OBIT: Mary E. Corbin was born March 5th, 1852 in Cleveland, Ohio and passed away at her late residence in Plainfield February 22, 1937.In November 1852, her parents Elihu and Eliza Corbin came to Plainfield when she was only eight months old, and at that time they bought the house in which Miss Corbin spent the remainder of her life.Some of her ancestors did active service in the American Revolutionary and was under the leadership of General George Washington.She showed herself worthy of her heroic forbears by her alert interest in everything that would be of benefit to her country.She became a member of the Plainfield Methodist Church August 24, 1873 during the pastorate of Rev. E. W. Adams and she at one sought with untiring efforts to be of the greatest possible service to the cause she loved. She was especially interested in the Sunday School and the Woman's Foreign Ministry Society of which she was also a charter member. She was also a charter member of the Kings Daughters.Her fine Christian character and pleasing personality were an inspiration to all who knew her.She leaves one brother, Louis, one nephew, Leslie Holbrook of Batavia, Ill. And four nieces, Luella Y Corbin of Denver, Colorado, Grace Corbin Sonntag of Los Angles, California, and Mrs. Emma Hall and Miss Alice Sullivan, both living in Missouri.The funeral services were held at her late residence at 3 P.M. February 24th, Rev. E. W. Ward, Pastor of the Plainfield Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Clinton Brown sang tow selections. The burial was in the Plainfield cemetery.- Plainfield Enterprise (Illinois),February 25, 1937 (Thursday)

Husband: Elihu CORBIN Birth: 1812/3, VT Occupation: miner Office: 1851, Treasurer, Brooklyn Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH Kin: likely a grandson of Elihu CORBIN (b. 7 Jul 1772, Rutland Co., VT; d. 1851, OH) Marriage: 16 Apr 1837, Cuyahoga Co., OH
Wife: Eliza Ann FISH Birth: 1816/7, CT Children — born in Cuyahoga Co., OH:
1. (Daughter A) CORBIN, b. 1835-40; d.s.p. bef. 1850 2. Alfred CORBIN, b. 1842/3 3. Hannah CORIBN, b. 1844/5 4. Emily CORBIN, b. 1848/9

NOTE: Some information obtained from http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/C/CorbinElihu-ElizaAnnFish.shtml

BIOGRAPHY: Elihu CORBIN, Justice of the Peace, Plainfield. The subject of this sketch was born in Rutland Co., Vt., May 28, 1813. He married Miss Eliza A. FISH April 16, 1837; she was born in Connecticut; they have six children, viz., Alfred T., Edward W., Lewis D., Hannah J., Emily M. and Mary E. He lived in Vermont twenty-two years, when be moved to Chicago, and, the following winter, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged in tanning and shoe-making, remaining until 1852, when he came to his present place. He has held the office of Commissioner for the schools and roads, and has been Justice for the past twenty years; he has been largely interested in real estate in this village, having, divided about one hundred acres into village lots. His parents are not living; his wife's parents were among the first settlers of Cleveland, Ohio.- Biographies from History of WILL County Illinois, 1878

MARRIAGE: FISH, ELIZA ANN and CORBIN, ELIHA vol.0003 pg.0283

1. Daughter CORBIN b. 1838/1840.
2. Alfred T. CORBIN b. 6 Jan 1843, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 14 Nov 1919, Plainfield, Will, Illinois.
3. Hannah Joanna CORBIN b. 15 Dec 1844, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Emily M. CORBIN b. 8 Aug 1849, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 24 Apr 1921, Oakland, Alemeda, California; bur. Batavia, Kane, Illinois.
5. 1. Mary E. CORBIN b. 5 Mar 1852, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 22 Feb 1937, Plainfield, Will, Illinois.
6. Edward W. CORBIN b. 1855.
7. Lewis D. CORBIN b. 1859; d. 29 Mar 1938, Joliet, Will, Illinois.

MILITARY: Fought in the War of 1812 and was with Commodore Perry on Lake Erie. Took part in a skirmish on Mackinaw Island. Also one of the guards of the Indian chief, Omic who was the first criminal hung in Cleveland. Entered the service 22 Aug 1812 and left 14 Dec 1812. (see "General History of Cuyahoga County", by Crisfield Johnson, 1879, pg 60)

After the war, he returned to Connecticut where he met and married his wife. He returned to Brooklyn, Ohio about 1818.

DEATH: Fish Ebenezer 3/26/1880 92 yr 2 32
Source:
Cuyahoga County Deaths1867 - 1890Feuchter to Fisher, Earnst
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coarch/part1/pg058.html

OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer
Date: Mar. 29, 1880
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: Fish- March 26, at 4 p. m., Ebenezer Fish, aged 93 years. Funeral from M. E. Church, Brooklyn Village, Monday, Mar. 29, at 2 o'clock p. m. 1880. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer Jr. 4/30/1880 age 93 Lot 61 (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. 3. Eliza Ann FISH b. 3 Oct 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Jul 1905.
2. Lydia Emily FISH b. 12 Apr 1818, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Mary Matilda FISH b. 28 Sep 1819, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Hannah (Johanna) FISH b. 13 Dec 1824, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. John Stanton FISH b. 26 Mar 1830, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 20 Sep 1903, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

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. 6. 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. 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.

BIRTH: In a letter written by his daughter, Lydia, his death is metioned as having occured on 24 May 1851 when he was 90 years old, so based on that information we can estimate his birth as having occurred about 1761.

1. 7. Joanna STANTON b. 24 Feb 1787, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. William A. STANTON b. 1790.
3. Hannah STANTON b. 1795; d. Feb 1866.
4. Lydia G. STANTON b. 21 Dec 1799, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Jun 1854, Noank, New London, Connecticut.