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Joseph Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born January 5th, 1810 No Image On File
Birthplace West Barnstable, county of Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) Machinist, merchandiser, storekeeper, miller
Died January 20th, 1887, aged about 77 years
Died at... LaSalle, Illinois, USA
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place No Entry
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [420]Joseph Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [420_sa]Mehitable (Freeman) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[800sa] - Abigail Ingersoll (Champney) Blish 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1143] Henrietta Blish 9 b. July 10th, 1832 c. October No Image On File
II [1144] Joseph Blish 9 b. September 5th, 1834 c. December No Image On File
III [1145]+ George William Blish 9 b. March 1st, 1837 c. June No Image On File
IV [1146]+ Caroline Eldred (Blish) Lambert 9 b. June 4th, 1840 c. September No Image On File
V [1147]+ Alice Sisson (Blish) Bent 9 b. January 8th, 1842 c. April No Image On File
VI [1148]+ Mary Evaline (Blish) Sutphen 9 b. October 31st, 1844 c. January No Image On File
VII [1149]+ Ellen (Blish) Fisher 9 b. January 19th, 1847 c. April No Image On File
VIII [1150] Susan Dow Blish 9 b. July 19th, 1847 c. October No Image On File
IX [1151] Francis Bry Blish 9 b. February 21st, 1852 c. May No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Joseph BlishJoseph BlishMajor Joseph Blish, Jr.Lieutenant Joseph BlishDeacon Joseph Blish
Hannah (Child) Blish
Sarah (?) CrockerThomas Crocker
Mehitable (Dimmick) Crocker
Temperance (Shaw) BlishRev. Oakes ShawNo Entry
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? (?) ShawNo Entry
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Mehitable (Freeman) BlishJoshua FreemanNo EntryNo Entry
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No EntryNo Entry
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Mehitable (Blossom) Freeman? BlossomNo Entry
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? (?) BlossomNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1810 to 1887
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 24
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 10
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 5
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 6
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 0
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 0
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 2
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 2
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 2 to age 4
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 5
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 5
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 5
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 6
1816:
Stethoscope at age 6
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 6
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 7 to age 15
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 7 to age 14
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 7
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 7
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 7
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 7 to age 13
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 8
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 8
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 9
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 9
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 9
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 10 to age 20
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 10
1821:
1st US women's college at age 11
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 11
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 11
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 11 to age 19
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 12
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 14
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 14 to age 18
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 14
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 16
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 17
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 17
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 17
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 18
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 18 to age 26
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 18
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 41
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 19
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 20 to age 50
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 20 to age 27
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 20
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 22
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 23
1833:
Telegraph at age 23
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 24
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 25
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 25
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 25 to age 32
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 26
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 26
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 26
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 27 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 27
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 27 to age 30
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 27
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 28 to age 29
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 29 to age 32
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 31 to age 34
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 32
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 34
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 35
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 35
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 35 to age 38
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 35 to age 39
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 36 to age 38
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 36
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 38
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 38
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 38 to age 46
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 38
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 39
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 39 to age 42
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 40
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 40
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 40
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 40
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 40
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 41
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 49
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 43 to age 46
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 43
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 44
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 44
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 44 to age 46
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 47 to age 56
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 47
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 47 to age 50
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 48
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 48
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 49
1859:
Oil Well at age 49
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 49
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 50
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 50
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 51
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 51 to age 55
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 51
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 51
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 51
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 51 to age 55
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 51 to age 55
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 51
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 51
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 51
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 51
1862:
US Homestead act at age 52
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 53
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 53
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 53
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 53
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 53
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 53 to age 69
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 54
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 54
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 55
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 55
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 55
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 56 to age 58
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 56
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 57
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 57
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 57
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 57
1867:
Dynamite at age 57
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 58 to age 68
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 59
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 59 to age 66
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 59
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 59
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 59
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 60 to age 61
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 60
1870:
US black men can vote at age 60
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 61
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 63 to age 68
1873:
Color Photographs at age 63
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 66
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 66
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 66
1876:
American Centennial at age 66
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 67 to age 70
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 67
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 68
1879:
Zulu war at age 69
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 69
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 71 to age 75
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 71
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 71
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 71 until after line end
1884:
1st subway at age 74
1884:
Motorcycle at age 74
1885:
Automobile at age 75
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 75 until after line end
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 76
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 77

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