Personal Details

Born	June 20th, 1823
Birthplace	Essex, CT, USA
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Died	April 10th, 1889, aged about 66 years
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Burial Place	Family Lot, Willimantic
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Parents

Father	[286]	Elisha Blish 6
Mother	[286_sa]	Laura (Button) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [506_sa] - Appleton Dorrance 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Willimantic, CT, USA Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Abbie Ann (Blish) Dorrance	Elisha Blish	Ezra Blish	Sylvanus Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Esther (Way) Blish	No Entry
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		Hannah (Hills) Blish	No Entry	No Entry
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	Laura (Button) Blish	? Button	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Button	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1823 to 1889

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 11 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 0 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 2 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 1 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 7 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 6 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 1 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 1 to age 5 1824: Erie canal finished at age 1 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 3 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 4 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 4 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 4 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 5 to age 13 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 5 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 5 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 6 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 28 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 7 to age 14 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 7 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 7 to age 37 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 9 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 10 1833: Telegraph at age 10 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 11 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 12 to age 19 1835: Halley's Comet at age 12 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 12 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 13 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 13 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 13 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 14 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 14 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 14 to age 17 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 14 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 15 to age 16 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 16 to age 19 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 18 to age 21 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 19 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 21 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 22 to age 26 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 22 to age 25 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 22 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 22 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 23 to age 25 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 23 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 25 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 25 to age 33 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 25 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 25 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 26 to age 29 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 26 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 27 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 27 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 27 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 27 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 27 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 28 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 29 to age 36 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 30 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 30 to age 33 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 31 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 31 to age 33 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 31 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 34 to age 43 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 34 to age 37 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 34 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 35 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 35 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 36 1859: Oil Well at age 36 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 36 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 37 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 37 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 38 to age 42 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 38 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 38 to age 42 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 38 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 38 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 38 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 38 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 38 1861-1865: Civil War from age 38 to age 42 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 38 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 38 1862: US Homestead act at age 39 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 40 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 40 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 40 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 40 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 40 to age 56 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 40 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 41 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 41 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 42 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 42 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 42 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 43 to age 45 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 43 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 44 1867: Dynamite at age 44 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 44 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 44 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 44 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 45 to age 55 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 46 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 46 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 46 to age 53 1869: Suez canal opened at age 46 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 46 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 47 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 47 to age 48 1870: US black men can vote at age 47 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 48 1873: Color Photographs at age 50 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 50 to age 55 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 53 1876: American Centennial at age 53 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 53 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 53 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 54 to age 57 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 54 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 55 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 56 1879: Zulu war at age 56 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 58 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 58 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 58 until after line end 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 58 to age 62 1884: 1st subway at age 61 1884: Motorcycle at age 61 1885: Automobile at age 62 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 62 to age 65 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 63 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 64 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 65 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 65 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 66 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 66 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 66 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 66 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 66 until after line end 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 66

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