OBIT: Name: Chester, Clara A.
Date: Oct 17 1929
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #014.
Notes: Chester-Clara A., beloved sister of Margaret E. and F. E. Chester, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1929. Funeral from late residence, 3323 Highview Avenue, Friday at 3:30 p. m.

Might be also known as Edward CHESTER. 1860 Census for Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Brooklyn has an Edward at Dwelling #627 next to Horace Brainard. This is the same proximity that Simeon CHESTER was shown in in the 1850 Census. In 1870 Census, he again appears on the same page as Horace Brainard, though this time as Edwin.

OBIT: Name: Chester, Edwin
Date: May 25, 1907
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #014.
Notes: Chester-Edwin, at his home, 3840 W. 43d st., Thursday, May 23, aged seventy-five years. Funeral Saturday, May 25, at 2 p. m., standard. Please omit flowers

OBIT: Name: Chester, Emma A.
Date: February 20, 1915
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #014.
Notes: Chester-Emma A., widow of the late Edwin Chester. Funeral from the late residence, 3323 Highview ave., Monday, Feb. 22, at 2 p. m.

MARRIAGE: ROBERTS, EMMA A and CHESTER, EDWIN vol:0009 pg:0212

1. Mary R. CHESTER b. Abt 1861, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 10 Aug 1884, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 1. Clara A. CHESTER b. May 1863, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Oct 1929, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Daisy CHESTER b. Abt 1866, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Margaret CHESTER b. Aug 1866, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Apr 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Fred K. CHESTER b. Abt 1868, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Robert C. CHESTER b. Jun 1878, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Dec 1926, Warrensville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

MARRIAGE: Eveline FISH, m.Simeon CHESTER, Jr., b.of Groton, Aug 21,1823 by Roswell Burrows, Min.

1. Matilda A. CHESTER b. 1826; d. 13 Oct 1865.
2. Ebenezer F. CHESTER b. Abt 1828; d. 13 Nov 1860, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Abby CHESTER b. 1830; d. 8 Feb 1861, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 2. Edwin CHESTER b. Apr 1832, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1907, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Francis Henry CHESTER b. 5 Dec 1835, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Simeon Fish CHESTER b. 1 Jun 1824, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BURIAL: Buried at what has been known as the Brainard (Brainerd) Burial Ground, Brooklyn Union Burial Ground, and Broadview Cemetery. Simeon Chester, an early settler, died in 1821. The Chester plot contains a limestone marker which lists Simeon, Matilda, Betsy and Abby.

1. 4. Simeon CHESTER, Jr. b. Abt 1790, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Aug 1851, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Matilda CHESTER b. Abt 25 Oct 1791, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1875.

In the fall of 1811, James FISH, his wife, two children, Mrs. STANTON, his wife's mother, and Moses FISH, his cousin, moved in an ox team to Ohio and stopped at Newburg. Brooklyn at this time was a wild forest full of the red man, the township had been surveyed and run into quarter sections by agents who lived in Connecticut. James and Moses FISH thought they would look at these lands. James selected a good piece and Moses selected a quarter section. James built a log cabin and his family moved into it, but becoming frightened by Indians, went back to Newburg. Other families coming, they moved again to Brooklyn. Moses wrote to his brother Ebenezer, in Connecticut, to come and take one-half his land, which he did. A road (now Denison avenue) was run from Newburg to Rockport, which divided the property of the FISHES. They built a log cabin, in which they lived till the war of 1812. Ebenezer enlisted for six months and came out with honors. Afterward Moses was drafted. His health being poor, Ebenezer took his place and served the remainder of the war. He went back to Connecticut, married Miss Johanna STANTON, a smart, worthy woman who, on hearing of his Ohio farm, proposed moving there. Accordingly in 1818, with their two children, Eliza and Emily (afterwards Mrs. CORBIN and Mrs. BOOTH), his two brothers, and their families came in a large wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen. They all built and lived in log cabins.

Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died.
----"Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve"

Ebenezer and Moses Fish, who came with James from the East, settled upon 80 acres of land in Brooklyn, in 1812. Ebenezer located on the north side of what is now Denison Avenue and Moses on the south side. Neither was then married.
----"A history of Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland",Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs, [pg63]


BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer 1757-1827 Revolutionary War Soldier born in Groton, CT and walked to this area. (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

Source of the names of some of Ebenezer's children:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=laney&id=I1852

OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer Sr.
Date: 1827
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: age 70. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio

BURIAL: Fish, Lydia 10/15/1848 age 88 Lot 61 wife of Ebenezer Fish (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. Abigail FISH b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Susanna FISH b. 11 Jan 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Mar 1848.
3. Lydia FISH b. 5 Dec 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Ebenezer FISH, Jr. b. 11 Jun 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 30 Apr 1880, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Moses FISH b. 25 Oct 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Daniel FISH b. 7 Apr 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1880.
7. Eunice FISH b. 25 Oct 1795, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 31 Jul 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
8. Jemima FISH b. 28 Apr 1797, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 May 1849, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
9. 5. Eveline FISH b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Matilda A. FISH b. 1 May 1803, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.