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Sophia (Blish) Perkins 6 [f]
6th Generation

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Born 1789 No Image On File
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Parents
Father [137]Benjamin Blish 5 No Image On File
Mother [137_sa]Phebe (Skinner) Blish 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[279_sa] - Grant Perkins 6

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Children by this spouse:
I [279c1] Amanda Sophia (Perkins) Ford 7 b. 1875 c. ? No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
Sophia (Blish) PerkinsBenjamin BlishBenjamin BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew Fuller
Patience (Young) Fuller
Mary (Adams) BlishJohn AdamsNo Entry
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Ruth (Loomis) AdamsNo Entry
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Phebe (Skinner) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1789 to 1889
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 19
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 45
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 31
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 0 to age 7
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 0
1789:
US Army Established at age 0
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 1
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 1
1790:
1st official US census at age 1
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 2
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 2
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 3
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 3
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 3 to age 26
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 4
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 4
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 5
1794:
US Navy Established at age 5
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 5
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 7
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 7
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 7 to age 11
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 7
1798:
Lithography at age 9
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 9 to age 11
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 9
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 9
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 10
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 11 to age 20
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 11
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 11
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 11
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 13
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 14
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 14
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 14
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 15 to age 17
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 15
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 16
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 16
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 18
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 19
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 19
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 20 to age 27
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 20
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 21
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 21
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 23
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 23
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 23 to age 25
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 26
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 26
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 26
1816:
Stethoscope at age 27
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 27
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 27
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 28 to age 34
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 28 to age 35
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 28 to age 36
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 28
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 28
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 28
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 29
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 29
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 30
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 30
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 30
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 31 to age 41
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 31
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 32 to age 40
1821:
1st US women's college at age 32
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 32
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 32
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 33
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 35
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 35
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 35 to age 39
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 37
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 38
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 38
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 38
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 39
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 39 to age 47
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 39
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 40
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 40 to age 62
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 41 to age 48
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 41 to age 71
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 41
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 43
1833:
Telegraph at age 44
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 44
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 45
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 46 to age 53
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 46
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 46
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 47
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 47
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 47
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 48
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 48 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 48 to age 51
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 48
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 49 to age 50
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 50 to age 53
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 52 to age 55
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 53
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 55
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 56
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 56 to age 60
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 56 to age 59
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 56
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 57 to age 59
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 57
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 59
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 59
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 59
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 59 to age 67
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 60 to age 63
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 60
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 61
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 61
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 61
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 61
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 61
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 62
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 63 to age 70
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 64 to age 67
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 64
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 65 to age 67
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 65
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 65
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 68 to age 71
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 68 to age 77
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 68
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 69
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 69
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 70
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 70
1859:
Oil Well at age 70
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 71
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 71
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 72
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 72
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 72 to age 76
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 72 to age 76
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 72
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 72
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 72
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 72
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 72
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 72
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 72 to age 76
1862:
US Homestead act at age 73
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 74 to age 90
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 74
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 74
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 74
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 74
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 74
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 75
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 75
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 76
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 76
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 76
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 77
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 77 to age 79
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 78
1867:
Dynamite at age 78
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 78
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 78
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 78
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 79 to age 89
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 80
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 80 to age 87
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 80
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 80
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 80
1870:
US black men can vote at age 81
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 81
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 81 to age 82
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 82
1873:
Color Photographs at age 84
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 84 to age 89
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 87
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 87
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 87
1876:
American Centennial at age 87
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 88
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 88 to age 91
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 89
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 90
1879:
Zulu war at age 90
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 92
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 92
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 92 until after line end
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 92 to age 96
1884:
Motorcycle at age 95
1884:
1st subway at age 95
1885:
Automobile at age 96
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 96 to age 99
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 97
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 98
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 99
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 99
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 100
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 100
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 100
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 100
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 100 until after line end
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 100

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