 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 9 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 10 to age 12 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 10 1805: Morphine isolated at age 11 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 11 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 13 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 14 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 14 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 15 to age 22 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 15 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 16 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 16 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 18 to age 20 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 18 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 18 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 21 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 21 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 21 1816: Photographic Negative at age 22 1816: Stethoscope at age 22 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 22 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 23 to age 30 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 23 to age 31 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 23 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 23 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 23 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 23 to age 29 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 24 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 24 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 25 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 25 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 25 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 26 to age 36 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 26 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 27 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 27 to age 35 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 27 1821: 1st US women's college at age 27 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 28 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 30 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 30 to age 34 1824: Erie canal finished at age 30 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 32 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 33 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 33 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 33 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 34 to age 42 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 34 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 34 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 35 to age 57 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 35 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 36 to age 66 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 36 to age 43 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 36 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 38 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 39 1833: Telegraph at age 39 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 40 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 41 to age 48 1835: Halley's Comet at age 41 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 41 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 42 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 42 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 42 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 43 to age 46 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 43 until after line end 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 43 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 43 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 44 to age 45 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 45 to age 48 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 47 to age 50 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 48 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 50 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 51 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 51 to age 55 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 51 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 51 to age 54 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 52 to age 54 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 52 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 54 to age 62 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 54 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 54 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 54 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 55 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 55 to age 58 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 56 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 56 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 56 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 56 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 56 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 57 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 58 to age 65 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 59 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 59 to age 62 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 60 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 60 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 60 to age 62 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 63 to age 72 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 63 to age 66 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 63 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 64 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 64 1859: Oil Well at age 65 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 65 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 65 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 66 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 66 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 67 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 67 1861-1865: Civil War from age 67 to age 71 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 67 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 67 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 67 to age 71 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 67 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 67 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 67 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 67 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 67 to age 71 1862: US Homestead act at age 68 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 69 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 69 until after line end 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 69 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 69 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 69 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 69 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 70 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 70 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 71 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 71 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 71 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 72 to age 74 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 72 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 73 1867: Dynamite at age 73 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 73 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 73 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 73 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 74 to age 84 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 75 to age 82 1869: Suez canal opened at age 75 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 75 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 75 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 75 1870: US black men can vote at age 76 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 76 to age 77 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 76 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 77 1873: Color Photographs at age 79 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 79 to age 84 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 82 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 82 1876: American Centennial at age 82 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 82 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 83 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 83 until after line end 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 84

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