Personal Details

Born	October 18th, 1853
Birthplace	East Vassalboro, Maine, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Mason, farmer
Died	April, 1895, aged about 42 years
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Burial Place	Riverside cemetery, Pettingills Corner, Augusta, Maine, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[473]	John Blish, Jr. 7
Mother	[473_sa]	Mary (Stafford) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [854sa] - Ella F. (Goddard) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Arlington, Massachusetts, USA Children by this spouse: I [1181] Ina M. Blish 9 b. December 4th, 1880 c. March II [1182] Ethel M. Blish 9 b. October 6th, 1883 c. January

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
Arthur Blish	John Blish, Jr.	John Blish	Stacey "grey eagle" Blish	John Blish
				Mary (Goodspeed) Blish
			Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish	? Barker or "Baxter"?
				Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?
		Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish	? Farnsworth	No Entry
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			? (?) Farnsworth	No Entry
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	Mary (Stafford) Blish	James Stafford	No Entry	No Entry
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		? (?) Stafford	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1853 to 1895

1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 7 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 3 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 6 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 0 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 0 to age 3 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 1 to age 3 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 1 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 1 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 4 to age 13 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 4 to age 7 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 4 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 5 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 5 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 6 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 6 1859: Oil Well at age 6 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 7 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 7 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 8 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 8 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 8 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 8 to age 12 1861-1865: Civil War from age 8 to age 12 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 8 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 8 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 8 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 8 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 8 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 8 to age 12 1862: US Homestead act at age 9 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 10 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 26 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 10 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 10 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 10 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 10 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 11 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 11 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 12 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 12 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 12 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 13 to age 15 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 13 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 14 1867: Dynamite at age 14 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 14 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 14 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 14 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 15 to age 25 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 16 to age 23 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 16 1869: Suez canal opened at age 16 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 16 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 16 1870: US black men can vote at age 17 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 17 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 17 to age 18 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 18 1873: Color Photographs at age 20 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 20 to age 25 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 23 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 23 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 23 1876: American Centennial at age 23 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 24 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 24 to age 27 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 25 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 26 1879: Zulu war at age 26 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 28 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 28 until after line end 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 28 to age 32 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 28 1884: 1st subway at age 31 1884: Motorcycle at age 31 1885: Automobile at age 32 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 32 to age 35 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 33 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 34 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 35 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 35 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 36 to age 39 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 36 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 36 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 36 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 36 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 36 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 37 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 37 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 37 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 37 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 38 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 40 until after line end 1893: Movies at age 40 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 40 until after line end 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 40 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 40 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 41 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 41 to age 42

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