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Rhoda (Cheney) Blish 6 [f]
6th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 5th, 1794
Birthplace Orford Parish, South Manchester, CT, USA
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Died January 9th, 1878, aged about 84 years
Died at... Wethersfield, IL, USA
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Parents
Father [373_sa_f]Timothy Cheney 5 No Image On File
Mother [373_sa_m]Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney 5 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[373] - Colonel Sylvester Blish, (***) 6

Married by: No Entry
Married at: South Manchester, CT, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [667]+ William Henry Blish 7 b. May 25th, 1812 c. August
II [668]+ Thomas Blish 7 b. September 8th, 1815 c. December No Image On File
III [669]+ Charles Cheney Blish, (***) 7 b. May 26th, 1820 c. August
IV [670] Prudence Hubbard (Blish) Knox 7 b. March 26th, 1822 c. June No Image On File
V [671]+ George Cheney Blish 7 b. January 12th, 1831 c. April

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Personalized History Timeline, 1794 to 1878
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 14
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 40
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 26
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 2
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 21
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 0
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 0
1794:
US Navy Established at age 0
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 2
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 2
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 2
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 2 to age 6
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 4
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 4 to age 6
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 4
1798:
Lithography at age 4
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 5
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 6 to age 15
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 6
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 6
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 6
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 8
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 9
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 9
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 9
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 10 to age 12
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 10
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 11
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 11
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 13
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 14
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 14
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 15 to age 22
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 15
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 16
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 16
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 18 to age 20
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 18
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 18
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 21
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 21
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 21
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 22
1816:
Stethoscope at age 22
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 22
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 23 to age 30
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 23 to age 31
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 23
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 23
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 23
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 23 to age 29
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 24
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 24
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 25
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 25
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 25
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 26 to age 36
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 26
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 27
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 27 to age 35
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 27
1821:
1st US women's college at age 27
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 28
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 30
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 30 to age 34
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 30
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 32
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 33
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 33
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 33
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 34 to age 42
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 34
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 34
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 35 to age 57
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 35
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 36 to age 66
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 36 to age 43
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 36
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 38
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 39
1833:
Telegraph at age 39
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 40
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 41 to age 48
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 41
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 41
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 42
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 42
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 42
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 43 to age 46
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 43 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 43
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 43
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 44 to age 45
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 45 to age 48
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 47 to age 50
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 48
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 50
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 51
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 51 to age 55
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 51
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 51 to age 54
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 52 to age 54
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 52
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 54 to age 62
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 54
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 54
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 54
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 55
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 55 to age 58
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 56
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 56
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 56
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 56
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 56
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 57
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 58 to age 65
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 59
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 59 to age 62
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 60
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 60
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 60 to age 62
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 63 to age 72
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 63 to age 66
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 63
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 64
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 64
1859:
Oil Well at age 65
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 65
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 65
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 66
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 66
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 67
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 67
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 67 to age 71
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 67
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 67
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 67 to age 71
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 67
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 67
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 67
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 67
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 67 to age 71
1862:
US Homestead act at age 68
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 69
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 69 until after line end
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 69
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 69
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 69
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 69
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 70
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 70
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 71
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 71
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 71
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 72 to age 74
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 72
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 73
1867:
Dynamite at age 73
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 73
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 73
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 73
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 74 to age 84
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 75 to age 82
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 75
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 75
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 75
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 75
1870:
US black men can vote at age 76
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 76 to age 77
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 76
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 77
1873:
Color Photographs at age 79
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 79 to age 84
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 82
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 82
1876:
American Centennial at age 82
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 82
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 83
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 83 until after line end
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 84

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