Personal Details

Born	May 5th, 1816
Birthplace	Pittston, Maine, USA
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Parents

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

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [802sa] - Irene (Young) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Gasconade, MO, USA Children by this spouse: I [1152] Henrietta Mehitable Blish 9 b. February 4th, 1839 c. May II [1153] William Leontine Blish 9 b. November 25th, 1840 c. February III [1154] Thomas Swift Blish 9 b. September 18th, 1842 c. December IV [1155] David Crowell Blish 9 b. February 17th, 1844 c. May V [1156] Charles Blish 9 b. July 9th, 1846 c. October VI [1157] Preston Blish 9 b. September 1st, 1848 c. December VII [1158] Sarah Blish 9 b. November 11th, 1850 c. February VIII [1159] Elizabeth Blish 9 b. July 4th, 1854 c. October IX [1160] George Calvin Blish 9 b. December 24th, 1855 c. March X [1161] Martha Stella Blish 9 b. May 6th, 1859 c. August XI [1162] Mary Anna Blish 9 b. August 26th, 1861 c. November

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
George 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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	Mehitable (Freeman) Blish	Joshua Freeman	No Entry	No Entry
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		Mehitable (Blossom) Freeman	? Blossom	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1816 to 1916

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 18 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 4 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 0 1816: Stethoscope at age 0 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 0 1816: Photographic Negative at age 0 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 1 to age 8 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 1 to age 7 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 1 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 1 to age 9 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 1 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 1 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 2 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 2 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 3 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 3 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 3 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 4 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 4 to age 14 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 5 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 5 to age 13 1821: 1st US women's college at age 5 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 5 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 6 1824: Erie canal finished at age 8 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 8 to age 12 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 8 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 10 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 11 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 11 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 11 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 12 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 12 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 12 to age 20 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 13 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 13 to age 35 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 14 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 14 to age 44 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 14 to age 21 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 16 1833: Telegraph at age 17 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 17 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 18 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 19 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 19 to age 26 1835: Halley's Comet at age 19 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 20 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 20 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 20 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 21 to age 85 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 21 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 21 to age 24 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 21 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 22 to age 23 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 23 to age 26 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 25 to age 28 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 26 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 28 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 29 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 29 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 29 to age 33 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 29 to age 32 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 30 to age 32 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 30 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 32 to age 40 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 32 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 32 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 32 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 33 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 33 to age 36 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 34 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 34 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 34 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 34 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 34 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 35 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 36 to age 43 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 37 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 37 to age 40 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 38 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 38 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 38 to age 40 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 41 to age 50 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 41 to age 44 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 41 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 42 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 42 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 43 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 43 1859: Oil Well at age 43 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 44 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 44 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 45 to age 49 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 45 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 45 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 45 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 45 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 45 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 45 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 45 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 45 to age 49 1861-1865: Civil War from age 45 to age 49 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 45 1862: US Homestead act at age 46 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 47 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 47 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 47 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 47 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 63 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 47 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 48 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 48 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 49 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 49 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 49 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 50 to age 52 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 50 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 51 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 51 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 51 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 51 1867: Dynamite at age 51 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 52 to age 62 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 53 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 53 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 53 to age 60 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 53 1869: Suez canal opened at age 53 1870: US black men can vote at age 54 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 54 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 54 to age 55 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 55 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 57 to age 62 1873: Color Photographs at age 57 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 60 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 60 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 60 1876: American Centennial at age 60 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 61 to age 64 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 61 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 62 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 63 1879: Zulu war at age 63 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 65 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 65 to age 80 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 65 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 65 to age 69 1884: Motorcycle at age 68 1884: 1st subway at age 68 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 69 to age 72 1885: Automobile at age 69 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 70 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 71 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 72 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 72 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 73 to age 76 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 73 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 73 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 73 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 73 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 73 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 74 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 74 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 74 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 74 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 75 1893: Movies at age 77 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 77 to age 80 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 77 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 77 to age 81 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 77 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 78 to age 79 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 78 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 80 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 80 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 81 to age 85 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 82 1899-1902: Boer war from age 83 to age 86 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 83 until after line end 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 84 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 84 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 84 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 85 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 85 to age 94 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 85 1901: First British submarine launched at age 85 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 85 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 85 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 85 to age 92 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 85 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 87 1903: Airplane at age 87 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 88 to age 89 1904: Radar at age 88 1907: Plastic at age 91 1907: Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 91 1908: Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 92 1909: North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 93 1909-1912: William Howard Taft president of US from age 93 to age 96 1909: Union of South Africa formed at age 93 1910-1936: Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 94 until after line end 1910: Japan annexes Korea at age 94 1910: Halley's Comet at age 94 1911: South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 95 1912: Alaska organized as a territory at age 96 1912: Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 96 1912: Titanic sinks at age 96 1912: New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 96 1913-1920: Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 97 until after line end 1914-1919: World War I from age 98 until after line end 1914: The Bra at age 98 1915: Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 99 1916: Irish Easter Rebellion at age 100 1916: Sonar at age 100

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