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William Clark Blush 7 ("Blush" is a corruption of "Blish") [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born August 15th, 1838 No Image On File
Birthplace Middlefield, MA, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died April 14th, 1901, aged about 63 years
Died at... Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [331]William Durant Blush 6 No Image On File
Mother [331_sa]Eliza Ann (Sennett) Blush 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[592_sa] - Catharine Olive (Graham) Blush 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Sheffield, MA, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [922] Francis Graham Blush 8 b. October 4th, 1869 c. January No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3
William Clark BlushWilliam Durant BlushAmasa BlushJoseph BlishTristham Blish, (***)
Anne (Fuller) Blish
Elizabeth (Skinner) BlishDaniel Skinner
Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Skinner
Nancy (Durant) BlushThomas DurantNo Entry
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Elizabeth (?) DurantNo Entry
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Eliza Ann (Sennett) BlushNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1838 to 1901
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 13
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 22
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 4
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 2
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 0 to age 1
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 1 to age 4
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 3 to age 6
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 4
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 6
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 7
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 7 to age 10
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 7
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 7 to age 11
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 8
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 8 to age 10
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 10 to age 18
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 10
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 10
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 10
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 11 to age 14
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 11
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 12
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 12
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 12
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 12
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 12
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 13
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 21
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 15
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 15 to age 18
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 16
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 16
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 16 to age 18
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 19 to age 22
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 19
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 19 to age 28
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 20
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 20
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 21
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 21
1859:
Oil Well at age 21
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 22
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 22
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 23
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 23
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 23
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 23
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 23 to age 27
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 23
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 23 to age 27
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 23 to age 27
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 23
1862:
US Homestead act at age 24
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 25
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 25
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 25
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 25
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 25 to age 41
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 25
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 26
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 26
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 27
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 27
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 27
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 28 to age 30
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 28
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 29
1867:
Dynamite at age 29
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 29
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 29
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 29
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 30 to age 40
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 31 to age 38
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 31
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 31
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 31
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 31
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 32 to age 33
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 32
1870:
US black men can vote at age 32
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 33
1873:
Color Photographs at age 35
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 35 to age 40
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 38
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 38
1876:
American Centennial at age 38
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 38
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 39 to age 42
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 39
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 40
1879:
Zulu war at age 41
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 41
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 43
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 43
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 43 to age 47
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 58
1884:
1st subway at age 46
1884:
Motorcycle at age 46
1885:
Automobile at age 47
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 47 to age 50
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 48
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 49
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 50
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 50
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 51
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 51
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 51
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 51
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 51
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 51 to age 54
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 52
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 52
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 52
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 52
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 53
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 55
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 55
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 55 to age 58
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 55 to age 59
1893:
Movies at age 55
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 56
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 56 to age 57
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 58
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 58
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 59 to age 63
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 60
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 61 until after line end
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 61 until after line end
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 62
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 62
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 62
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 63
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 63
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 63
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 63
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 63
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 63 until after line end
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 63 until after line end
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 63

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