Personal Details

Born	March 16th, 1798
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, MA, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	1852, aged about 54 years
Died at...	La Salle, IL, USA
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Parents

Father	[229]	Major Joseph Blish, Jr. 6
Mother	[229_sa]	Temperance (Shaw) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [424_sa] - Myra (Myers) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Philadelphia, PA, USA Children by this spouse: I [822] Myra Oaks (Blish) Wyrick 8 b. No Entry c. ?

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Oakes Shaw Blish	Major Joseph Blish, Jr.	Lieutenant Joseph Blish	Deacon Joseph Blish	Joseph Blish
				Hannah (Child) Blish
			Hannah (Child) Blish	No Entry
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		Sarah (?) Crocker	Thomas Crocker	No Entry
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			Mehitable (Dimmick) Crocker	No Entry
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	Temperance (Shaw) Blish	Rev. Oakes Shaw	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Shaw	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1798 to 1852

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 10 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 36 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 22 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 17 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from before birth until age 2 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 0 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 0 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 0 to age 2 1798: Lithography at age 0 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 1 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 2 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 2 to age 11 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 2 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 2 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 4 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 5 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 5 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 5 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 6 to age 8 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 6 1805: Morphine isolated at age 7 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 7 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 9 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 10 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 10 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 11 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 11 to age 18 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 12 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 12 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 14 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 14 to age 16 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 14 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 17 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 17 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 17 1816: Stethoscope at age 18 1816: Photographic Negative at age 18 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 18 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 19 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 19 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 25 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 19 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 19 to age 26 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 19 to age 27 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 20 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 20 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 21 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 21 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 21 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 22 to age 32 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 22 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 23 1821: 1st US women's college at age 23 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 23 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 23 to age 31 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 24 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 26 1824: Erie canal finished at age 26 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 26 to age 30 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 28 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 29 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 29 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 29 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 30 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 30 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 30 to age 38 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 31 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 31 to age 53 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 32 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 32 until after line end 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 32 to age 39 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 34 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 35 1833: Telegraph at age 35 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 36 1835: Halley's Comet at age 37 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 37 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 37 to age 44 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 38 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 38 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 38 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 39 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 39 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 39 to age 42 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 39 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 40 to age 41 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 41 to age 44 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 43 to age 46 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 44 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 46 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 47 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 47 to age 51 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 47 to age 50 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 47 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 48 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 48 to age 50 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 50 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 50 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 50 until after line end 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 50 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 51 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 51 to age 54 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 52 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 52 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 52 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 52 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 52 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 53 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 54 until after line end

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