Personal Details

Born	August 15th, 1838
Birthplace	Middlefield, MA, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	April 14th, 1901, aged about 63 years
Died at...	Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[331]	William Durant Blush 6
Mother	[331_sa]	Eliza Ann (Sennett) Blush 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [592_sa] - Catharine Olive (Graham) Blush 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Sheffield, MA, USA Children by this spouse: I [922] Francis Graham Blush 8 b. October 4th, 1869 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
William Clark Blush	William Durant Blush	Amasa Blush	Joseph Blish	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Elizabeth (Skinner) Blish	Daniel Skinner
				Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Skinner
		Nancy (Durant) Blush	Thomas Durant	No Entry
				No Entry
			Elizabeth (?) Durant	No Entry
				No Entry
	Eliza Ann (Sennett) Blush	No Entry	No Entry	No Entry
				No Entry
			No Entry	No Entry
				No Entry
		No Entry	No Entry	No Entry
				No Entry
			No Entry	No Entry
				No Entry

Personalized History Timeline, 1838 to 1901

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 13 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 22 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 4 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 2 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 0 to age 1 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 1 to age 4 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 3 to age 6 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 4 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 6 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 7 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 7 to age 10 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 7 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 7 to age 11 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 8 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 8 to age 10 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 10 to age 18 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 10 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 10 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 10 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 11 to age 14 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 11 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 12 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 12 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 12 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 12 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 12 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 13 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 21 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 15 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 15 to age 18 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 16 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 16 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 16 to age 18 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 19 to age 22 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 19 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 19 to age 28 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 20 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 20 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 21 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 21 1859: Oil Well at age 21 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 22 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 22 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 23 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 23 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 23 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 23 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 23 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 23 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 23 to age 27 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 23 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 23 to age 27 1861-1865: Civil War from age 23 to age 27 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 23 1862: US Homestead act at age 24 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 25 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 25 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 25 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 25 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 41 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 25 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 26 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 26 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 27 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 27 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 27 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 28 to age 30 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 28 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 29 1867: Dynamite at age 29 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 29 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 29 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 29 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 30 to age 40 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 31 to age 38 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 31 1869: Suez canal opened at age 31 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 31 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 31 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 32 to age 33 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 32 1870: US black men can vote at age 32 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 33 1873: Color Photographs at age 35 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 35 to age 40 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 38 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 38 1876: American Centennial at age 38 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 38 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 39 to age 42 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 39 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 40 1879: Zulu war at age 41 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 41 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 43 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 43 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 43 to age 47 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 58 1884: 1st subway at age 46 1884: Motorcycle at age 46 1885: Automobile at age 47 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 47 to age 50 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 48 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 49 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 50 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 50 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 51 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 51 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 51 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 51 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 51 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 51 to age 54 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 52 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 52 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 52 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 52 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 53 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 55 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 55 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 55 to age 58 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 55 to age 59 1893: Movies at age 55 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 56 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 56 to age 57 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 58 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 58 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 59 to age 63 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 60 1899-1902: Boer war from age 61 until after line end 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 61 until after line end 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 62 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 62 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 62 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 63 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 63 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 63 1901: First British submarine launched at age 63 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 63 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 63 until after line end 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 63 until after line end 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 63

Additional Information

No additional information on file.