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Amy Mason (Rhodes) Blish 8 [f]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born September 17th, 1855
Birthplace Providence, RI, USA
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Died September 13th, 1944, aged about 89 years
Died at... Kewanee, IL, USA
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Parents
Father [1037_sb_f]Albert Rhodes 7 No Image On File
Mother [1037_sb_m]Ann Elizabeth (Read) Rhodes 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[1037] - James Knox Blish, (***) 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Cambridge, county of Henry, IL, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1322]+ Elizabeth (Blish) Brookfield 9 b. March 22nd, 1888 c. June
II [1323]+ Matthew Rhodes Blish, M.S., E.E. 9 b. April 28th, 1889 c. July
III [1324]+ Asa Rhodes Blish, (***) 9 b. June 8th, 1893 c. September

James Knox Blish

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Personalized History Timeline, 1855 to 1944
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 5
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 46
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 1
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from before birth until age 1
1854-1856:
Crimean War from before birth until age 1
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 2
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 2 to age 11
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 2 to age 5
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 3
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 3
1859:
Oil Well at age 4
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 4
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 4
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 5
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 5
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 6 to age 10
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 6
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 6
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 6
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 6
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 6 to age 10
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 6
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 6 to age 10
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 6
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 6
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 6
1862:
US Homestead act at age 7
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 8
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 8 to age 24
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 8
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 8
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 8
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 8
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 9
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 9
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 10
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 10
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 10
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 11
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 11 to age 13
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 12
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 12
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 12
1867:
Dynamite at age 12
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 12
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 13 to age 23
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 14 to age 21
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 14
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 14
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 14
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 14
1870:
US black men can vote at age 15
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 15
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 15 to age 16
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 16
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 18 to age 23
1873:
Color Photographs at age 18
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 21
1876:
American Centennial at age 21
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 21
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 21
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 22 to age 25
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 22
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 23
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 24
1879:
Zulu war at age 24
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 26
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 26
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 26 to age 30
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 26 to age 41
1884:
1st subway at age 29
1884:
Motorcycle at age 29
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 30 to age 33
1885:
Automobile at age 30
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 31
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 32
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 33
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 33
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 34
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 34
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 34
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 34 to age 37
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 34
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 34
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 35
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 35
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 35
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 35
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 36
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 38 to age 41
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 38
1893:
Movies at age 38
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 38
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 38 to age 42
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 39 to age 40
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 39
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 41
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 41
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 42 to age 46
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 43
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 44 to age 47
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 44 to age 68
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 45
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 45
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 45
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 46
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 46
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 46
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 46 to age 53
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 46
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 46 to age 55
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 46
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 46
1903:
Airplane at age 48
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 48
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 49 to age 50
1904:
Radar at age 49
1907:
Plastic at age 52
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 52
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 53
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 54
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 54 to age 57
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 54
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 55 to age 81
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 55
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 55
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 56
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 57
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 57
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 57
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 57
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 58 to age 65
1914:
The Bra at age 59
1914-1919:
World War I from age 59 to age 64
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 60
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 61
1916:
Sonar at age 61
1917:
US enters WWI at age 62
1917:
Russian revolution at age 62
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 63 to age 78
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 63 to age 65
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 64
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 64
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 65 to age 74
1920:
Palestine established at age 65
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 65
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 66 to age 69
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 67
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 70
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 70 to age 73
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 71
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 72
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 72
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 73
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 73
1928:
Video Recordings at age 73
1928:
Television at age 73
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 74 to age 77
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 74 to age 84
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 74
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 75
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 76 to age 78
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 78 until after line end
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 78
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 78
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 78
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 79
1935:
Dustbowl at age 80
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 80 to age 81
1936:
Helicopter at age 81
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 81
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 81 until after line end
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 81
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 82
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 82 until after line end
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 83
1939-1945:
World War II from age 84 until after line end
1939:
Digital Computer at age 84
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 84
1940:
Color Television at age 85
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 85
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 86 until after line end
1942:
Nuclear Reactor at age 87
1942:
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 87

Additional Information
Amy Mason (Rhodes) Blish was brought to Illinois by her parents, when an infant. Her father located on a farm at Bunker Hill, south of Buda, Illinois. Here she attended the local schools, until failing health compelled her father to quit farming and the family removed to Buda.

She finished her education at Providence, Rhode Island, and aat once began teaching, which she followed for ten years, during most of which time she was first assistant in the high schools of Buda, Sheffield and Cambridge, Illinois. Since her marriage she has been an active participant in the social, charitable and literary life of Kewanee.

She is a member of the Ladies Reading Club, which has just celebrated its tenth anniversary; was the organizer and for several years Regent of the Kewanee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and for fifteen years has been an officer and one of the managers of the Dorcas Society, an organization to aid the sick, desititute and worthy poor, which is supported by voluntary contributions from charitable citizens of the city, and which has been of great benefit to the community.


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