Personal Details

Born	November 17th, 1805
Birthplace	Harpersfield, NY, USA
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Died	February 3rd, 1879, aged about 74 years
Died at...	Stamford, NY, USA
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Burial Place	Stamford, NY, USA
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Parents

Father	[383_sa_f]	Asahel Merriam 5
Mother	[383_sa_m]	Phebe (Osborne) Merriam 5

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [383] - Aristarchus Blish 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [691]+ Caroline Delia (Blish) Rich 7 b. September 3rd, 1824 c. December II [692]+ Evaline Celia (Blish) Smith 7 b. June 5th, 1826 c. September III [693]+ Lorana Ann (Blish) McLaury 7 b. April 7th, 1828 c. July IV [694]+ Morilla Louise (Blish) Abel 7 b. August 15th, 1831 c. November V [695]+ Joshua Webster Blish 7 b. July 4th, 1834 c. October VI [696] Harriet Blish 7 b. May 14th, 1836 c. August VII [697]+ Emily Florella (Blish) King 7 b. October 23rd, 1840 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

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	Phebe (Osborne) Merriam	? Osborne	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1805 to 1879

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 3 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 29 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 15 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 10 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from before birth until age 4 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from before birth until age 1 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 0 1805: Morphine isolated at age 0 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 2 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 3 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 3 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 4 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 4 to age 11 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 5 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 5 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 7 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 7 to age 9 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 7 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 10 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 10 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 10 1816: Photographic Negative at age 11 1816: Stethoscope at age 11 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 11 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 12 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 12 to age 19 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 12 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 12 to age 18 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 12 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 12 to age 20 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 13 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 13 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 14 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 14 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 14 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 15 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 15 to age 25 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 16 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 16 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 16 to age 24 1821: 1st US women's college at age 16 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 17 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 19 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 19 to age 23 1824: Erie canal finished at age 19 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 21 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 22 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 22 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 22 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 23 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 23 to age 31 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 23 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 24 to age 46 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 24 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 25 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 25 to age 32 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 25 to age 55 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 27 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 28 1833: Telegraph at age 28 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 29 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 30 1835: Halley's Comet at age 30 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 30 to age 37 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 31 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 31 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 31 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 32 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 32 to age 35 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 32 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 32 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 33 to age 34 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 34 to age 37 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 36 to age 39 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 37 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 39 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 40 to age 43 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 40 to age 44 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 40 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 40 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 41 to age 43 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 41 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 43 to age 51 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 43 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 43 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 43 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 44 to age 47 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 44 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 45 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 45 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 45 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 45 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 45 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 46 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 54 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 48 to age 51 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 48 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 49 to age 51 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 49 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 49 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 52 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 52 to age 55 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 52 to age 61 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 53 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 53 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 54 1859: Oil Well at age 54 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 54 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 55 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 55 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 56 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 56 to age 60 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 56 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 56 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 56 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 56 1861-1865: Civil War from age 56 to age 60 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 56 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 56 to age 60 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 56 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 56 1862: US Homestead act at age 57 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 58 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 58 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 58 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 58 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 58 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 58 to age 74 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 59 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 59 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 60 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 60 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 60 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 61 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 61 to age 63 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 62 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 62 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 62 1867: Dynamite at age 62 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 62 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 63 to age 73 1869: Suez canal opened at age 64 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 64 to age 71 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 64 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 64 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 64 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 65 1870: US black men can vote at age 65 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 65 to age 66 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 66 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 68 to age 73 1873: Color Photographs at age 68 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 71 1876: American Centennial at age 71 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 71 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 71 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 72 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 72 until after line end 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 73 1879: Zulu war at age 74 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 74

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