RESIDENCES:
1870 - Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio (next to his brother, Buel)
1900 - 52 Mapledale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio *(old style addressing)*
1909 - 3116 Mapledale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

MILITARY: Entered the Army at the age of 19 and fought for nearly 4 years. Was engaged in 52 battles but returned to home unwounded.

OCCUPATION: Charles L. Fish was an attorney, and he owned a steam tug called the "Levi
Johnson", used to tow canal boats on the Cuyahoga River.

1. Willis I. FISH b. 19 Nov 1867, Boston Twp, Summit, Ohio; d. 21 Jul 1883.
2. Millie L. FISH b. 1 Jan 1878, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Oct 1938; bur. Springfield,, Ohio.

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.

1. Lucy A. FISH, [child] b. 29 Jan 1840, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 29 Sep 1849.
2. 1. Charles L. FISH b. 31 Aug 1842, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Jul 1909, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Buell B. FISH b. 24 Apr 1847, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 14 Nov 1916.

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.

BIOGRAPHY: In 1816 Jeremiah GATES came from Delhi, (Delaware County,) N.Y., on foot in order to examine the country between that place and Brooklyn. Satisfied with his survey, he returned home, married Phoebe DEMING and started back with her and his brother, Nathaniel, making the trip, this time, with horse and wagon to Buffalo and thence to Cleveland by boat.

Their only daughter, Matilda, was the first white child born in the township. She married Isiah FISH, and died at the age of thirty-three.
-- "Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve", published in July 1896

OBIT: Name: Gates, Jeremiah
Date: 1870
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Age 75. Brookmere Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: Originally from Connecticut, he moved to Delhi, New York and then came to Ohio.
The Jeremiah Gates Home was built in 1820 with bricks fashioned with baking clay from a nearby stream. Located at 3506 Memphis Avenue it is believed to be the oldest residence in Old Brooklyn.

RELATIONSHIP_ESTABLISHED_BY: 1854 deed lists Jeremiah, Reuben, and Charles as the sellers of property in Brooklyn.

OBIT: Name: Gates, Phoebe
Date: Mar. 29, 1881
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028.
Notes: Gates- March 27, at her residence in Brooklyn Phoebe, wife of the late Jeremiah Gates, aged 85 years. One of the old pioneer settlers of 1816. Funeral at the Brighton M. E. Church, Tuesday Mar. 25, at 2 p. m.

1. 3. Matilda GATES b. Abt 1817; d. Feb 1850, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Reuben GATES b. 29 Aug 1821, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Apr 1899, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Charles GATES b. 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 29 Jun 1907, Brooklyn, 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.

Nathaniel Gates & Hannah Knowlton - m. Nov 1785 - by Rev. Benjamin Boardman
(Marriages from the 2nd Congregational Church of Middle Haddam (now Chatham), organized 24 Sep 1740; Early Connecticut Marriages As found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Vol 4, Rev. Frederick W. Bailey, 1898)

1. Clarissa GATES b. Abt 1786, Of Burlington, , Wi.
2. Hannah GATES b. Abt 1788, ,.
3. Nathaniel GATES b. Abt 1790, of Chatham,, Connecticut; d. Bef 1860, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 6. Jeremiah GATES b. Abt 1795, ,, Connecticut; c. 12 May 1811, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1870, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Holsey GATES b. 1 Jan 1799, Of Gates Mills, , Ohio; d. Nov 1865.
6. Seriah GATES b. Abt 1801, Pr E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. Thomas GATES, [child] b. Abt 1803, Pr E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Young.
8. George GATES b. 1810, Pr E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Apr 1810, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. Joshua GATES b. 1810, Pr E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Apr 1810, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.