Personal Details

Born	September 8th, 1815
Birthplace	East Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	December 18th, 1864, aged about 49 years
Died at...	Wethersfield, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death	Pneumonia
Burial Place	Galena, Illinois, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[373]	Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6
Mother	[373_sa]	Rhoda (Cheney) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [668sa] - Wealthy Ann (Buck) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1032] Mary Blish 8 b. No Entry c. ? II [1027]+ Henry Sylvester Blish 8 b. July 18th, 1838 c. October III [1028] Thomas Hubbard Blish 8 b. April 27th, 1840 c. July IV [1029] George Blish 8 b. September 14th, 1842 c. December V [1030] Sarah Blish 8 b. May 27th, 1844 c. August VI [1031] Ella Blish 8 b. July 26th, 1848 c. October VII [1033] Mary Louise Blish 8 b. August, 1853 c. November VIII [1034] George Cheney Blish 8 b. February 16th, 1855 c. May IX [1035] Hattie Blish 8 b. May, 1857 c. August X [1036] Benoni Blish 8 b. October, 1862 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Thomas Blish	Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***)	Deacon Thomas Blish, (***)	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Prudence (Hubbard) Blish	Elizur Hubbard	? Hubbard
				? (?) Hubbard
			Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard	? Hollister
				? (?) Hollister
	Rhoda (Cheney) Blish	Timothy Cheney	? Cheney	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Cheney	No Entry
				No Entry
		Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney	? Skinner	No Entry
				No Entry
			? (?) Skinner	No Entry
				No Entry

Personalized History Timeline, 1815 to 1864

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 19 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 5 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 0 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 1 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 0 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 0 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 0 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 1 1816: Photographic Negative at age 1 1816: Stethoscope at age 1 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 2 to age 10 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 2 to age 9 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 2 to age 8 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 2 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 2 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 2 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 3 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 3 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 4 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 4 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 4 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 5 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 5 to age 15 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 6 to age 14 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 6 1821: 1st US women's college at age 6 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 6 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 7 1824: Erie canal finished at age 9 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 9 to age 13 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 9 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 11 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 12 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 12 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 12 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 13 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 13 to age 21 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 13 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 14 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 36 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 15 to age 22 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 15 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 15 to age 45 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 17 1833: Telegraph at age 18 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 18 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 19 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 20 1835: Halley's Comet at age 20 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 20 to age 27 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 21 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 21 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 21 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 22 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 22 to age 25 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 22 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 22 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 23 to age 24 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 24 to age 27 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 26 to age 29 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 27 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 29 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 30 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 30 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 30 to age 33 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 30 to age 34 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 31 to age 33 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 31 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 33 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 33 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 33 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 33 to age 41 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 34 to age 37 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 34 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 35 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 35 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 35 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 35 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 35 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 36 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 37 to age 44 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 38 to age 41 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 38 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 39 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 39 to age 41 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 39 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 42 to age 45 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 42 until after line end 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 42 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 43 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 43 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 44 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 44 1859: Oil Well at age 44 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 45 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 45 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 46 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 46 until after line end 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 46 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 46 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 46 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 46 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 46 until after line end 1861-1865: Civil War from age 46 until after line end 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 46 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 46 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 46 1862: US Homestead act at age 47 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 48 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 48 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 48 until after line end 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 48 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 48 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 48 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 49 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 49

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