Personal Details

Born	January 5th, 1810
Birthplace	West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Machinist, merchandiser, storekeeper, miller
Died	January 20th, 1887, aged about 77 years
Died at...	LaSalle, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
Burial Place	No Entry
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[420]	Joseph Blish 7
Mother	[420_sa]	Mehitable (Freeman) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [800sa] - Abigail Ingersoll (Champney) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Children by this spouse: I [1143] Henrietta Blish 9 b. July 10th, 1832 c. October II [1144] Joseph Blish 9 b. September 5th, 1834 c. December III [1145]+ George William Blish 9 b. March 1st, 1837 c. June IV [1146]+ Caroline Eldred (Blish) Lambert 9 b. June 4th, 1840 c. September V [1147]+ Alice Sisson (Blish) Bent 9 b. January 8th, 1842 c. April VI [1148]+ Mary Evaline (Blish) Sutphen 9 b. October 31st, 1844 c. January VII [1149]+ Ellen (Blish) Fisher 9 b. January 19th, 1847 c. April VIII [1150] Susan Dow Blish 9 b. July 19th, 1847 c. October IX [1151] Francis Bry Blish 9 b. February 21st, 1852 c. May

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
Joseph Blish	Joseph Blish	Major Joseph Blish, Jr.	Lieutenant Joseph Blish	Deacon Joseph Blish
				Hannah (Child) Blish
			Sarah (?) Crocker	Thomas Crocker
				Mehitable (Dimmick) Crocker
		Temperance (Shaw) Blish	Rev. Oakes Shaw	No Entry
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			? (?) Shaw	No Entry
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	Mehitable (Freeman) Blish	Joshua Freeman	No Entry	No Entry
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		Mehitable (Blossom) Freeman	? Blossom	No Entry
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			? (?) Blossom	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1810 to 1887

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 24 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 10 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 5 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 6 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 0 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 0 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 2 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 2 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 2 to age 4 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 5 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 5 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 5 1816: Photographic Negative at age 6 1816: Stethoscope at age 6 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 6 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 7 to age 15 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 7 to age 14 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 7 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 7 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 7 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 7 to age 13 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 8 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 8 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 9 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 9 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 9 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 10 to age 20 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 10 1821: 1st US women's college at age 11 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 11 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 11 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 11 to age 19 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 12 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 14 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 14 to age 18 1824: Erie canal finished at age 14 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 16 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 17 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 17 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 17 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 18 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 18 to age 26 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 18 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 41 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 19 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 20 to age 50 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 20 to age 27 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 20 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 22 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 23 1833: Telegraph at age 23 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 24 1835: Halley's Comet at age 25 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 25 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 25 to age 32 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 26 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 26 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 26 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 27 until after line end 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 27 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 27 to age 30 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 27 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 28 to age 29 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 29 to age 32 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 31 to age 34 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 32 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 34 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 35 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 35 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 35 to age 38 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 35 to age 39 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 36 to age 38 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 36 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 38 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 38 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 38 to age 46 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 38 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 39 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 39 to age 42 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 40 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 40 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 40 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 40 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 40 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 41 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 49 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 43 to age 46 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 43 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 44 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 44 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 44 to age 46 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 47 to age 56 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 47 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 47 to age 50 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 48 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 48 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 49 1859: Oil Well at age 49 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 49 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 50 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 50 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 51 1861-1865: Civil War from age 51 to age 55 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 51 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 51 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 51 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 51 to age 55 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 51 to age 55 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 51 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 51 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 51 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 51 1862: US Homestead act at age 52 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 53 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 53 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 53 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 53 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 53 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 53 to age 69 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 54 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 54 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 55 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 55 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 55 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 56 to age 58 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 56 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 57 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 57 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 57 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 57 1867: Dynamite at age 57 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 58 to age 68 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 59 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 59 to age 66 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 59 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 59 1869: Suez canal opened at age 59 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 60 to age 61 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 60 1870: US black men can vote at age 60 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 61 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 63 to age 68 1873: Color Photographs at age 63 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 66 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 66 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 66 1876: American Centennial at age 66 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 67 to age 70 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 67 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 68 1879: Zulu war at age 69 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 69 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 71 to age 75 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 71 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 71 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 71 until after line end 1884: 1st subway at age 74 1884: Motorcycle at age 74 1885: Automobile at age 75 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 75 until after line end 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 76 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 77

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