DEATH: died at age 18

MILITARY: Member of Co D, 32 Reg WIS VOL Buried at Helena, Arkansas (GAR Marker)

MARRIAGE:
SHEPARD, MARY and FISH Jr, JAMES vol.0002 pg.0324
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

BURIAL:
Source -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwinne2/bellcenter2.html
Fish, James died July 1, 1868 ae 61 years
Fish, Geo W. son of J & M.L. Fish died Mar 11, 1864 ae 18 years Member of Co D, 32 Reg WIS VOL Buried at Helena, Ark (GAR Marker)
Fish, John C. son of J. & M.L. Fish died Mar 15, 1871 ae 20 years, 4 m's
Fish, Mary L. wife of James Fish died May 27, 1895 aged 85 yrs, 7 mos

DEATH: Died of stomach cancer.

MARRIAGE:
SHEPARD, MARY and FISH Jr, JAMES vol.0002 pg.0324
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

CENSUS:
1870 -- (her husband, James, had already died), Mary is listed with the youngest son, Isaiah, in Winneconne, Winnebago, Wisconsin.

1. Mary FISH b. 1834, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Lydia FISH b. 1836, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Louisa FISH b. Abt 1841, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Sarah FISH b. Abt 1843, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 1. George W. FISH b. Abt 1846, , Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Mar 1864.
6. John C. FISH b. Abt 1851, ,, Wisconsin; d. 15 Mar 1871.
7. Isaiah W. FISH b. Mar 1852, ,, Wisconsin.

BIOGRAPHY: Came to Ohio in 1812 with his cousins, Moses and Ebenezer. First white settler west of the Cuyahoga (in Brooklyn).

Erected his cabin at the the corner of what is now Pearl Street and Mapledale Avenue. James' log house cost him $18. "Until his first crops came in, he worked in Newburgh for 50 cents a day to feed his family. His wife wove coverlets to help out." His son, Isaiah Wilcox Fish, was the first white child born west of the Cuyahoga River.

1. Mary Wilcox FISH b. 3 Dec 1805, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Jul 1852, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 2. James FISH, Jr. b. 16 Apr 1807, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 11 Jul 1868, Winneconne, Winnebago, Wisconsin.
3. Elisha W. FISH b. 1 Nov 1809, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 3 Nov 1829, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Sarah (Sally) J. FISH b. 17 Oct 1811, Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Isaiah Wilcox FISH b. 9 May 1814, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Feb 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Lydia K. FISH, [child] b. 27 Mar 1816, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Aug 1828, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Joseph L. FISH b. 27 Mar 1819, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 27 Nov 1863, Ringgold,, Georgia.
8. John Perryander FISH b. 4 Jun 1821, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1894, Brunswick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 4. James FISH b. 23 Jun 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 17 Sep 1875, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Polly FISH b. ,, Vermont.
3. John FISH b. Abt 1779; d. 29 Mar 1853.
4. Sally FISH d. Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio.
5. Joseph FISH, [child] b. ,, New York.
6. Patty FISH
7. Jane FISH
8. Phebe FISH

BURIAL: Though he died in Stonington, Connecticut, he was either buried in Cleveland, Ohio at the Scranton Rd. Cemetery or a stone was erected as a memorial to him.

DEATH: The date of death was noted on a marker at the Scranton Rd. Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

DEATH: Last Name Wilcox
First Name Mary
Date of Death June 24, 1816
Section NW-Rear
Row 12
Notes Single marker noted around main marker.
Inscription his wife, age 73 years

Note: The data I have seen suggests that she married a STANTON after Elisha died, yet she was buried under her Wilcox name? Was that a common thing to do? Possibly, if she wasn't married to STANTON for very long.

1. 5. Mary WILCOX b. 19 Jun 1780, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 29 Mar 1854, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Isaiah WILCOX, [child] b. 1786, Stonington,, Connecticut; d. 1799, Stonington,, Connecticut.