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948
David Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born September 14th, 1853 No Image On File
Birthplace Silver Creek Township, county of Cass, Michigan, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Died No Entry
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Parents
Father [621]Daniel Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [621sa]Julia Ann (Gilbert) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[948sa] - Sarah (Whitbeck) Blish 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Wayne Township, county of Cass, Michigan, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1239] Iva M. (Blish) Fee 9 b. February 12th, 1875 c. May No Image On File
II [1240]+ Harry Daniel Blish 9 b. October 24th, 1880 c. January No Image On File
III [1241] Fanny (Blish) Johnson 9 b. February 21st, 1887 c. May No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
David BlishDaniel BlishDavid BlishDeacon David BlishDavid Blish, (***)
Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
Lucy (Wilcox) BlishObadiah Wilcox
Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox
Mary "Polly" (Whitney) BlishSamuel WhitneyNo Entry
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Mary (?) WhitneyNo Entry
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Julia Ann (Gilbert) BlishWilliam B. GilbertNo EntryNo Entry
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Cynthia (Sammons) Gilbert? SammonsNo Entry
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? (?) SammonsNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1853 to 1953
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 age 48
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:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 1
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 1 to age 3
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 1
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 4 to age 13
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 4
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 4 to age 7
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 5
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 5
1859:
Oil Well at age 6
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 6
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 6
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 7
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 7
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 8
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 8 to age 12
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 8 to age 12
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 8
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 8
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 8 to age 12
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 8
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 8
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 8
1862:
US Homestead act at age 9
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 10
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 10
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 10
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 10
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 26
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 10
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 11
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 11
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 12
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 12
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 12
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 13
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 13 to age 15
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 14
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 14
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 14
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 14
1867:
Dynamite 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:
Suez canal opened at age 16
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed 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
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 17 to age 18
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 17
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 18
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 20 to age 25
1873:
Color Photographs at age 20
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 23
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 23
1876:
American Centennial at age 23
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 23
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 24 to age 27
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 24
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 25
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 26
1879:
Zulu war at age 26
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 28 to age 43
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 28 to age 32
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 28
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:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 35
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 35
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 36
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 36 to age 39
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 36
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 36
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 36
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 36
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 37
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory 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:
Movies at age 40
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 40 to age 44
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 40 to age 43
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 40
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote 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
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 43
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 43
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 44 to age 48
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 45
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 46 to age 70
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 46 to age 49
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 47
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 47
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 47
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 48 to age 55
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 48
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 48
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 48
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 48
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 48
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 48
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 48 to age 57
1903:
Airplane at age 50
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 50
1904:
Radar at age 51
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 51 to age 52
1907:
Plastic at age 54
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 54
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 55
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 56 to age 59
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 56
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 56
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 57
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 57
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 57 to age 83
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 58
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 59
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 59
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 59
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 59
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 60 to age 67
1914:
The Bra at age 61
1914-1919:
World War I from age 61 to age 66
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 62
1916:
Sonar at age 63
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 63
1917:
Russian revolution at age 64
1917:
US enters WWI at age 64
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 65 to age 80
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 65 to age 67
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 66
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 66
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 67 to age 76
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 67
1920:
Palestine established at age 67
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 68 to age 71
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 69
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 72 to age 75
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 72
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 73
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 74
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 74
1928:
Video Recordings at age 75
1928:
Television at age 75
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 75
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 75
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 76 to age 79
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 76 to age 86
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 76
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 77
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 78 to age 80
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 80 to age 92
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 80
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 80
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 80
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 81
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 82 to age 83
1935:
Dustbowl at age 82
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 83
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 83 to age 99
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 83
1936:
Helicopter at age 83
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 84
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 84 to age 92
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 85
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 86
1939:
Digital Computer at age 86
1939-1945:
World War II from age 86 to age 92
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 87
1940:
Color Television at age 87
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 88 to age 92
1942:
Nuclear Reactor at age 89
1942:
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 89
1945-1952:
Harry S Truman president of US from age 92 to age 99
1945:
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 92
1945:
United Nations formed at age 92
1945:
Hypertext at age 92
1946:
The Bikini at age 93
1946-1989:
The Cold War from age 93 until after line end
1947:
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 94
1947:
Transistor at age 94
1947:
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 94
1948:
Israel inaugurated as state at age 95
1948:
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 95
1948:
NATO formed at age 95
1948:
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 95
1949:
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 96
1949:
45 rpm musical recordings at age 96
1949:
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 96
1950:
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 97
1950-1954:
McCarthyism from age 97 until after line end
1950:
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 97
1950-1953:
Korean War from age 97 to age 100
1951:
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 98
1952-2050:
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 99 until after line end
1952:
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 99
1953-1960:
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 100 until after line end

Schooling
  1. Institution: High School
    Location: Buchanan, Michigan, USA
    Curriculum:
    Degree: HS Diploma

Additional Information

From the JKB 1905 Volume:

David Blish's early life was spent on the farm and in school. He finished his education in the high school at Buchanan, Michigan. After his marriage he continued at farming, until the fall of 1881, and in the following spring moved to Dowegiac and engaged in the hardware business, in which he remained ten years. In the spring of 1893 he returned to the old homestead, which had been deeded to him, with the request that it should remain in the family name. Five years later he removed near Dowegiac to secure greater school privileges for his children. His oldest daughter, Iva, went from the high school at Dowegiac to the College at Benton Harbor, Michigan, and from there to the Art Institute in Chicago.

From the MRB 1957 volume:

David Blish was a man of good habits, always ready to help a neighbor in time of need, and a kindly father. He spent his last years in farming near Dowegiac, Michigan and died there February 9th, 1907, from heart disease.

Sarah (Whitbeck) Blish has been a cripple for many years. She has made her home with her daughter, Fanny (Blish) Johnson, in Dowegiac, Michigan, since her husband's death.

From the work of CBB to 2000:

This postcard shows a residence of David Blish:

From the collection of Charles B. Blish (1402B)
From the collection of Charles B. Blish (1402B)

The postcard was sent from Iva (Blish) Fee to her cousin, Herbert Blish on or about the postmarked date of June 29th, 1907.

Card obtained via auction by C. B. Blish in December of 2000.


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