Personal Details

Born	January 12th, 1831
Birthplace	Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	October 3rd, 1892, aged about 61 years
Died at...	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
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Disposition	No Entry

Parents

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

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [671sa] - Marie Therese (Nievergelder) Blish 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: St. Louis, MO, USA Children by this spouse: I [1043] Elizabeth Marie Blish 8 b. September 11th, 1872 c. December II [1044] Louise Ernestine Blish 8 b. July 24th, 1874 c. October III [1045] George Joseph Blish 8 b. September 8th, 1876 c. December IV [1046] Florence Marie Blish 8 b. September 8th, 1878 c. December V [1047] Eugene Sylvester Blish 8 b. December 28th, 1880 c. March VI [1048] Julia Marie Blish 8 b. February 1st, 1883 c. May VII [1049] Sylvester Blish 8 b. April 21st, 1885 c. July VIII [1050] Charles Cheney Blish 8 b. April 15th, 1887 c. July

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
George Cheney 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
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			? (?) Cheney	No Entry
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		Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney	? Skinner	No Entry
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			? (?) Skinner	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1831 to 1892

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 3 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 5 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 20 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 29 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 6 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 1 1833: Telegraph at age 2 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 2 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 3 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 4 to age 11 1835: Halley's Comet at age 4 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 4 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 5 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 5 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 5 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 6 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 6 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 6 to age 9 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 6 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 7 to age 8 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 8 to age 11 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 10 to age 13 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 11 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 13 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 14 to age 17 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 14 to age 18 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 14 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 14 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 15 to age 17 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 15 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 17 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 17 to age 25 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 17 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 17 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 18 to age 21 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 18 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 19 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 19 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 19 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 19 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 19 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 20 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 28 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 22 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 22 to age 25 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 23 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 23 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 23 to age 25 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 26 to age 35 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 26 to age 29 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 26 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 27 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 27 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 28 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 28 1859: Oil Well at age 28 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 29 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 29 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 30 to age 34 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 30 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 30 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 30 1861-1865: Civil War from age 30 to age 34 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 30 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 30 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 30 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 30 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 30 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 30 to age 34 1862: US Homestead act at age 31 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 32 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 32 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 32 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 32 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 32 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 32 to age 48 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 33 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 33 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 34 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 34 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 34 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 35 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 35 to age 37 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 36 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 36 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 36 1867: Dynamite at age 36 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 36 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 37 to age 47 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 38 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 38 to age 45 1869: Suez canal opened at age 38 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 38 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 38 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 39 to age 40 1870: US black men can vote at age 39 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 39 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 40 1873: Color Photographs at age 42 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 42 to age 47 1876: American Centennial at age 45 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 45 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 45 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 45 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 46 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 46 to age 49 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 47 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 48 1879: Zulu war at age 48 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 50 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 50 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 50 until after line end 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 50 to age 54 1884: Motorcycle at age 53 1884: 1st subway at age 53 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 54 to age 57 1885: Automobile at age 54 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 55 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 56 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 57 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 57 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 58 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 58 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 58 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 58 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 58 to age 61 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 58 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 59 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 59 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 59 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 59 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 60

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