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Daniel Blish 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born June 17th, 1812 No Image On File
Birthplace Gilsum, NH, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died November 5th, 1893, aged about 81 years
Died at... Dowagiac, county of Cass, Michigan, USA
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Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [346]David Blish 6 No Image On File
Mother [346_sa]Mary "Polly" (Whitney) Blish 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[621sa] - Julia Ann (Gilbert) Blish 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Ewardsburg, Michigan, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [946] William Gilbert Blish 8 b. October 26th, 1842 c. January No Image On File
II [947]+ Emily (Blish) Corey 8 b. August 27th, 1846 c. November No Image On File
III [948]+ David Blish 8 b. September 14th, 1853 c. December No Image On File
IV [949]+ Frank Blish 8 b. September 18th, 1862 c. December No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3
Daniel BlishDavid BlishDeacon David BlishDavid Blish, (***)Tristham Blish, (***)
Anne (Fuller) Blish
Zeruiah (Skinner) BlishDeacon Nathaniel Skinner
Mary (Gillett) Skinner
Lucy (Wilcox) BlishObadiah WilcoxNo Entry
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Sarah (Talcott) WilcoxNo Entry
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Mary "Polly" (Whitney) BlishSamuel WhitneyNo EntryNo Entry
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Mary (?) WhitneyNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1812 to 1893
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 22
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 8
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 3
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 4
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 0
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 0 to age 2
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 0
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 3
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 3
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 3
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 4
1816:
Stethoscope at age 4
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 4
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 5
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 5
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 11
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 5 to age 12
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 5
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 5 to age 13
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 6
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 6
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 7
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 7
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 7
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 8
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 8 to age 18
1821:
1st US women's college at age 9
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 9 to age 17
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 9
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 9
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 10
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 12
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 12
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 12 to age 16
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 14
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 15
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 15
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 15
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 16 to age 24
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 16
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 16
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 39
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 17
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 18 to age 25
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 18 to age 48
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 18
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 20
1833:
Telegraph at age 21
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 21
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 22
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 23
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 23
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 23 to age 30
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 24
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 24
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 24
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 25
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 25 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 25 to age 28
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 25
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 26 to age 27
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 27 to age 30
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 29 to age 32
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 30
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 32
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 33 to age 36
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 33
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 33
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 33 to age 37
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 34
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 34 to age 36
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 36
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 36 to age 44
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 36
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 36
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 37
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 37 to age 40
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 38
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 38
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 38
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 38
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 38
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 39
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 40 to age 47
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 41 to age 44
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 41
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 42
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 42 to age 44
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 42
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 45 to age 54
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 45
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 45 to age 48
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 46
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 46
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 47
1859:
Oil Well at age 47
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 47
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 48
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 48
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 49
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 49
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 49
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 49 to age 53
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 49 to age 53
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 49
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 49
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 49 to age 53
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 49
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 49
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 49
1862:
US Homestead act at age 50
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 51
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 51
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 51 to age 67
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 51
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 51
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 51
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 52
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 52
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 53
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 53
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 53
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 54
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 54 to age 56
1867:
Dynamite at age 55
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 55
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 55
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 55
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 55
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 56 to age 66
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 57
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 57 to age 64
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 57
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 57
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 57
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 58
1870:
US black men can vote at age 58
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 58 to age 59
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 59
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 61 to age 66
1873:
Color Photographs at age 61
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 64
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 64
1876:
American Centennial at age 64
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 64
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 65 to age 68
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 65
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 66
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 67
1879:
Zulu war at age 67
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 69 to age 73
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 69
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 69
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 69 until after line end
1884:
1st subway at age 72
1884:
Motorcycle at age 72
1885:
Automobile at age 73
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 73 to age 76
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 74
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 75
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 76
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 76
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 77
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 77
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 77
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 77
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 77 to age 80
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 77
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 78
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 78
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 78
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 78
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 79
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 81
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 81 until after line end
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 81
1893:
Movies at age 81
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 81 until after line end

Additional Information

From the JKB 1905 Volume:

When Daniel Blish was about four years old, his father took the family to Essex County, New York. About nine years thereafter, he again moved, to Peru, New York. Daniel learned the mill-wrights trade, and in 1839, came west, and for some years followed his trade, at various points. He repaired his brother David's mill at Escanaba, Michigan, built a mill at Niles, Michigan, another at Summerville, Cass county, Michigan. His father-in-law, William B. Gilbert, gave him 80 acres of land in Silver Creek township, near his own, where he began the work of clearing off the timber and making a farm. After establishing himself here and getting his farm in shape, he bought more land, and put himself into comfortable circumstances. In 1854 he built a new house on the farm, and lived there until 1874, when he moved to Dowegiac. His wife, Julia Ann, died in 1886 and he afterwards made his home with his son David, until 1889, and then with his daughter Emily, until his death, which occurred November 5th, 1893. He was an industrious and economical man, though never niggardly. His mechanical skill and love of order was manifested in everything about his farm. He was very fond of music and a proficient performer on the flute. As a young man he used to play the fife on training days, and at celebrations on the fourth of July. He was a supervisor of Silver Creek township for ten years, and a Justice of the Peace for 15 years, until he refused re-election.

Julia Ann, his wife, was a very expert seamstress, with fine mechanical skill. It is related, that before her marriage, not being able to persuade her father to build a stairway to the upper rooms, she proceeded to built it herself, and did a creditable job. She was a helpful wife and a good mother, of whom her children are justly proud. Her father, William B. Gilbert, traced his ancestry to Sir Walter Gilbert. His grandfather was a sea-captain, and was captured by the British during the revolutionary war and thrown into prison, where he died. His father resided in New York City, where William B. was born. William B. Gilbert served in the war of 1812, and was in the battle of Kingston. His wife, Cynthia Sammons, was of German descent, and her father was a revolutionary soldier. William B. Gilbert came west in 1838, prospecting, and in 1839, brought his family to Michigan, consisting of his wife and six children. He was a slim man of iron constitution and widely known, and went by the name of "Uncle Tommy." He died in 1864, at the age of seventy-three.

His wife was one of those good-natured, patient German women, who could do the work of a large family, and at the same time do a good days work weaving. She died in 1866, at the age of seventy-one.


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