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William Durant Blush 6 ("Blush" is a corruption of "Blish") [m]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born February 3rd, 1809 No Image On File
Birthplace Middlefield, MA, USA
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
Baptized by... No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died March 19th, 1879, aged about 70 years
Died at... Middlefield, MA, USA
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Family Lot, Middlefield, MA, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [163]Amasa Blush 5 No Image On File
Mother [163_sa]Nancy (Durant) Blush 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[331_sa] - Eliza Ann (Sennett) Blush 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
I [590] Eliza Adaline Blush 7 b. May 22nd, 1834 c. August No Image On File
II [591] Mary Elizabeth Blush 7 b. February 1st, 1836 c. May No Image On File
III [592]+ William Clark Blush 7 b. August 15th, 1838 c. November No Image On File
IV [593] unnamed Blush 7 b. December 14th, 1842 c. March No Image On File
V [594] Lucy Blush 7 b. December 1st, 1843 c. March No Image On File
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Wife #2
[331_sb] - Lucy (Johnson) Blush 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
No Records of Children
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Wife #3
[331_sc] - Harriet (Stone) Blush 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
I [596] George Blush 7 b. December 22nd, 1851 c. March No Image On File
II [595] Arthur Blush 7 b. December 5th, 1853 c. March No Image On File
III [597] Harriet S. (Blish or "Blush"?) Brown 7 b. June 25th, 1855 c. September No Image On File
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Wife #4
[331_sd] - Mary W. (Prentice) Blush 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
I [598] Emma (Blish or "Blush"?) Hathaway 7 b. April 24th, 1857 c. July No Image On File
II [599]+ Edward Durant Blush 7 b. December 8th, 1860 c. March No Image On File
III [600] Agnes Ulin (Blish or "Blush"?) Pomeroy 7 b. September 26th, 1862 c. December No Image On File
IV [601]+ Martha Sampson (Blish or "Blush"?) Klyver 7 b. March 28th, 1866 c. June No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3 Gen. 2
William Durant BlushAmasa BlushJoseph BlishTristham Blish, (***)Joseph Blish, (***)
Hannah (Hull) Blish
Anne (Fuller) BlishMatthew Fuller
Patience (Young) Fuller
Elizabeth (Skinner) BlishDaniel SkinnerNo Entry
No Entry
Elizabeth (Hitchcock) SkinnerNo Entry
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Nancy (Durant) BlushThomas DurantNo EntryNo Entry
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Elizabeth (?) DurantNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1809 to 1879
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 25
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 11
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 6
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from before birth until age 0
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 0 to age 7
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 0
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 1
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 1
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 3 to age 5
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 3
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 3
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 6
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 6
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 6
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 7
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 7
1816:
Stethoscope at age 7
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 8 to age 14
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 8
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 8 to age 15
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 8 to age 16
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 8
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 8
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 9
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 9
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 10
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 10
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 10
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 11
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 11 to age 21
1821:
1st US women's college at age 12
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 12
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 12
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 12 to age 20
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 13
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 15
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 15 to age 19
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 15
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 17
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 18
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 18
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 18
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 19
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 19
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 19 to age 27
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 20
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 20 to age 42
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 21 to age 51
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 21 to age 28
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 21
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 23
1833:
Telegraph at age 24
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 24
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 25
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 26
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 26 to age 33
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 26
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 27
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 27
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 27
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 28 to age 31
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 28
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 28 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 28
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 29 to age 30
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 30 to age 33
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 32 to age 35
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 33
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 35
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 36 to age 40
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 36 to age 39
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 36
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 36
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 37 to age 39
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 37
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 39
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 39 to age 47
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 39
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 39
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 40
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 40 to age 43
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 41
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 41
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 41
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 41
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 41
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 42
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 50
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 44 to age 47
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 44
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 45
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 45
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 45 to age 47
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 48
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 48 to age 57
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 48 to age 51
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 49
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 49
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 50
1859:
Oil Well at age 50
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 50
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 51
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 51
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 52 to age 56
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 52
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 52
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 52
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 52
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 52 to age 56
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 52 to age 56
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 52
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 52
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 52
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 52
1862:
US Homestead act at age 53
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 54
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 54
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 54
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 54
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 54
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 54 to age 70
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 55
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 55
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 56
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 56
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 56
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 57 to age 59
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 57
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 58
1867:
Dynamite at age 58
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 58
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 58
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 58
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 59 to age 69
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 60
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 60 to age 67
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 60
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 60
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 60
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 61
1870:
US black men can vote at age 61
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 61 to age 62
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 62
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 64 to age 69
1873:
Color Photographs at age 64
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 67
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 67
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 67
1876:
American Centennial at age 67
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 68
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 68 until after line end
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 69
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 70
1879:
Zulu war at age 70

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