| John Hedding Blish
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| Generation: | 7 |
| Born: | April 25th, 1821 |
| Died: | July 30th, 1886, aged about 65 years |
| Father: | John Blish |
| Mother: | Merab Ann (Wales) Blish |
| Occupation(s): | --- |
| Marriages: | • Sarah (Shields) Blish At Seymour, IN, USA |
| Children: | Meedy Shields Blish Emma Merab (Blish) Thompson Commander John Bell Blish Lucy Shields (Blish) Humbert Tipton Shields Blish |
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John Hedding Blish attended school at Middlebury, Vermont; in 1849 he started for California, but meeting his friend
Frank Marsh,
who afterwards married his sister
Mary,
at Jeffersonville, Indiana, he was prevailed upon to take a position on the engineering corps of the first railroad in Indiana, the old "Madison Road". He was soon promoted to the position of
chief engineer, and held it till the road was completed to Indianapolis and then to Louisville, Kentucky.
It was about this time that he married, and became associated with his father-in-law, in the grain packing and milling business, until 1871 when he accepted a position as chief engineer of a railroad which was to run from Evensville to Richmond, Indiana. This project was abandoned during the financial troubles of 1872-1873, and he returned to the grain and milling business, at which he remained until his death. In 1883, his sons Meedy Shields and Tipton Shields, joined their father in the business.
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John Hedding Blish1821 through 1886
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