Personal Details

Born	September 18th, 1862
Birthplace	Silver Creek Township, county of Cass, Michigan, USA
Baptized	No Entry
Baptized at...	No Entry
Baptized by...	No Entry
Baptized in...	No Entry
Occupation(s)	Farmer
Died	December 11th, 1899, aged about 37 years
Died at...	Lisbon, North Dakota, USA
Cause of Death	Typhoid
Burial Place	Dowegiac, Michigan, USA
Disposition	No Entry

Parents

Father	[621]	Daniel Blish 7
Mother	[621sa]	Julia Ann (Gilbert) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [949sa] - Alberta (Waldorf) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Buffalo, North Dakota, USA Children by this spouse: I [1242] Helen Verna Blish 9 b. June 11th, 1887 c. September II [1243] Herbert Franklin Blish 9 b. November 23rd, 1889 c. February III [1244] Emma May Blish 9 b. November 11th, 1892 c. February

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
Frank Blish	Daniel Blish	David Blish	Deacon David Blish	David Blish, (***)
				Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
			Lucy (Wilcox) Blish	Obadiah Wilcox
				Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox
		Mary "Polly" (Whitney) Blish	Samuel Whitney	No Entry
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			Mary (?) Whitney	No Entry
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	Julia Ann (Gilbert) Blish	William B. Gilbert	No Entry	No Entry
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		Cynthia (Sammons) Gilbert	? Sammons	No Entry
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			? (?) Sammons	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1862 to 1899

1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from before birth until age 4 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from before birth until age 3 1861-1865: Civil War from before birth until age 3 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from before birth until age 3 1862: US Homestead act at age 0 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 1 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 1 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 1 to age 17 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 1 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 1 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 1 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 2 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 2 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 3 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 3 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 3 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 4 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 4 to age 6 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 5 1867: Dynamite at age 5 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 5 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 5 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 5 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 6 to age 16 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 7 to age 14 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 7 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 7 1869: Suez canal opened at age 7 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 7 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 8 to age 9 1870: US black men can vote at age 8 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 8 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 9 1873: Color Photographs at age 11 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 11 to age 16 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 14 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 14 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 14 1876: American Centennial at age 14 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 15 to age 18 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 15 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 16 1879: Zulu war at age 17 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 17 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 19 to age 23 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 19 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 34 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 19 1884: Motorcycle at age 22 1884: 1st subway at age 22 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 23 to age 26 1885: Automobile at age 23 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 24 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 25 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 26 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 26 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 27 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 27 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 27 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 27 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 27 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 27 to age 30 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 28 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 28 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 28 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 28 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 29 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 31 1893: Movies at age 31 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 31 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 31 to age 35 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 31 to age 34 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 32 to age 33 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 32 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 34 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 34 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 35 until after line end 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 36 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 37 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 37 until after line end

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