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Lydia (Blish) Steele 7 [f]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born September 26th, 1822 No Image On File
Birthplace Mentor, OH, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Died January 2nd, 1896, aged about 74 years
Died at... Painesville, OH, USA
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Burial Place Evergreen cemetery
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [281]Judge Zenas Blish 6 No Image On File
Mother [281_sa]Vashti (Ingersol) Blish 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[495_sa] - Horace Steele 7

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Children by this spouse:
I [865] Horace Blish Steele 8 b. October 27th, 1844 c. January No Image On File
II [866] Helen Lydia Steele 8 b. June 20th, 1847 c. September No Image On File
III [867] Emma Lucinda Steele 8 b. January 13th, 1851 c. April No Image On File
IV [868] George Clark Steele 8 b. February 3rd, 1853 c. May No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
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Lydia (Blish) SteeleJudge Zenas BlishBenjamin BlishBenjamin BlishTristham Blish, (***)
Anne (Fuller) Blish
Mary (Adams) BlishJohn Adams
Ruth (Loomis) Adams
Phebe (Skinner) BlishNo EntryNo Entry
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Vashti (Ingersol) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1822 to 1896
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 12
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 3
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 1
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 2
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 8
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 7
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 0
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 2
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 2
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 2 to age 6
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 4
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 5
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 5
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 5
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 6
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 6
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 6 to age 14
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 7
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 7 to age 29
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 8
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 8 to age 38
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 8 to age 15
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 10
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 11
1833:
Telegraph at age 11
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 12
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 13
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 13
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 13 to age 20
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 14
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 14
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 14
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 15
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 15
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 15 to age 18
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 15 until after line end
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 16 to age 17
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 17 to age 20
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 19 to age 22
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 20
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 22
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 23
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 23
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 23 to age 26
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 23 to age 27
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 24
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 24 to age 26
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 26 to age 34
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 26
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 26
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 26
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 27 to age 30
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 27
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 28
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 28
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 28
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 28
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 28
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 29
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 37
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 31
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 31 to age 34
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 32
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 32
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 32 to age 34
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 35 to age 44
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 35 to age 38
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 35
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 36
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 36
1859:
Oil Well at age 37
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 37
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 37
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 38
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 38
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 39
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 39
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 39 to age 43
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 39
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 39 to age 43
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 39
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 39
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 39
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 39 to age 43
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 39
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 39
1862:
US Homestead act at age 40
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 41
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 41
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 41 to age 57
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 41
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 41
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 41
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 42
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 42
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 43
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 43
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 43
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 44 to age 46
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 44
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 45
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 45
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 45
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 45
1867:
Dynamite at age 45
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 46 to age 56
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 47 to age 54
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 47
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 47
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 47
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 47
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 48 to age 49
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 48
1870:
US black men can vote at age 48
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 49
1873:
Color Photographs at age 51
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 51 to age 56
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 54
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 54
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 54
1876:
American Centennial at age 54
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 55
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 55 to age 58
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 56
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 57
1879:
Zulu war at age 57
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 59
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 59 to age 63
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 59
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 59 to age 74
1884:
Motorcycle at age 62
1884:
1st subway at age 62
1885:
Automobile at age 63
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 63 to age 66
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 64
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 65
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 66
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 66
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 67
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 67 to age 70
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 67
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 67
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 67
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 67
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 68
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 68
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 68
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 68
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 69
1893:
Movies at age 71
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 71 until after line end
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 71
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 71 to age 74
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 71
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 72
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 72 to age 73
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 74
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 74

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