BURIAL: Louisa BLISS, died 12-5-1924, interred 12-6-1924, died of lobar
pneumonia. Lot 66, Grave 2N

MARRIAGE: FISH, LUOISA J and BLISS, FRANK E vol.0024 pg.0401 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

1. Frank Bronson BLISS b. 20 Jan 1883, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 31 Jan 1957.
2. Carl Edwin BLISS b. 2 Oct 1885, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 26 Nov 1961, Chagrin Falls,, Ohio.
3. Eugene Frederick BLISS b. 23 Dec 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Mar 1970, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Louise Mary BLISS b. 14 Nov 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 14 Jun 1970.

First white child born in Brooklyn.

DEATH: Fish Isiah W. 2/11/1882 67 yr 2 128
Source:
Cuyahoga County Deaths1867 - 1890Feuchter to Fisher, Earnst
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coarch/part1/pg058.html

OBIT: Name: Fish, Rev. Isaiah W.
Date: Feb. 14, 1882
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: Fish- At his home in Brooklyn Village, on February 11, Rev. Isaiah W. Fish, aged 67 years and 9 months. Funeral at the M. E. Church in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 2 p. m. All friends are invited. 1882. age 67. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Fish, Mrs. Mary Ann
Date: Mar. 1, 1884
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: Fish- At Brooklyn Village, Thursday evening, February 28, 1884, Mrs. Mary Ann Fish, wife of the late I. W. Fish. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Mar. 2, 1884.

1. Mary Matilda FISH b. 11 Jan 1852, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 26 Feb 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 1. Louisa Sarah FISH b. 14 May 1855, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 3 Dec 1924, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. 6 Dec 1924, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. James FISH b. Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Joseph I. FISH, [child] b. 24 Jan 1858, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Sep 1864, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

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. 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. 2. 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.

OCCUPATION:
He was a silk and bombazine weaver in Norwich and wrote a treatise on silk worm culture that was read by request before the House of Commons.

BURIAL:
Not known when they emigrated from England, but they ended up in Brooklyn. Both are buried in Riverside cemetery, after their remains were transferred from the Monroe Street cemetery.


OBIT: Name: Moore, T. Samuel
Date: 1853
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #136.
Notes: 1785-1853. age 68. Riverside Cemetery. Cleveland, O.

1. 3. Mary Ann MOORE b. 26 Feb 1821, Norwich, England; d. 28 Feb 1884, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Emily MOORE
3. Elizabeth MOORE b. Abt 1813; d. 11 Apr 1873, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Samuel MOORE
5. Hannah MOORE
6. Alfred MOORE b. 1823; d. 1893, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Louisa Rachel MOORE

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.