OBIT: Mr. Chas. Hook and his sister, Mrs. R. Hankinson, returned from Cleveland, O., Thursday evening, where they were last Friday on account of the death of their sister, Mrs. Matilda Johnson, well known here as Miss Matilda Hook by her many schoolmates who attended school at the Seminary with her several years ago, and what a splendid nice girl she was.December 24, 1901, The Tribune, p. 3, col. 6, Evansville, Wisconsin

Matilda Hook Johnson is buried near her grandparents.

1. Edward B. JOHNSON b. Aug 1871, ,, Ohio.
2. Flora M. JOHNSON b. Abt 1874, ,, Ohio.
3. Eva M. JOHNSON b. Abt 27 Mar 1878, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

From the "History of Dane County, Wisconsin-1880" under biographical sketches for the 'Town of Oregon' here are some excerpts for Stephen Hook, deceased, was born in Kent, England, in 1813; his parents came to America when he was about 15, and after a few years in the State of New York, went to Ohio. He married in Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, OH, in 1841, Miss Lydia Fish, born in 1818, in Hartford, CT; they spent the winters of 1842-43, in Union, Rock Co, WI and the next spring settled in Oregon (WI) on 240 acres on Sec 34. Mr Hook died Apr 9, 1880, leaving seven children --Calvin, Albert, Matilda A, Louisa J, Charles, Henry and Alice. Charles Hook was born Mar 9, 1851; Henry was born Sept 14, 1853. Charles Hook married in March, 1876, Sarah A. Mitchell; they have a son, Harold 'Harry' L., born Feb 25, 1878. They were Methodists.



Source: "History of Oregon and Trade Territory 1924", compiled by W. L. Ames, 1924 (Page 7).
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2 males between ages 20-30, 1 male between 70-80, 1 female between 50-60.

Lydia Hook - Obituary

Lydia Hook, wife of Stephen Hook (deceased) May 6th, 1885. Mrs. Hook was born in Connecticut Feb. 21st, 1821; married July 5, 1841; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1842; has resided in the town of Oregon about 40 years. She had been a christian from childhood, and a member of the M. E. church over 50 years. She was a kind neighbor and retained the confidence of all who knew her. She evinced the fact that a christian life - a life measuring up to the profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ - is the sweetest and best on earth. Her last words to her children were, "meet me in Heaven." She suffered much during her illness but bore up with great fortitude. Seven children - four boys and three girls, - with many relatives, mourn their loss. The funeral took place from the Brooklyn church May 8th, conducted by the pastor, C. C. Swartz.

"Oregon Observer", Vol. VI, No. 33, 14 May 1885

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1. Calvin HOOK b. 14 Apr 1842, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 31 Mar 1922, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; bur. Apr 1922, East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, O'Brien, Iowa.
2. Albert HOOK b. 16 Sep 1844, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 12 Mar 1913; bur. Mar 1913, Prairie Mound Cemetery, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin.
3. 1. Matilda HOOK b. 1 Aug 1846, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 13 Dec 1901; bur. 1901, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Louisa Jane HOOK b. 27 Dec 1847, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 16 Mar 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; bur. Mar 1913, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin.
5. John HOOK b. 30 Jan 1850, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 9 Mar 1850, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin.
6. Charles HOOK b. 9 Mar 1851, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 18 Jun 1932, Brooklyn, Dane, Wisconsin; bur. 21 Jun 1932, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin.
7. Henry HOOK b. 14 Sep 1853, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 5 Dec 1913, , , California.
8. Elisha HOOK b. 14 Apr 1856, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; d. Jun 1865, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin.
9. Alice Luella HOOK b. 19 Dec 1858, Brooklyn, Dane, Wisconsin; d. 14 Sep 1940, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska; bur. 16 Sep 1940, Central City Cemetery, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska.

Possibly buried in Denison cemetery.

Per email 21 Sep 2002 from Nancy Hodgkinson, Mary Ann Smith's parish of residence was St. Pancras, Middlesex. This information was from reviewing parish records.

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Per Index to Marriage License Applications Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 23, 1829 - August, 1851, Volumes 1 through 6, compiled by Cuyahoga West Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, Mary Ann may have remarried to A. B. Haines on 27 Oct 1849. (viewed at the Western Reserve Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio 5/19/05 sla)

She is believed to have died sometime before sons Thomas and Stephen left for Wisconsin.

2 males between ages 20-30, 1 male between 70-80, 1 female between 50-60.

1. Thomas Smith HOOK b. 11 Nov 1810, Tenterden, Kent, England; c. 23 Dec 1810, Tenterden, Kent, England; d. 31 May 1888, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; bur. 1888, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin.
2. 2. Stephen HOOK b. 19 May 1813, Tenterden, Kent, England; c. 18 Jul 1813; d. 9 Apr 1880, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; bur. Apr 1880, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin.

Book about Brooklyn mentions that Daniel only had 9 children, so some of the ones I have listed are erroneous or the book omitted any that were deceased. The book lists Alford, Lydia, Calvin, Julia, Charles, Hubbard, Elisha, Leonard, and Eben.

CENSUS:
1880 - Lived with his son, Eben, in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Age 88

OBIT: Name: Fish, Daniel
Date: Oct. 16, 1880
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: Fish- On Friday morning, October 15, Daniel Fish, in his 89th year. Funeral from the residence, of Leonard Fish, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 2 p. m. Friends of the family are invited. 1792 - 1880. age 88. Solon Cemetery Solon, Ohio

1. Alford C. FISH b. 1820, Mystic,, Connecticut; d. ,, Wisconsin.
2. 3. Lydia FISH b. 21 Feb 1821, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 6 May 1885, Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin; bur. 8 May 1885, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin.
3. Calvin FISH, [child] b. Abt 1822; d. 21 Mar 1834, Brighton, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Julia A. FISH b. Abt 1826, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. Charles FISH b. Abt 1837; d. 27 Jun 1874, Decatur,, Illinois; bur. Decatur,, Illinois.
6. Hubbard FISH b. Abt 1829; d. 3 Oct 1864, Olney,, Illinois; bur. Salem,, Illinois.
7. Elisha FISH b. Abt 1832; d. 8 Apr 1854.
8. Leonard FISH b. 5 Sep 1834, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Apr 1929, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. Ebenezer FISH b. Dec 1836, ,, Ohio; d. Aft 1920.

Will proved 1812

1. John HOOK b. 16 Jun 1765, Tenterden, Kent, England.
2. Richard HOOK b. 31 May 1767, Tenterden, Kent, England.
3. 4. Thomas HOOK b. 24 Nov 1769, Tenterden, Kent, England; d. 9 Mar 1841, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Mar 1841, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Stephen HOOK b. 4 Aug 1771, Tenterden, Kent, England.
5. George HOOK b. 6 Dec 1772, Tenterden, Kent, England.
6. Ann HOOK b. 16 Jun 1774, Tenterden, Kent, England.
7. William HOOK b. 3 Dec 1775, Tenterden, Kent, England.
8. Elizabeth HOOK b. 29 Jun 1777, Tenterden, Kent, England; d. 10 Jul 1813, Horsmonden, Kent, England.

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. 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.

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