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854
Arthur Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born October 18th, 1853 No Image On File
Birthplace East Vassalboro, Maine, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) Mason, farmer
Died April, 1895, aged about 42 years
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Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place Riverside cemetery, Pettingills Corner, Augusta, Maine, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [473]John Blish, Jr. 7 No Image On File
Mother [473_sa]Mary (Stafford) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[854sa] - Ella F. (Goddard) Blish 8

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

Children by this spouse:
I [1181] Ina M. Blish 9 b. December 4th, 1880 c. March No Image On File
II [1182] Ethel M. Blish 9 b. October 6th, 1883 c. January No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Arthur BlishJohn Blish, Jr.John BlishStacey "grey eagle" BlishJohn Blish
Mary (Goodspeed) Blish
Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish? Barker or "Baxter"?
Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?
Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish? FarnsworthNo Entry
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? (?) FarnsworthNo Entry
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Mary (Stafford) BlishJames StaffordNo EntryNo Entry
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? (?) StaffordNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1853 to 1895
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 7
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 3
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 6
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 0
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 0 to age 3
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 1 to age 3
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 1
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 1
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 4 to age 13
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 4 to age 7
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 4
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 5
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 5
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 6
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 6
1859:
Oil Well at age 6
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 7
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 7
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 8
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 8 to age 12
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 8 to age 12
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 8
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 8
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 8
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 8
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 8 to age 12
1862:
US Homestead act at age 9
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 10
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 26
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 10
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 10
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 10
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 10
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 11
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 11
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 12
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 12
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 12
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 13 to age 15
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 13
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 14
1867:
Dynamite at age 14
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 14
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 14
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 14
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 15 to age 25
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 16 to age 23
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 16
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 16
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 16
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 16
1870:
US black men can vote at age 17
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 17
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 17 to age 18
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 18
1873:
Color Photographs at age 20
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 20 to age 25
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 23
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 23
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 23
1876:
American Centennial at age 23
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 24
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 24 to age 27
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 25
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 26
1879:
Zulu war at age 26
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 28
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 28 until after line end
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 28 to age 32
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 28
1884:
1st subway at age 31
1884:
Motorcycle at age 31
1885:
Automobile at age 32
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 32 to age 35
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 33
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 34
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 35
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 35
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 36 to age 39
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 36
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 36
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 36
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 36
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 36
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 37
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 37
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 37
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 37
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 38
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 40 until after line end
1893:
Movies at age 40
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 40 until after line end
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 40
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 40
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 41
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 41 to age 42

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