Personal Details

Born	September 3rd, 1824
Birthplace	Stamford, New York, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	No Entry
Died	1900, aged about 76 years
Died at...	North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	Hobart, New York, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[383]	Aristarchus Blish 6
Mother	[383_sa]	Nancy Cornelia (Merriam) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [691sa] - Robert Sterling Rich 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1092] James Blish Rich 8 b. January 26th, 1856 c. April II [1093] Caroline Merriam Rich 8 b. February 4th, 1861 c. May III [1094] Stephen Wyatt Rich 8 b. September 25th, 1864 c. December IV [1095] Bertha Emilie Rich 8 b. February 2nd, 1869 c. May

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Caroline Delia (Blish) Rich	Aristarchus Blish	Aaron Blish	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Roxanna (Webster) Blish	? Webster	No Entry
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			? (?) Webster	No Entry
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	Nancy Cornelia (Merriam) Blish	Asahel Merriam	No Entry	No Entry
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		Phebe (Osborne) Merriam	? Osborne	No Entry
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			? (?) Osborne	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1824 to 1900

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 10 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 1 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 0 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 6 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 5 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 0 1824: Erie canal finished at age 0 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 0 to age 4 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 2 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 3 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 3 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 3 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 4 to age 12 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 4 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 4 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 27 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 5 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 6 to age 13 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 6 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 6 to age 36 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 8 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 9 1833: Telegraph at age 9 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 10 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 11 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 11 to age 18 1835: Halley's Comet at age 11 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 12 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 12 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 12 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 13 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 13 until after line end 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 13 to age 16 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 13 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 14 to age 15 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 15 to age 18 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 17 to age 20 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 18 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 20 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 21 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 21 to age 25 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 21 to age 24 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 21 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 22 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 22 to age 24 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 24 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 24 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 24 to age 32 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 24 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 25 to age 28 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 25 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 26 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 26 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 26 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 26 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 26 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 27 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 28 to age 35 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 29 to age 32 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 29 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 30 to age 32 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 30 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 30 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 33 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 33 to age 36 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 33 to age 42 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 34 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 34 1859: Oil Well at age 35 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 35 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 35 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 36 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 36 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 37 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 37 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 37 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 37 to age 41 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 37 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 37 1861-1865: Civil War from age 37 to age 41 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 37 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 37 to age 41 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 37 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 37 1862: US Homestead act at age 38 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 39 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 39 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 39 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 39 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 39 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 39 to age 55 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 40 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 40 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 41 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 41 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 41 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 42 to age 44 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 42 1867: Dynamite at age 43 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 43 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 43 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 43 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 43 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 44 to age 54 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 45 to age 52 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 45 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 45 1869: Suez canal opened at age 45 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 45 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 46 1870: US black men can vote at age 46 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 46 to age 47 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 47 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 49 to age 54 1873: Color Photographs at age 49 1876: American Centennial at age 52 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 52 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 52 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 52 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 53 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 53 to age 56 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 54 1879: Zulu war at age 55 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 55 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 57 to age 61 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 57 to age 72 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 57 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 57 1884: 1st subway at age 60 1884: Motorcycle at age 60 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 61 to age 64 1885: Automobile at age 61 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 62 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 63 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 64 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 64 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 65 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 65 to age 68 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 65 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 65 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 65 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 65 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 66 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 66 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 66 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 66 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 67 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 69 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 69 to age 73 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 69 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 69 to age 72 1893: Movies at age 69 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 70 to age 71 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 70 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 72 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 72 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 73 until after line end 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 74 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 75 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 75 until after line end 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 76 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 76 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 76

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