Personal Details

Born	August 7th, 1808
Birthplace	Glastonbury, CT, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	September 13th, 1875, aged about 67 years
Died at...	Kewanee, IL, USA
Cause of Death	Stranglehold hernia
Burial Place	No Entry
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[169]	Deacon Thomas Blish, (***) 5
Mother	[169_sa]	Prudence (Hubbard) Blish 5

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [374_sa] - Halsey Cheney 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [672]+ Prudence Hubbard (Cheney) Hart 7 b. February 1st, 1827 c. May II [673]+ Thomas Blish Cheney 7 b. December 2nd, 1828 c. March III [674]+ Edward Halsey Cheney 7 b. April 29th, 1832 c. July IV [675]+ George Wells Cheney 7 b. December 15th, 1833 c. March V [676]+ Charles Sylvester Cheney 7 b. April 2nd, 1836 c. July VI [677]+ Harriet Elizabeth (Cheney) Cheney 7 b. June 23rd, 1838 c. September VII [678]+ Adaline Louisa (Cheney) Beckington 7 b. February 10th, 1842 c. May VIII [679]+ Emma Jane (Cheney) Vail 7 b. September 8th, 1848 c. December IX [680]+ Eleanor Maria (Cheney) Weidman 7 b. July 3rd, 1850 c. October

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3	Gen. 2
Adaline Pamelia (Blish) Cheney	Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)	Joseph Blish, (***)
				Hannah (Hull) Blish
			Anne (Fuller) Blish	Matthew Fuller
				Patience (Young) Fuller
		Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner	? Skinner
				? (?) Skinner
			Mary (Gillett) Skinner	? Gillett
				? (?) Gillett
	Prudence (Hubbard) Blish	Elizur Hubbard	? Hubbard	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Hubbard	No Entry
				No Entry
		Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard	? Hollister	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Hollister	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1808 to 1875

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 0 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 26 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 12 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 7 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from before birth until age 1 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 0 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 0 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 1 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 1 to age 8 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 2 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 2 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 4 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 4 to age 6 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 4 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 7 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 7 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 7 1816: Photographic Negative at age 8 1816: Stethoscope at age 8 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 8 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 9 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 9 to age 15 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 9 to age 16 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 9 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 9 to age 17 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 9 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 10 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 10 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 11 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 11 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 11 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 12 to age 22 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 12 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 13 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 13 1821: 1st US women's college at age 13 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 13 to age 21 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 14 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 16 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 16 to age 20 1824: Erie canal finished at age 16 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 18 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 19 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 19 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 19 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 20 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 20 to age 28 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 20 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 43 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 21 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 22 to age 52 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 22 to age 29 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 22 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 24 1833: Telegraph at age 25 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 25 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 26 1835: Halley's Comet at age 27 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 27 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 27 to age 34 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 28 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 28 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 28 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 29 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 29 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 29 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 29 to age 32 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 30 to age 31 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 31 to age 34 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 33 to age 36 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 34 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 36 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 37 to age 40 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 37 to age 41 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 37 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 37 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 38 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 38 to age 40 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 40 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 40 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 40 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 40 to age 48 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 41 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 41 to age 44 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 42 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 42 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 42 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 42 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 42 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 43 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 44 to age 51 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 45 to age 48 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 45 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 46 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 46 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 46 to age 48 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 49 to age 52 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 49 to age 58 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 49 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 50 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 50 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 51 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 51 1859: Oil Well at age 51 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 52 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 52 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 53 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 53 1861-1865: Civil War from age 53 to age 57 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 53 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 53 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 53 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 53 to age 57 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 53 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 53 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 53 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 53 to age 57 1862: US Homestead act at age 54 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 55 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 55 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 55 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 55 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 55 until after line end 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 55 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 56 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 56 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 57 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 57 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 57 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 58 to age 60 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 58 1867: Dynamite at age 59 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 59 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 59 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 59 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 59 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 60 until after line end 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 61 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 61 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 61 1869: Suez canal opened at age 61 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 61 until after line end 1870: US black men can vote at age 62 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 62 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 62 to age 63 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 63 1873: Color Photographs at age 65 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 65 until after line end

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