Ebenezer Fish

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Ebenezer Fish was the fourth of 10 children born to Ebenezer Fish Sr. and Lydia Fish. His birth took place June 11, 1787 in Groton, New London, Connecticut.

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.

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.

Ebenezer died March 26th of 1880 and was buried in Denison Cemetery on Garden Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.