Sally's maiden name was noted as Sally Bull in some family historynotes written by her grand daughter Jesse Fish. She is documented asSallie A. Bull in the Descendants of Thomas and Susannah Bull. Sallie wasliving in Racine, Wisconsin in 1870 and her mother was with her. PhyllisMenke's Fish Genealogy has her name as Sarah Ann Bulland birthplace ofPutnam County, New York.
Sallie Fish appears in the Census of 1880 living as the head ofhousehold in Racine, Wisconsin aged 64. She lived with her mother AmandaBull aged 83. The household also included Winfield Wild a 21 year oldmale stenographer from Illinois, John S. Robbins a 23 year old maleworking a clerk for plow company, and Kate Epstein a 29 year old Germanwoman working as a servant.

1. 2. Titus Gage FISH   b. 20 Nov 1833, Scipio, Cayuga, New York; d. 30 Dec 1899, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa.
2. 3. Abner Crosby FISH   b. 13 Aug 1835, Cayuga County, New York; d. 23 Dec 1899, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
3. 4. Eliza Ann FISH   b. 12 Jul 1838, Locke, Cayuga, New York.
4. 5. Edwin Brown FISH   b. 20 Feb 1840, Cayuga County, New York; d. 3 Jan 1924, Huntingburg, Dubois, Indiana; bur. Mound Cemetery, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin.
5. 6. Phebe Jeanette FISH   b. 24 Jan 1842, New York; d. 1911.
6. 7. Amanda Marie FISH   b. 8 Jan 1844, Cayuga County, New York; d. 28 Feb 1901, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin.

According to Diane Sutton, Titus Gage Fish and his brothers started abusiness building wagons in 1860. They became famous for the Racine FishWagon. In thirty years they produced 250,000 wagons, log trucks,carriages, surreys and Phaetons sporting the Fish logo, a large-mouthedbass.
At the publishing of the History of Racine and Kenosha counties in1879 he was residing in Racine. According to this source he moved fromScipio, New York and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1847 (about age14) where he was a farmer. He then formed the Fish Brothers in Racineabout 1865 (age 32) which was a very successful wagon making firm. TitusFish was very active in the government there, serving as an alderman fromthe fifth ward, and President of the Council for six years.
Titus Fish appears in the 1880 US Census in District 166 Racine,Wisconsin, aged 46, and the proprietor of a Wagon Factory. The householdincludes wife Rosamond, and children Fred, Jessie and Percy and threeservants; John Griffith of Wales, Ana Zenishek of Bohemia and MariahStritesky of Bohemia.
No marriage certificate was on file in Racine Wisconsin, but lessthan half of those before 1907 are actually on file.
Obituary from the Janesville Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin 2 Jan1900 (p. 5, col3):
" A telegram was received this morning from Clinton, Iowa., announcingthe death of Titus G. Fish, one of the best known wagon manufacturers inthe Northwest. Mr. Fish was born in Cayuga county, New York, 66 yearsago. He came West in 1847 and located at Janesville, and went to Racinein 1859 and engaged in the fanning mill business. He was the founder ofthe Fish Bros. Wagon company, and was at its head for many years until itpassed into the hands of the late Jerome I. Case. "

1. 8. Edwin Titus FISH   b. 12 Jun 1863; d. 25 Jul 1864.
2. 9. Nellie FISH   b. 22 Feb 1865; d. 12 May 1868.
3. 10. Fred Cyrus FISH   b. 7 May 1870; d. 20 Jan 1894, Riverside, California.
4. 11. Jessie Ethel FISH   b. 3 Oct 1872, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin; d. 27 Aug 1959, Seattle, King, Washington; bur. Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho.
5. 12. Percy Titus FISH   b. 10 May 1875; d. 14 Mar 1908.
6. 13. Harry Ellis FISH   b. 18 Mar 1877; d. 1 Dec 1878.

The following Biography is taken from the History of Racine & KenoshaCounties, Western Historical Co., Chicago Illinois (1879):
A.C. Fish was born in Cayuga Co., New York Aug 13, 1835. In 1846 hisparents moved west and settled on Rock Prairie, near Janesville,Wisconsin. As a boy on the farm, Mr. Fish was noted for his steady habitsand his persevering industry. His parents were poor. He did not ask foror take any holidays. The only opportunity he had for going to school wasa few weeks each year during the winter months. He made the most ofthese. At 21, he left the farm, with his little savings, consisting ofabout $10 in silver, and started to walk to Racine, with the purpose ofattending the Racine High School, then under the charge of John G.McMynn. The first person he met, on arriving in Racine, recommended himto apply to J.I. Case, for the privilege of boarding with him, and to payfor his board by working about the threshing-machine factory before andafter school, and on Saturdays. Mr. Case very kindly gave him theopportunity sought. At the end of the first term of school, his littlesavings were exhausted, and he applied for and received the appointmentof teacher of the district school in the town of Yorkville, Racine Co.Some of the stanch farmers of the town remember him for other qualitiesthan those of "pulling at the stick" successfully. At the end of thewinter term of the Yorkville School, Mr. Fish returned to Janesville andattended the high school one term, and was then appointed Principal ofthe First Ward Grammar School in that city, a position which he held forthree years. These were years of hardest work, for, in addition to thelabor of teaching a large school, he took private lessons in Latin andGreek =, and obtained his preparation for college. He entered thefreshman class in Tuft's College, near Boston, in September, 1860. Heserved his country as a common soldier in the 44th Mass. Regt. During theJunior year of his college course; made up the studies, and graduatedwith his class in 1864. He then taught the high school at Melrose, nearBoston, a year and a half, putting all his leisure time into the study ofthe law, in the office of Hon. D.W. Gooch of Boston. He was admitted tothe Boston bar, on examination before Hon. Uriel H. Crocker, in January1866. Receiving, at this time, from his brother, T. G. Fish, in Racine,Wisconsin most tempting inducements to go into the manufacturing businesswith him, he bought out Daniel Bull and entered into partnership with hisbrother, under the firm name of Fish Brothers. The brothers, workingassiduously and harmoniously together, built up a large and flourishingbusiness in Racine, in the manufacturing of farm wagons and carriages. Inthe spring of 1873, A.C. Fish sold out his interest in the wagon businessto his two brothers T. G. and E.B. Fish, and J.C. Huggins

The following is taken from the Racine Journal of May 21, 1873:
Presentation - a pleasant affair at Fish Brothers' Wagon Manufactory -The address
Last Saturday afternoon, Mr. A.C. Fish, the second member of the firmof Fish Brother, retired from the firm. The employees, as a slighttestimonial of respect for him, presented him with a magnificent goldchain, locket and ring, which were purchased at Watt's, and valued at$125. A few minutes before 5, the whistle sounded, and the employees, 180in number, assembled in front of the office, and one of the number wassent to invite Mr. Fish out. Busily engaged in writing, he had notnoticed the gathering, ad, as he stepped out of the door, heinvoluntarily asked, "Why, what's the matter?" He found out, for, justat this time, Mr. George H. Smith stepped forward and, in the followingappropriate remarks, made the presentation:
" Mr. Fish: it is not ordinary occasion that calls us together today.You have been invited here for the purpose of taking a formal leave fromus, your employees. Learning that you had severed your business relationswith this establishment, and were about to engage in another and, to you,more congenial profession, we, the workmen employed in our manufactory,with whom you have been so intimately associated for the last sevenyears, desire to express, in some substantial manner, our highappreciation of your universal kindness, noble qualities, generousimpulses and gentlemanly demeanor; and to accomplish this end, we haveprocured a slight testimonial, which we ask you to accept; not for itsintrinsic value alone, but that, in after years, when recurring to thisevent, it may serve to remind you of the spontaneous enthusiasm withwhich each member, whose name is attached herewith, subscribes himselfyour friend, in the fullest acceptation of the term, wishing that yourfuture career may be crowned with happiness and prosperity."
To say that Mr. Fish was completely surprised, would do but faint justiceto it; but he rallied bravely, and thus thanked them:
" Boys: I thank you for these tokens of your esteem. I accept them inthe same spirit with which they are given. As an incentive for thefuture, as a memento of the past, as tokens of your appreciation andrespect, these gifts are invaluable to me - more prized than the gold andprecious stones of which they are made. May this chain prove the means offorging many links in that golden chain of friendship that binds ustogether, each to the other and all to each - that chain of humansympathy and good-will which neither time nor distance can sever. May thespirit of kindness and co-operation, of mutual respect and esteem,continue between employers and employees in the firm of Fish Bros. & Co.;may it be, like the right which you give me as a token, without end"
Then with three rousing cheers for A.C. Fish, the men dispersed.

On retiring from business the old question which had previously puzzledMr. Fish, again came up - the question whether he could do more good inthe world by preaching than by practicing law. After duly considering thematter, he began work as a lay-preacher in the Church of the GoodShepherd, Racine. In 1874, in addition to his work in the church, he wasappointed City Superintendent of the Schools of Racine. In the spring of1875, he broke down in health from overwork, and was advised by hisphysicians to give up all professional labor. He then engaged in businessa Racine Junction. Having in a measure regained his health, he began thepractice of lay in Racine in the winter of 1878, and in the fall of thesame year, was elected District Attorney of Racine County, the officewhich he now fills.

According to the History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Ed. B. Fishwas a partner in the firm of Fish Brothers, wagon manufacturer, was anative of Cayuga Co., New York. He came to Wisconsin in 1847 locating atJanesville. He enlisted in August 1862 in the 12th Wis. Battery, afterserving for three years he mustered out in the spring of 1865. He thencame to Racine and engaged in his present business.

Edward B Fish appears in the 1890 Civil War Veterans schedules inRacine enumeration district #136, microfilm page 2, in Racine County,Wisconsin.

Jessie Ethel Fish is believed to have been born in Racine Wisconsinon 3 October 1872. This cannot be documented as birth records were notmaintained for Racine until after 1877.
According to Jessie Ethel Fish LeClair's death certificate she wasthe daughter of Titus G. Fish and Rosamond Packard. Her occupation islisted a housewife with her residence in Seattle. She died 27 August 1959in Seattle, King, Washington of multiple pulmonary emboli and phlebitisthree months after their onset. She was removed to Lewiston, Idaho forburial. The informant was her son Fred. She was buried in Lewiston, Idaho.

1. 14. Frederick Fish LECLAIR   b. 11 Aug 1896, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin; d. 21 Feb 1975, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington; bur. Malcom's Brower Wann Chapel, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho.
2. 15. Titus George LECLAIR   b. 26 Aug 1899, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin; d. 26 Mar 1968, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida; bur. Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
3. 16. James Van-Renselaer LECLAIR   b. 8 Dec 1902, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin; d. 4 Oct 1985, Richland, Benton, Washington; bur. 9 Oct 1985, Sunset Memorial Gardens, Richland, Benton, Washington.
4. 17. Robert Alexander LECLAIR   b. 10 Jun 1909, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho; d. 30 May 1937, Hawaii.

Fred Fish LeClair worked as a pricing clerk for North Coast Electric.
Fred Fish LeClair died in Kitsap County in Washington, however, noprobate records were filed. He died of subarachniel hemorrhage caused byarteriosclerosis and is buried in Lewiston, Idaho.

1. 18. Frederick LECLAIR   b. 12 Apr 1922; d. 1994, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho.

Titus George LeClair was born 26 August 1899 in Superior, Wisconsin,the second of four boys. His father, James Van Renselaer LeClair was bornin the town of Colden New York. His mother, Jessie Ethel Fish, was bornin Racine Wisconsin, and her ancestry included three lines going back tothe Mayflower group of 1620 (John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, and PeterBrown.
When Titus was five years old, the family moved to Lewiston, Idaho,where his father bought a large stand of timber and began loggingoperations. The business thrived, continuing until well into the 1920's.The family was not wealthy, but it was reasonable well off; they lived ina large two-story house at 701 6th Avenue in Lewiston where the four sonsattended local elementary and high schools. In 1917, after he graduatedfrom Lewiston High School, Titus entered the University of Idaho inMoscow, Idaho. The United States had entered World War I that previousApril. With many of his classmates, Titus entered the Student OfficersTraining Corps while continuing as a full-time student. He was releasedfrom the Training Corps on September 26, 1919, after the November 1918Armistice. He continued at U. of Idaho, graduating in 1921 as a member ofthe first graduating class of the Electrical Engineering Department. Thenation at that time was in an economic slump as a result of the post-wardownturn, so according to an account written by Ti, he "worked at oddjobs for a few months". However, according to an old newspaper article heattended Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1921-2. In any event,he began work as a Test Engineer with General Electric in Schenectady,New York in February 1922.
Tutus became engaged to Alice Bessie of Moscow, Idaho, but did notgraduate. Again the records contain a discrepancy, since somehow sheworked as a librarian at U. of Idaho, while others indicate she wasAssistant Registrar there. As a coincidence on the number 26, Alice wasborn on May 26, 1899 and on May 26, 1922 she and Titus were married inSchenectady, New York. During his time with GE, Titus came to know GeorgeSteinmetz, the electrical genius who was responsible for many of thetechnical developments which led to GE's rise to eminence in the Americanelectrical equipment industry. In 1923, Titus and Alice moved to Chicago,Illinois, where he began work as a cable engineer with CommonwealthEdison Co., the public utility serving the Chicago area with electricpower.
Their first son, Richard, was born August 15, 1923, followed by Hughon November 30, 1925, and David on October 9, 1927. Alice died suddenlyon September 7, 1928, leaving Titus with three preschool sons. On March15, 1930 Titus remarried. His new bride was Amelie McGuire, and native ofVevay, Indiana, a small town on the banks of the Ohio River. She was agraduate in English from the University of Indiana. While hook on thetask of raising three sons and managing the household, Titus continuedhis career with Commonwealth Edison. On July 13, 1938 Amelie officiallyadopted Richard, Hugh, and David as her sons.
In addition the his regular engineering work, Titus began work onwhat were to be several inventions widely used in the electric powerindustry, thus emulating Thomas A. Edison, the father of the electricpower industry. Titus had met Edison in earlier years. In 1933 Titus soldhis patent for bus bars to American Brass, a subsidiary of AnacondaCopper. Bus bars a special conductors for carrying extremely largecurrents, and Ti's invention reduced the amount of copper required inthese devices. The sale of this patent was enough to build a large,two-story brick house (also with full basement and third floor dormitoryspace) at 1924 West 102nd Street, in the Beverly Hills section ofChicago. On April 24, 1934, Diane was born to Amelie and Titus, and theyall moved into the new house just six days before Christmas in 1934.
In addition to advancing his career at Commonwealth Edison, Titusplayed an active role in professional membership in the Chicago Sectionof the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, or AIEE. This societylater was expanded and renamed the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicEngineers, or IEEE. The list of Titus' professional and technicalactivities, in addition to preparation and delivery of technical papersand leadership of national committees, covers pages and is listedelsewhere. As highlights, he chaired section and national committeesrising to President of AIEE in 1950-1 and leading the successful drivefor professional registration of engineers in Illinois prior to thattime. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering by his almamater, University of Idaho, in June 1951.
Titus' inventions include several patents on switching systems andautomatic data reading and recording and printing systems. The patentsare:
#1934434 Bus Construction. November 7, 1933
#2313752 Automatic Printing and Metering System March16, 1943
#2366913 Automatic Printing and Totalizing Metering SystemJune 9, 1945
#2366914 Printing Mechanism January 9, 1945
He was not only awarded these patents, but he also fought and won severalpatent infringement suits against those attempting to infringe upon thesepatents. To an extent, he was years ahead of his time, as these datagathering and recording systems were forerunners of the automated datagathering and recording systems developed in the 1960s to 1980s.
On a lighter side, he took part in non-technical activities as well.He was also a Director of the Beverly Hills University Club from 1936-9and its President from 1939-40.
After the end of World War II, when peaceful uses of atomic energywere pursued, his earlier patents and his position as Chief ElectricalEngineer in 1950-2 and Engineering Manager in 1952-4 put him in themiddle of feasibility studies on the Dresden Atomic Power Station. He wasappointed Project Sponsor of the Public Service Commonwealth Edison groupworking on the problem of providing electricity from nuclear fuel inMarch 1953. Working in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic EnergyCommission, this group prepared to specifications for the firstcommercial atomic power plant built without federal government funding.It was the largest atomic power plant of its time. The plant was firstfired up in October 1959, and was fully operational in 1960.
With successful completion of Dresden, Titus resigned fromCommonwealth Edison to became manager of nuclear power applications withGeneral Atomics, then a division of General Dynamics Corp. of San Diego,California. GD pioneered the development of the High Temperature GasCooled Reactor, which used helium gas to cool the pelletized nuclearfuel. The heated gas acted as the heat source to fire conventional steamturbines to generate electric power. Titus' work took him, oftenaccompanied by Amelie, to such locations as Japan, Australia, India, andmost of the European countries. The then standard retirement age of 65had no interest or meaning for him, and he continued to work more thatfull time well past that age.
He and Amelie moved from 610 Woodside Road in Hinsdale, Illinois andbought an home in San Diego in 1960, added a swimming pool, and shortlythereafter began building another home with pool on the ocean shore. Poolswimming was secondary, however, to ocean swimming. His usual dailyroutine, when not away on business travel, was to take a 1-2 mile swim inthe Pacific Ocean, which was not even 30 yards from his home. Often thepool was used by friends, children and grandchildren and as a backdropfor home social activities.
Titus was active in all ways right up to his death. On March 26,1968, while attending a major Southwest Electric Exchange conference inBoca Raton, Florida, he went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean in spite ofthe storm warning posted along the beach and died while swimming. Despitethe lack of water in the lungs, the death certificate state "Death bydrowning". He and Amelie had just celebrated their 38th weddinganniversary a week before and had plans to see their fifteenthgrandchild, Mark, born 4 days earlier in Denver, Colorado.
Titus had earlier taken out an insurance policy with a doubleindemnity clause naming the Episcopal Community Service of San Diego ashis beneficiary. As a result of his accidental death $125,000 wasbequeathed to this charity.
(Written by Richard and Hugh LeClair 7-30-86)
Titus LeClair appears in the Who's Who of 1954, then residing at 515North Walker Road in Hinsdale, and working at 72 West Adams Street inChicago. This biography lists the positions described in the note above.
Titus LeClair is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois asis his first wife, Alice Bessee.

James V. LeClair was a school principal. His wife Mary Rosebaugh wasa teacher. She was born 1 August 1910 in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho and died 7December 1990 in Richland, Washington. She was buried at Einan'sCrematorium there.
James LeClair died of pneumonia from Parkinson's disease. He isburied at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Richland, Washington.

Robert Alexander LeClair started at the University of Idaho in 1927,but eventually graduated from a college in Washington. He was named forAlexander Robert Mills, his father's business partner. Alexander was thebrother of Emma Mills who married Emmett Eugene LeClair.
Robert drowned in a surfing accident in Hawaii on Memorial Day, May30 1937. The trip was paid for by he mother Jessie as a graduationpresent.
The US Census for 1910 in Idaho lists this son's name as Philip, inerror. However, no birth certificate is on file in Idaho for either name