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Catherine Fish, daughter of Joseph Martin Fish (F6/1.1) and
Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish (D6/1.4), was born about 1826 in
Louisiana. She was married about 1846,
probably in Williamson County to Wiley Dresser (D5/1.1). He was a drover and frequently made cattle
drives as far north as St. Louis and Chicago, according to Nettie Dresser
(D3/2.2), a granddaughter. She reported
that he was attracted to the big cities of the North and influenced Catherine
Fish Dresser (F5/1.4) to make plans to move there. She accompanied him, probably in the spring of 1855, on a cattle
drive northward, perhaps driving a wagon.
Tragedy struck on the trip, and both lost their lives--perhaps at the
hands of robbers or of other causes, Nettie Dresser (D3/2.2) was unsure.
On August 6, 1855 Joseph Martin Fish (F6/1.1) conveyed "for
the love and affection I entertain for the children [unnamed] of my daughter
Catharine Dresser dscd. about 350 acres adjoining Whitmire [Amanda M. Fish
Whitmire (W5/1.3)] about six miles above Georgetown," according to Williamson
County Deed Book 6, page 122.
Children born to Wiley Dresser (D5/1.1) and Catherine Fish
Dresser (F5/1.4) include:
Wiley Dresser,
Jr. (D4/1.1) born about 1847
Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2)
born about 1848
(son) (D4/1.3) born about 1850
Wiley Dresser, Jr. (D4/1.1), son of Wiley Dresser (D5/1.1) and
Catherine Fish Dresser (F5/1.4), was born about 1847, probably in Williamson
County. He was orphaned about age
eight. It is believed that he removed
to Oklahoma Territory, perhaps participating in the land rush. He was married about 1865, wife's name
Minnie. Price Dresser (D4/1.3), a
nephew, wrote in 1909 that Minnie Dresser lived in Norman, Oklahoma, suggesting
that Wiley Dresser, Jr. had died prior.
It is believed that children born to them include:
Emzy Dresser (D3/1.1) born about 1866
Charlie
Dresser (D3/1.2) born about 1868
Elbert Joseph "Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2), son of Wiley
Dresser (D5/1.1) and Catherine Fish Dresser (F5/1.4), was born about 1847,
probably in Williamson County. He was
orphaned at the age of seven, according to Nettie Dresses (D3/2.2), his
daughter. He received a land grant from
the State of Texas in Cook County, Texas about 1872, and it remained in the
hands of Desmond Dresser (D2/4.2), a grandson in 1987, according to Elbert Joseph
Dresser (D2/2.4), a grandson
He was married about 1874 to Zanobia Hayhurst (H4/1.1), probably
in Grayson County, Texas. She, a widow,
died in Gainesville, Texas about 1913.
Children born to Elbert Joseph "Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2)
and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1) include:
Milton Bundick
Dresser born in 1875
Nettie
Dresser born about 1880
Grover Cleveland
Dresser born about 1884
John Dresser born about 1887
Jennie
Dresser born about 1890
Zettie
Dresser born about 1893
Richard
Dresser born about 1896
Milton Bundick Dresser (D3/2.1), son of Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was
born in 1878, according to Elbert
Joseph Dresser (D2/1.4), a son. He was
married about 1897 to Dellar Black (B3/1.1) at Gainesville. In 1899 they lived in Cooke County, in 1901
and 1904 in Foard County, and in 1912 in Clay County, Texas. They moved to Lubbock County in 1919 and
went into the cattle business. After a
disastrous blizzard in 1920 in which half of his cattle froze to death he
became a farmer. She died in Lubbock in
1928, and he died there in 1961. They
were buried in City of Lubbock Cemetery.
Children born to Milton Bundick Dresser (D3/2.1) and Dellar
Black Dresser (B3/1.1) include:
Ethel Cleo Dresser born September 11, 1899
Elzada
Dresser born January 24, 1901
Milton Benjamin
Dresser born October 20, 1904
Elbert Joseph
Dresser born January 14, 1912
Ethel Cleo Dresser (D2/1.1), daughter of Milton Bundick Dresser
(D3/2.1) and Dellar Black Dresser (B3/1.1), was born September 11, 1899 in
Cooke County. She was married in 1923
to Laxative Bromo Quinine Crim (C2/1.1).
He died in 1928, and she was remarried in 1930 to Wyley Ahab Lindsay
(L2/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Dorris Crim (C1/1.1) born February 27, 1925
Della Irene
Crim (C1/1.2) born February 25, 1927
Louise Janice
Lindsay (L1/1.1) born February 9, 1931
Dorris Crim (C1/1.1), daughter of Laxative Bromo Quinine Crim
(C2/1.1) and Ethel Cleo Dresser Crim (D2/2.1), was born February 27, 1925. She was married about 1946 to Doyle Flores
(F1/1.1).
Della Irene Crim (C1/1.2), daughter of Laxative Bromo Quinine
Crim (C2/1.1) and Ethel Cleo Dresser Crim (D2/2.1), was born February 25,
1927. She was married August 25, 1944
to Yantis Wright (W1/1.1). In June 1987
they lived at 3700 Boulder in Odessa, Texas where he retired after 34 years
service with Phillips Petroleum Company as a maintenance supervisor.
Louise Janice Lindsay (L1/1.1), daughter of Wyley Ahab Lindsay
(L2/1.1) and Ethel Cleo Dresser Crim Lindsay (D2/2.1), was born February 9,
1931. She was married in 1948 to
Richard Arnold Barber (B1/1.1). He died
in 1960, and she was remarried in November 1962 to Luther Hal Stephens
(S1/1.1). In June 1987 they lived at
3611 36th Street in Lubbock.
Elzada Dresser (D2/1.2), daughter of Milton Bundick Dresser
(D3/2.1) and Dellar Black Dresser (B3/1.1), was born January 24, 1901 in Foard
County. She was married about 1918,
husband's name Earhart. She was
remarried, husband's name Bachelor. In
June 1987 she lived in a retirement home in Fallbrook, California.
Milton Benjamin Dresser (D2/1.3), son of Milton Bundick Dresser
(D3/2.1) and Dellar Black Dresser (B3/1.1), was born October 20, 1904 in Foard
County. He died about 1984 in Lubbock.
Children born to him include:
Buford
Dresser (D1/3.1) born in 1928
Buford Dresser (D1/3.1), son of Milton Benjamin Dresser
(D2/1.3), was born in 1928. He was
married about 1950, wife's name Ozeta.
In June 1987 he lived in Lubbock where he was employed by the telephone
company.
Elbert Joseph Dresser (D2/1.4) son of Milton Bundick Dresser
D3/2.1) and Dellar Black Dresser (B3/1.1), was born January 14, 1912 in
Bellvue, Texas. His parents removed to
Lubbock in 1919 where he attended school, graduating from Lubbock High School
in 1931. He entered Texas Technological
College and was married December 17, 1931 to Ina Louise Stalnaker
(S2/1.1). She was born March 7, 1913 in
Lubbock. He was employed in civil
service during World War II by the U. S. Army Air Corps. She likewise worked in civil service. In 1947 they returned to Lubbock, and in
1957 removed to California. He
mentioned when interviewed June 3, 1987 that he retired in 1970 after 30 years
in government service. At that time
they lived at 150-67 Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos, California.
Children born to them include:
Mary Louise
Dresser born January 9, 1933
Julian Donald
Dresser born June 13, 1935
William Wayne
Dresser born February 25, 1943
Mary Louise Dresser (D1/4.1), daughter of Elbert Joseph Dresser
(D2/1.4) and Ina Louise Stalnaker Dresser (S2/1.1), was born January 9,
1933. She was married in 1948 to Jimmie
Ray McDaniel (M1/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Ronald Lee
McDaniel born June 11, 1952
Martin Dane
McDaniel born in 1955
Donald Wayne
McDaniel born in 1958
Ronald Lee McDaniel (M-1/1.1), son of Jimmie Ray McDaniel
(M1/1.1) and Mary Louise Dresser McDaniel (D-1/4/1), was born June 11,
1952. In June 1987 he was employed as
manager of Point Magoo Credit Union, Point Magoo, California.
Julian Donald Dresser (D1/4.2), son of Elbert Joseph Dresser
(D2/1.4) and Ina Louise Stalnaker Dresser (S2/1.1), was born June 13,
1935. In June 1987 he lived in Hawaii
and was employed as production manager of Hawaii Public T.V. He remained unmarried.
William Wayne Dresser (D1/4.3), son of Elbert Joseph Dresser
(D2/1.4) and Ina Louise Stalnaker Dresser (S2/1.1), was born February 25,
1943. He was married about 1963 to
Elaine Rued (R1/1.1). Following divorce
and remarriage, he was married for the third time about 1972, wife's name
Candacie. In 1987 he, a truckdriver,
lived in Phoenix, Arizona.
Children of William Wayne Dresser (D1/4.3) include:
Jimmy Wayne
Dresser (D-1/3.1) born in 1972
Sarah Christine
Dresser (D-1/3.2) born in 1974
Joan Louise
Dresser (D-1/3.3) born in 1979
Michael Joseph
Dresser (D-1/3.4) born in 1980
Nettie Dresser (D3/2.2), daughter of Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was
born about 1880, probably in Cooke County.
She died about 1976.
Grover Cleveland Dresser (D3/2.3), son of Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was
born about 1884, probably in Cooke County.
He died about 1952 and was buried in Long Beach, California.
John Dresser (D3/2.4), son of Elbert Joseph "Ebb"
Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was born about 1887,
probably in Cooke County. He acquired
his father's land. He died in the
influenza epidemic of 1918.
Children born to John Dresser (D3/2.4) include:
Cecil
Dresser (D2/4.1) born about 1900
Desmond
Dresser (D2/4.2) born about 1906
Johnnie Ruth Dresser (D2/4.3) born about 1914
Cecil Dresser (D2/4.1), son of John Dresser (D3/2.4), was born
about 1900 in Cooke County. In June
1987 he lived in Dallas, Texas.
Desmond Dresser (D2/4.2), son of John Dresser (D3/2.4), was born
about 1906 in Cooke County. He acquired
his grandfather's property on which the U. S. Army constructed Camp Howse
during World War I. Following the war
he repurchased the land from the U. S. Army.
Later the City of Gainesville, Texas constructed a water reservoir on
the property. In June 1987 he lived in
Gainesville.
Johnnie Ruth Dresser (D2/4.3), daughter of John Dresser, was
born about 1914 near Gainesville. She
continued there in June 1987.
Jennie Dresser (D3/2.5), daughter of Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was
born about 1890, probably in Cooke County.
Of this individual nothing more is known.
Zettie Dresser (D3/2.6), daughter of Elbert Joseph
"Ebb" Dresser (D4/1.2) and Zanobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was
born about 1893, probably in Cooke County, Texas. Of this individual nothing more is known.
Richard Dresser (D3/2.7), son of Elbert Joseph Dresser (D4/1.2)
and Zenobia Hayhurst Dresser (H4/1.1), was born about 1896. He became an attorney and established his
practice in Moran, Texas. He was
married to one of his clients, a ranchwoman, name unknown about 1957. No children were born to them.
He replied to a query about the Dresser-Fish family placed in
the "Ft. Worth Star-Telegram" by Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox
Drennan (C2/10.4) in 1970. He wrote:
"There were three Dresser brothers who came from England to
the United States. One of the brothers,
Daniel Leroy Dresser, located in New York City and founded Dresser Industries,
oilfield equipment manufacturers. The
other two brothers located in Mississippi.
One of them, my grandfather, migrated to Texas and married a woman named
Fish in Williamson County. I do not
know the name of my grandfather, but I think it was Wiley. I had an uncle named Wiley Dresser and he
was older than my father, therefore Wiley Dresser could have been named for his
father."
It is believed that a third son, (D4/1.3), name unknown, was
born to Wylie Dresser (D5/1.1) and Catherine Fish Dresser (D5/1.4) about
1850. It is believed that he accompanied
his brother Wylie Dresser (D4/1.1) in a move to Oklahoma. It is believed that the third son and his
wife both died about 1875 and that their children were reared by Wylie Dresser
(D4/1.1). It is believed that the
children included:
Price
Dresser (D3/3.1) born about 1870
Dory Dresser (D3/3.2) born about 1872
Isaac
Dresser (D3/3.3) born about 1874
Price Dresser (D3/3.1), believed to be a son of the "third
son", was born about 1870. It is
believed that he was reared by his uncle, Wylie Dresser (D4/1.1). In a letter written April 2, 1909 he mentioned
that he "left Unkle Wylie Dresser just 20 years ago." At that time he was farming at Amber,
Oklahoma. He mentioned that he was married,
probably about 1891. wife's name, Mandy.
The letter written to his cousin, Milton Bundick Dresser (D3/2.1) read:
"Amber, Oklahoma
April 2, 1909
My Dear Cousin Melton,
Our cousin Charlie Dresser sent me your address. Thot for past time and amusement I would
write you a fue lines to see if I could here from you. By us not none [known] where one another was
at in so long. Melt is your trade
framing [farming] or sum Bissins [Business] Corse? I am framing myself. I am
tending 125 ackers this year 8 milles North of Chickasha, Oklahoma. I have two good teams & 4 head of cattle,
16 head of hoges, and I don't know how miney chickens that Mandy my wife has
got.
Well, Cousin Melton can you send me Brother ..... [Isak's?]
address? Don't think that I have not
see or heard tell of him since I left Unkle Wylie Dresser just 20 years ago,
and I would like to here from him or even here of him. Do you no where Sister Dory is at now. If you no please send me their address, will
you.
Melton, how are you getting along now? Do you one a farm or not?
When you write me send me all of your Brothers and sisters
addresses. I would like to here from
them, and I spect that I will not here from them intill I write to them. I went over to see Ant Miney [Minnie?]
Dresser, Unkle Wiley's wife, and she has got a nice home at Norman, Oklahoma,
and Cousin Emzy [is] Runing a Well drill and making good money at it, and Cousin
Charlie all most is inie thing that you want to call him, carpner, panter,
paper hanger, enginear and a farmer, just inie thing that comes along he can
do it.
Well, I have writin about all I no at this time. I will write more next time.
Excuse bad writin. Write
soon and tell me all the nuze.
Your cousin,
Price Dresser
Amber, Oklahoma"
Joseph Dresser, perhaps the "third brother" mentioned
by Richard Dresser (D3/2.7), appeared as the head of a household in the 1900
census of Orange County Texas, Enumeration District 58, page 17, precinct 1:
"Dresser,
Joseph 58, born December 1841 in
Germany, naturalized
Annie 51, born September 1848 in Texas, wife
Johnson,
Jessie 23, born July 1876 in
Texas, step-son
Dresser,
Joseph 15, born August 1884 in
Texas, son
Julia 12, born September
1887 in Texas, daughter
Crow,
Mandy 7, born September 1892 in
Texas, granddaughter
Mary 5, born February
1895 in Texas, granddaughter
O'Malley,
John 19, born in 1881 in Texas,
boarder"
Arlee Gowen, Fish Manuscript 806/795-8758
or 795-9694
5708 Gary Avenue Electronic
Library 806/795-2005
Lubbock, Texas, 79413 FISHMS.014,
07/08/96
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Joseph Adam Fish, son of Joseph Martin Fish and Nancy
"Ann" Dyches Fish, was born in December 1830, in Mississippi,
according to his 1850 census enumeration.
However, his 1880 and 1900 enumerations, believed to be more accurate,
show Louisiana as his birthplace. Lera
Nix Beck, a great-granddaughter, stated that he was born in Sabine County, near
Hemphill, Texas, in 1824.
He was married December 15, 1849 to Frances Clark, one-fourth
Cherokee, the thirteenth child of William Clark and Frances Elizabeth Isaacs
Clark, according to John W. Clark, Fish family researcher of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. She was born in January 1835
in Sabine County. Frances Elizabeth
Isaacs Clarks, the daughter of Elijah Isaacs and Esther Donaho Isaacs, died in
the summer of 1836, according to "More Early Southeast Texas
Families" by Madeleine Martin.
William Clark, who was born about 1790 in South Carolina, died about
1856 in Sabine County.
Lera Nix Beck in 1949 wrote of Frances Clark:
"Frances Clark was also born in Sabine County, near Beaver
Lake, in 1836. They were married in
1851 on her father's plantation where she was born. She was cared for by two negro slave women by the names of
Caroline and Mary. Since Frances'
mother died when she was very young she was very devoted to her Negro
mammies--in fact she named two of her daughters after them. The reason she decided to marry at the
early age of 14 was that one night while she was washing dishes in a sullen
mood her father reprimanded her with a slap.
She later declared she decided then and there to marry and leave the
old home."
They appeared in the 1850 census of Sabine County as Household
231-231:
"Fish, Joseph 20,
born in Mississippi, farmer,
$396
real estate
Frances 14, born in Texas,
wife"
In 1856 they lived in Johnson County, Texas. Later they joined his father's family in
Williamson County. He appeared there at
Circleville, Texas as the head of Household 366-376 in the 1860 census:
"Fish, Joseph, Jr. 29,
born in Louisiana, common
laborer
Francis 20, born in Texas, wife
John
H. 5, born in Texas, son
Mary
F. 2, born in Texas, daughter"
Adjoining was the household of Joseph Strong, No. 367-377, who
had remarried Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle Strong, aunt of Joseph Adam
Fish .
In 1862 he enlisted in Second Volunteer Texas Cavalry Regiment
and served until the end of the war. In
1869 they had returned to Sabine County.
In 1871 Joseph Adam Fish returned to Johnson County. In 1873 they lived in Hamilton County,
Texas. Following this residence Joseph
Adam Fish moved to Eastland County, Texas and later lived north of Ranger,
Texas "in the Caddo." On June
28, 1880 he appeared as the head of a household in the census of Stephens
County, Texas, Household 134, Enumeration District 204, page 15, precinct 6:
"Fish, Joseph 60, born in Louisiana, father
born in
Louisiana,
mother born in
Louisiana,
farmer
Frances 36, born in Texas, father born in
Georgia,
mother born in
Louisiana,
wife
William 17, born in Texas, father born Texas,
mother
born in Texas, son, laborer
Silus 14, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in Texas, son,
laborer
Frank 11, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in Texas, son,
Mira
9, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in Texas,
daughter
Caroline
7, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in Texas,
daughter
Thomas
3, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born Texas, son"
In 1900 Joseph Adam Fish and Frances Clark Fish appeared in the
enumeration of the household of Martha J. Smith Fish, their daughter-in-law, in
Stephens County. They were recorded as
"Joseph A. Fish, 69, born December 1830 in Louisiana, father-in-law;
Francis Fish, 65, born January 1835 in Texas, mother-in-law."
In 1904 Joseph Adam Fish, at the age of 74, while a resident of
Ranger, Texas, filed a pension application.
In his application he stated that he was "unable to labor." He stated that he enlisted in the Second
Volunteer Texas Cavalry Regiment and served until the end of hostilities. He mentioned that he owned "two ponies
and one mule." He received
Confederate Pension No. 10285.
Joseph Adam Fish, "asthmatic," died December 16, 1905,
according to Stephens County Death Book 1.
Frances Clark Fish received Confederate Widow's Pension No. 12626
shortly before her death about 1908 in Stephens County.
Children born to Joseph Adam Fish and Frances Clark Fish include:
Beckie Jane Fish born
in 1853
John Houston Fish born in 1856
Mary F. Fish born
in 1858
William J. Fish born
in 1863
Cyrus Monroe Fish born April
1, 1865
Isaac Franklin
Fish born in
1869
Mira
"Sanna" Fish born
in 1871
Caroline Amanda
Fish born in 1873
Elizabeth Fish born
about 1875
Thomas Fish born
in Sept. 1878
Leander Fish born
about 1881
Beckie Jane Fish, daughter of Joseph Adam Fish and Frances Clark
Fish, was born in 1853, probably in Sabine County. She was burned to death by the fire around a washpot in 1854.
John Houston Fish, son of Joseph Adam Fish and Frances Clark
Fish, was born in 1856 in Williamson County.
He was married in Johnson County February 8, 1872 to Martha J. Smith,
according to Johnson County Marriage Book 3, page 15. In 1873 they lived in Grandview, Texas in Johnson County.
He was enumerated as the head of Household 131 in the 1880
census of Stephens County, Texas, Enumeration District 204, page 15, precinct
6, near his father's household. The family was recorded as:
"Fish, John H. 24, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in Texas,
laborer
Martha 28, born in Louisiana, father
born
in
Louisiana, mother born in
Louisiana,
wife
Lee
Andrew
8, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in
Louisiana,
son
Daniel
W. 2, born in Texas, father born in
Texas,
mother born in
Louisiana,
son"
He was a cottonginner and died in a gin accident August 14, 1889
in Stephens County. He was buried in the churchyard at Caddo, Texas, according
to Mrs. Lynda Hall, 3620 Spurgeon, Ft. Worth, Texas, 76133.
Martha J. Smith Fish, a widow, appeared as the head of a
household in the 1900 census of Stephens County, Enumeration District 141, page
1, precinct 6:
"Fish, Martha J. 52,
born June 1847 in Louisiana
Daniel
W. 21, born December 1878 in
Texas
William
D. 12, born September 1887 in Texas
Eloiza 19,
born February 1881 in Texas,
daughter-in-law
Fish, Joseph A. 69,
born December 1830 in Louisiana,
father-in-law
Francis 65, born January 1835 in
Texas,
mother-in-law"
Children born to John Houston Fish and Martha J. Smith Fish
include:
Leander Fish born
February 26, 1873
Daniel William
Fish born
December 1878
William Douglas
Fish born
about 1881
Betty Bernena
Fish born
about 1883
Leander Fish, son of John Houston Fish and Martha J. Smith Fish,
was born February 26, 1873 at Grandview.
He appeared in the 1880 census of his father's household as "Lee
Andrew Fish," an eight-year-old.
He was married in Oklahoma Territory May 11, 1890 to Mary Elizabeth Sims
who was born January 24, 1872 to Edward Sims and Mary E. Hilliard Sims. Edward Sims was born in Louisiana in 1824,
and his wife was born in 1840 in Georgia.
Mary Elizabeth Sims Fish died May 19, 1930 was buried at Turkey,
Texas. Leander Fish died August 31,
1947 at Lefors, Texas and was buried at Turkey.
Thirteen children were born to Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish:
Alvan Donel Fish born in September
1891
Amanda Melvina
Fish born in
November 1892
Josa Berneanes
Fish born
December 10, 1893
John Daved Fish born
February 24, 1895
Effia Jane Fish born
October 31, 1896
Ora Marthy Fish born
May 30, 1898
Grasa Lee Fish born
July 2, 1900
Benia Franklin
Fish born
June 17, 1903
James Howard Fish born
November 2, 1905
Irby Eloyed Fish born
February 28, 1908
Archer William
Fish born
September 2, 1909
Bermay Mattia
Fish born
March 24, 1912
Glynn Buffurd
Fish born
April 17, 1914
Alvan Donel Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born in September 1891. He
was married November 4, 1910 to May Hodges.
He died May 4, 1963 in Pampa, Texas.
Children born to Alvan Donald Fish and May Hodges Fish are unknown.
Amanda Melvina Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish, was born in November 1892.
She was married December 25, 1910 to Walter Kemp. She died March 12, 1926 in Knox County,
Texas.
Josa Berneanes Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish, was born was born December
10, 1893. She was married October 10,
1910 to Luther Warren. She died April
24, 1971 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
Children born to them include:
Lloyd Warren born
about 1912
Lankford Warren born
about 1914
Arthur Warren born
about 1917
Billie Warren born
about 1921
Faye Warren
[twin] born
about 1925
Mae Warren [twin] born
about 1925
John Daved Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born February 24, 1895. He
was married November 8, 1914 to Virgie Robinett. He was remarried to Mary Hendricks October 28, 1924.
Children born to John Daved Fish, Virgie Robinett Fish and Mary
Hendricks Fish include:
John David Fish,
Jr. born
about 1916
Dorothy Fish born
about 1918
Ora Martha Fish born
about 1920
Irby Joe Fish born
about 1923
Winston Fish born
about 1925
Lee Roy Fish born
about 1927
Buford Fish born
about 1930
Wanda Fish born
about 1934
Effia Jane Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish, was born October 31, 1896 in Stephens County. She died there the following year, August 8,
1897 and was buried in Macedonia Cemetery at Caddo, Texas.
Ora Marthy Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish, was born May 30, 1898 in Stephens County. She was married March 26, 1928 at Turkey to Roy Hill. She died April 25, 1981 in Hereford, Texas.
Benia Franklin Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born June 17, 1903 in Stephens County. He was April 1, 1925 to Josie Whitaker. He died July 27, 1963 at Iowa Park, Texas. No children were born to Benia Franklin Fish
and Josie Whitaker Fish.
James Howard Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born November 2, 1905 in Stephens County. He was married November 14, 1926 to Lillie Sophrona Hendricks at
Turkey. She is regarded as a sister to
Mary Hendricks who was married to John David Fish. Later he removed to Hereford, Texas. His father lived with him in his later years.
Children born to James Howard Fish and Lillie Sophrona Hendricks
Fish include:
Virgil Fish born
about 1928
Wanda Fish born
about 1931
Beryl Fish born
about 1936
Beryl Fish, son of James Howard Fish and Lillie Sophrona Hendricks
Fish, was born about 1928. He was
married about 1959 to Ruth Holloway. In
1996, they continued to live in Hereford where Ruth Holloway Fish is active in
researching the Fish family.
Grasa Lee Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born July 2, 1900 in Stephens County. She was married September 28, 1928 to Walter Kemp, her
brother-in-law who was previously married to her sister, Amanda Melvina Fish
who died March 12, 1926 in Knox County.
Irby Eloyed Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born February 18, 1908 in Stephens County. He was married about 1931, wife's name Elizabeth. He removed to Hale County, Texas. He died May 10, 1992 in Archer City,
Texas. No children were born to Irby
Eloyed Fish and Elizabeth Fish. They
reared two children of the sister of Elizabeth Fish, Quentin Robinson and
Arlene Robinson.
Archer William Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born September 2, 1909 in Archer County, Texas. He was married there September 20, 1933 to
Ollie Louise Brewer. She was the
daughter of Clarence E. Brewer and Lydia Mae Davis Brewer. In the 1940s, he became a waterwell
contractor. He died December 30, 1985
in Plainview, Texas.
Children born to Archer William Fish and Ollie Louise Brewer
Fish include:
Jeryl Yvonne Fish born May 29, 1934
Shirley Irene
Fish born
May 4, 1936
Lydia Pearl Fish born
February 23, 1938
Patricia Annette
Fish born
June 23, 1939
Robert Lee Fish born
September 11, 1940
Jeryl Yvonne Fish, daughter of Archer William Fish and Ollie
Louise Brewer Fish, was born May 29, 1934 in Archer County. She was married in Hale County December 31,
1949 at age 15 to Don Franklin Cargill.
He died about 1989. In 1996, she
continued to make her home in Plainview where she was active in researching her
Fish family.
Shirley Irene Fish, daughter of Archer William Fish and Ollie
Louise Brewer Fish, was born March 4, 1936 at Archer City. She was married August 5, 1950, at age 14,
in Clovis, New Mexico to Claude Newman Cox.
She died November 23, 1977 in Amarillo, Texas and was buried in Hart,
Texas. Claude Newman Cox died March 7,
1986.
Lydia Pearl Fish, daughter of Archer William Fish and Ollie
Louise Brewer Fish, was born February 23, 1938 at Archer City. She was married to George D. Adams in
Clovis, New Mexico July 9, 1955.
Patricia Annette Fish, daughter of Archer William Fish and Ollie
Louise Brewer Fish, was born June 23, 1939 at Archer City. she was married April 6, 1957 at Plainview
to Robbie D. Traylor.
Robert Lee Fish, son of Archer William Fish and Ollie Louise
Brewer Fish, was born September 11, 1946 in Olney, Texas. He was married January 10, 1957 in Plainview
to DeLoyce Meek. He was remarried about
1967 to Judy J. Simpson. His third
marriage about 1977, was to Mickey Lavonne Casey. Children born to Robert Lee Fish, DeLoyce Meek Fish, Judy J.
Simpson Fish and Mickey Lavonne Casey Fish are unknown.
Bermay Mattia Fish, daughter of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth
Sims Fish, was born March 24, 1912. She
was married to Bill Saverance about 1940.
In the 1980s she lived in a nursing home in Ft. Worth, Texas. No children were born to them.
Glynn Bufford Fish, son of Leander Fish and Mary Elizabeth Sims
Fish, was born April 17, 1914. He was
married July 6, 1934 to Lottie McGinnis at Pampa, Texas. He died January 22, 1992 at Fritch, Texas.
Children born to Glynn Bufford Fish and Lottie McGinnis Fish
include:
Patricia Christine Fish born about 1937
Dale Glynn Fish born
about 1940
Jean Sharon Fish born
about 1946
Daniel William Fish, son of John Houston Fish and Martha J.
Smith Fish, was born in Hamilton County in December 1878. He appeared as a two-year-old in the 1880
census of his father's household. He
was married about 1898 to Eloiza Jennings who was born at Ranger, Texas. They appeared living in his mother's
household in the 1900 census of Stephens County. In 1910 they were located on a farm eight miles southeast of
Archer City, Texas. In 1948 they were
honored there by their children in a golden wedding celebration. Of their 12 children 11 were still living at
that time.
Children born to Daniel William Fish and Eloiza Jennings Fish include:
Burney Fish
[twin] born
about 1900
Barney Fish
[twin] born
about 1900
Joe Fish [twin] born
about 1902
Jim Fish [twin] born
about 1902
Lois Fish born
about 1905
Zada Fish born
about 1907
Velma Fish born
about 1910
Ruth
Fish born
about 1912
Bertha Fish born
about 1915
John Fish born
about 1918
Milton Fish born
about 1921
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Burney Fish, twin son of Daniel William Fish and Eloiza Jennings
Fish, was born about 1900. In 1948 he
lived at Plainview, Texas.
Barney Fish (F2/2.2), twin son of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2)
and Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1900. In 1948 he lived at Archer City.
Joe Fish (F2/2.3), twin son of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1902. In 1948 he lived at Archer City.
Jim Fish (F2/2.4), twin son of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1902. In 1948 he lived at Archer City.
Lois Fish (F2/2.5), daughter of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1905. She was married about 1923, husband's name Ward. In 1948 they lived in Odessa, Texas.
Zada Fish (F2/2.6), daughter of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1907. She was married about 1925, husband's name Kellum. In 1948 they
lived at Plainview.
Velma Fish (F2/2.7), daughter of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2)
and Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1910 at Archer City. She was married about 1928, husband's name
Roberson. In 1948 they lived at Archer
City.
Ruth Fish (F2/2.8), daughter of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1912 at Archer City. She was married about 1930, husband's name
Poirot. In 1948 they lived at Archer
City.
Bertha Fish (F2/2.9), daughter of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2)
and Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1915 at Archer City. She was married about 1934, husband's name
Haigood. In 1948 they continued at
Archer City.
John Fish (F2/2.10), son of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1918 at Archer City. In 1948 he continued there.
Milton Fish (F2/2.11), son of Daniel William Fish (F3/2.2) and
Eloiza Jennings Fish (J3/1.1), was born about 1921 at Archer City. In 1948 he continued there.
William Douglas Fish (F3/2.3), son of John Houston Fish (F4/5.2)
and Martha J. Smith Fish (S4/1.1), was born about 1881.
Betty Bernena Fish (F3/2.4), daughter of John Houston Fish
(F4/5.2) and Martha J. Smith Fish (S4/1.1), was born about 1883. She was married about 1900, husband's name
Nix. In later years she lived with a
daughter at Weatherford, Texas.
Six children born to Betty Bernena Fish Nix (F3/2.4), according
to Mrs. Joe McGill, a daughter of Weatherford, Texas, include:
Lera Nix (N2/1.1)
born June 25, 1900
Lera Nix (N2/1.1), daughter of Betty Bernena Fish Nix (F3/2.4),
was born June 25, 1900 in Eastland County.
She was married April 28, 1918 to Charles Eli Beck (B2/1.1). In May 1985 they lived at Ranger.
Children born to Charles Eli Beck (B2/1.1) and Lera Nix Beck
(N2/1.1) include:
Corvis Beck (B1/1.1) born about 1920
Maxine Calvert
Beck (B1/1.2) born about 1923
Mary F. Fish (F4/5.3), daughter of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5) and
Frances Clark Fish (F5/1.13), was born in 1858 in Williamson County. She was married in 1874 to Mark Hand
(H4/1.1).
William J. Fish (F4/5.4), son of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5) and
Frances Clark Fish (F5/1.13), was born in 1863 in Williamson County. He appeared as a 17-year-old in the 1880
census of his father's household. He
was married March 21, 1888 to Betty Higgins (H4/1.1). She died near Cordell, Oklahoma.
He brought his children to live in the home of his brother, Cyrus Monroe
Fish (F4/5.5) in Dawson County, Texas.
He did not remarry.
Children born to William J. Fish (F4/5.4) and Betty Higgins Fish
(H4/1.1) include:
Rose Fish (F3/4.1) born about 1890
Lena Fish (F3/4.2) born about 1893
Carl Fish (F3/4.3) born about 1896
Rose Fish (F3/4.1), daughter of William J. Fish (F4/5.4) and
Betty Higgins Fish (H4/1.1), was born about 1890. She was married about 1908 to Dock Martin (M3/1.1), a railroad
roundhouse employee of Southern Pacific Railroad in Big Spring, Texas.
One daughter was born to them:
Clema Martin (M2/1.1) born about 1910
Clema Martin (M2/1.1), daughter of Dock Martin (M3/1.1) and Rose
Fish Martin (F3/4.1), was born about 1910.
She became a schoolteacher in Ajo, Arizona and did not marry.
Lena (or Lula) Fish (F3/4.2), daughter of William J. Fish
(F4/5.4) and Betty Higgins Fish (H4/1.1), was born about 1893. She was married about 1911 to Clif
Shefflette (S3/1.1). Following his
death she was remarried to Homer Ingle (I3/1.1) and lived in Carlsbad, New
Mexico.
Carl Fish (F3/4.3), son of William J. Fish (F4/5.4) and Betty
Higgins Fish (H4/1.1) was born about 1896.
Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5), son of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5) and
Frances Clark Fish (C5/1.13), was born April 1, 1865, in Williamson
County. He appeared as "Silus
Fish," a 14-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's household in
Stephens County. He was married there to Beulah Bell Collie who was born in
Frankfort, Kentucky July 16, 1870. She,
the daughter of T. W. Collie (C5/1.1), a Methodist circuit rider, eloped with
him July 10, 1889. In 1890 they lived
at Cisco, Texas briefly before moving to West Texas where he worked as a
cowboy for Col. C. C. Slaughter.
He appeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of
Midland County, Texas, Enumeration District 110, page 7, precinct 1:
"Fish,
Syrus 35, born April 1865 in Texas
Belle 29, born July 1870 in Kentucky
Pearl 6, born June 1893 in Texas
Earl 9, born July 1890 in Texas
Waller 4, born April 1896
in Texas
Collie 10/12, born July 1899 in
Texas"
About 1904 they lived in Dawson County where they homesteaded a
ranch and in 1906 moved to Martin County, Texas. In 1918 they moved to Snyder, Texas.
Cyrus Earl Fish (F3/2.1), a son, wrote in 1970:
"The only recollection I have of my grandparents was when
they came to visit us when we lived 16 miles west of Sparenberg, Dawson County,
on four sections of land that Dad had homesteaded. They stayed about a week in the year 1904, and it was the year of
the big freeze that killed cattle by the thousands on the big ranches. Grandpa,
who had asthma bad, said he couldn't stand the cold. They returned to Ranger.
He was, as I recollect, very old [74], had a long beard that came down
on his chest. He was a German, Grandma
was part Indian."
Beulah Bell Collie Fish (C4/1.1) died November 9, 1943. Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5) moved to
Weatherford and died there January 19, 1953.
Children born to them include:
Cyrus Earl
Fish (F3/5.1) born July 6, 1890
Pearl Fish (F3/5.2) born in June 1893
Waller Daniel
Fish (F3/5.3) born in April 1896
Collie Joseph
Fish (F3/5.4) born in July 1899
Lillian Thelma
Fish (F3/5.5) born about 1901
Cyrus Earl Fish (F3/5.1), son of Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5) and
Beulah Bell Collie Fish (C4/1.1), was born July 6, 1890 in Cisco. He was married December 21, 1910 in Gorman,
Texas to Cassandra Ella Wood (W1/1.1).
She, daughter of William Sanford Wood (W2/1.1) and Clara Cassandra
Feagans Wood (F2/1.1), was born June 2, 1890 at Dublin. She died July 11, 1957, and he was remarried
to Bernice Headstream (H3/1.1) at Roswell, New Mexico January 10, 1959. In 1970 they lived in Snyder.
Children born to Cyrus Earl Fish (F3/5.1) and Cassandra Ella
Wood Fish (W1/1.1) include:
Creston Earl
Fish (F2/1.1) born February 26, 1913
Angelene Cyrella
Fish (F2/1.2) born September 24, 1923
Creston Earl Fish (F2/1.1), son of Cyrus Earl Fish (F3/5.1) and
Cassandra Ella Wood Fish (W1/1.1), was born February 26, 1913 at Gorman. He was married September 4, 1937 at Raton,
New Mexico to Margaret Glaha (G2/1.1).
In 1984 they lived in Phoenix, Arizona.
Two children were adopted by them:
Robert Dean
Fish (F1/1.1) born May 26, 1942
Susan Fish (F1/1.2) born October 2, 1947
Robert Dean Fish (F1/1.1), adopted son of Creston Earl Fish
(F2/1.1) and Margaret Glaha Fish (G2/1.1), was born May 26, 1942. He was married about 1965.
Susan Fish (F1/1.2), adopted daughter of Creston Earl Fish
(F2/1.1) and Margaret Glaha Fish (G2/1.1), was born October 2, 1947. She was married about 1969.
Angelene Cyrella Fish (F2/1.2), daughter of Cyrus Earl Fish
(F3/5.1) and Cassandra Ella Wood Fish (W1/1.1), was born September 24, 1923 at
Snyder. She was married there September
4, 1942 to John Terrell Lynch, Jr. (L2/1.1).
He was born October 26, 1923 at Paducah, Texas to John Terrell Lynch
(L3/1.1) and Tabitha Ann Coffee Lynch (C3/1.1). In 1970 they lived in Waco, Texas. He, a colonel in U. S. Army Reserve, was city manager of
Gatesville, Texas in 1983. In 1984 she
was employed in the Physics Department at Baylor University in Waco.
Children born to them include:
Cassandra Ann
Lynch (L1/1.1) born August 6, 1946
John Terrell
Lynch III (L1/1.2) born December 31, 1948
John Terrell
Lynch IV (L1/1.3) born December 7, 1949
Cassandra Ann Lynch (L1/1.1), daughter of John Terrell Lynch,
Jr. (L2/1.1) and Angelene Cyrella Fish Lynch (F2/1.2), was born August 6,
1946. She was married September 30,
1968 in Waco to Herbert Elliston Wright, Jr (W1/1.1). He was born September 16, 1942 in Denison, Texas to Herbert
Elliston Wright (W2/1.1) and Brunie Faye Fisher Wright (F2/1.1). In 1970 they lived in Abilene, Texas where
he was with Internal Revenue Service and she was employed by Taylor County
Mental Health & Mental Retardation office.
In 1984 he continued with Internal Revenue Service and lived in Lubbock,
Texas.
Children born to them include:
Sandra Anne
Wright born
March 31, 1973
John Terrell Lynch III (L1/1.2), son of John Terrell Lynch, Jr.
(L21/1.1) and Angelene Cyrella Fish Lynch (F2/1.2), was born December 31,
1948. He died January 2, 1949.
John Terrell Lynch IV (L1/1.3), son of John Terrell Lynch, Jr.
(L2/1.1) and Angelene Cyrella Fish Lynch (F2/1.2), was born December 7, 1949 in
Snyder. In 1970 he was a civil engineering student at Texas A&M
University. He was married about 1972
to Jann Malene Loveless (L1/1.1). She
was born February 5, 1952 in Waco to Cleatus Embry Loveless (L2/1.1) and Marguerite
Neyland Loveless (N2/1.1). In 1983 he
was a civil engineer in Arlington, Texas, and she was an art teacher there.
Pearl Fish (F3/2.2), daughter of Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5) and
Beulah Bell Collie Fish (C4/1.1), was born in June 1893. She was married about 1910 to George Morrow
(M3/1.1). In 1970 she lived in
Weatherford.
Two children were born to them:
Mary Nell
Morrow (M2/1.1) born about 1912
George Daniel
Morrow (M2/1.2) born about 1915
Mary Nell Morrow (M2/1.1), daughter of George Morrow (M3/1.1)
and Pearl Fish Morrow (F3/2.2), was born about 1912. She was married about 1930 to Gorman Jones (J2/1.1). One son,
Robert Gorman Jones (J1/1.1), was born to them.
George Daniel Morrow (M2/1.2), son of George Morrow (M3/1.1) and
Pearl Fish Morrow (F3/2.2), was born about 1915. He was married about 1936 to Marie Brisco (B2/1.1).
Children born to them
include:
Martha Marie
Morrow (M1/2.1) born about 1938
William Daniel
Morrow (M1/2.2) born about 1942
Martha Marie Morrow (M1/2.1), daughter of George Daniel Morrow
(M2/1.2) and Marie Brisco Morrow (B2/1.1), was born about 1938. She was married about 1960 to Joe London
(L1/1.1). In 1970 they lived in
Arlington, Texas.
Two sons were born to them:
Larry London (L-1/1.1) born in 1962
Gary London (L-1/1.2) born in 1964
William Daniel Morrow (M1/2.2), son of George Daniel Morrow
(M2/1.2) and Marie Brisco Morrow (B2/1.1), was born about 1942. He was married about 1965 to Kaye Lester (L1/1.1). A son, John Daniel Morrow (M-1/2.1), was
born to them about 1968. In 1970 they
lived in Arlington.
Waller Daniel Fish (F3/2.3), son of Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5)
and Beulah Bell Collie Fish (C4/1.1), was born in April 1896. He was married about 1925 to Bessie Garner
(G3/1.1). A son, David Fish (F2/3.1),
was born to Waller Daniel Fish (F3/2.3) and Bessie Garner Fish (G3/1.1). In 1984 he lived in Snyder.
Collie Joseph Fish (F3/5.4), son of Cyrus Monroe Fish (F4/5.5)
and Beulah Bell Collie Fish (C4/1.1), was born in July 1899. He was married about 1925 to Gertrude Isaacs
(I3/1.1) who was born February 14, 1907.
She was a daughter of J. D. Isaacs (I4/1.1), pioneer rancher of Scurry
County, Texas.
In 1970 Collie Joseph Fish (F3/5.4) operated Fish & Newton
Hardware Company in Snyder.
Children born to them include:
Donald Collie
Fish (F2/4.1) born November 8, 1929
Jay C. Fish (F2/4.2) born January 29, 1934
Ann Fish (F2/4.3) born
November 15, 1937
Donald Collie Fish (F2/4.1), son of Collie Joseph Fish (F3/5.4)
and Gertrude Isaacs Fish (I3/1.1), was born November 8, 1929. He became a geologist and lived in Alabama
in 1970.
Jay C. Fish (F2/4.2), son of Collie Joseph Fish (F3/5.4) and
Gertrude Isaacs Fish (I3/1.1), was born January 29, 1934. He became a surgeon and lived in Galveston,
Texas in 1970 and in 1985.
Ann Fish (F2/4.3), daughter of Collie Joseph Fish (F3/5.4) and
Gertrude Isaacs Fish (I3/1.1), was born November 15, 1937. Later she lived in College Station, Texas.
Lillian Thelma Fish (F3/5.5), daughter of Cyrus Monroe Fish
(F4/5.5) and Beulah Belle Collie Fish (C4/1.1), was born about 1901. She was married at Snyder August 27, 1924 to
John T. Dix (D3/1.1) of Coleman, Texas.
He was born December 14, 1901 at Gorman, Texas. They continued in Coleman in 1970.
Children born to them include:
Donald Waller
Dix (D2/1.1) born about 1920
Lowell Thomas
Dix (D2/1.2) born about 1922
Jerry Dix (D2/1.3) born about 1924
Dorothy Pearl
Dix (D2/1.4) born about 1927
Donald Waller Dix (D2/1.1), son of John Dix (D3/1.1) and Lillian
Thelma Fish Dix (F3/2.5), was born about 1920.
He was married about 1946 to Mary Brown (B2/1.1).
Lowell Thomas Dix (D2/1.2), son of John Dix (D3/1.1) and Lillian
Thelma Fish Dix (F3/2.5), was born about 1922.
He was married about 1946 to Carolyn Watson (W2/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Jerry Dix (D1/2.1) born about 1949
Dorothy Pearl
Dix (D1/2.2) born about 1953
Jerry Dix (D2/1.3), son of John Dix (D3/1.1) and Lillian Thelma
Fish Dix (F3/2.5), was born about 1924.
He was married about 1948 to Judy Ammons (A2/1.1).
Dorothy Pearl Dix (D1/2.2), daughter of John Dix (D3/1.1) and
Lillian Thelma Fish Dix (F3/2.5), was born about 1927. She was married about 1946 to Cecil Massey
(M1/1.1). Four children were born to them.
In 1970 they lived in Temple, Texas.
Isaac Franklin Fish (F4/5.6), son of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5)
and Frances Clark Fish (C5/1.13), was born in 1869 in Williamson County. He was married September 15, 1889 in
Stephens County to Miss R. B. Russell (R4/1.1) and removed to Oklahoma.
Children born to Isaac Franklin Fish (F4/5.6) and R. B. Russell
Fish (F4/1.1) include:
Waller Fish (F3/6.1) born about 1901
Kellie Fish (F3/6.2) born about 1903
Elias Fish (F3/6.3) born about 1906
Mira "Sanna" Fish (F4/5.7), daughter of Joseph Adam
Fish (F5/1.5) and Frances Clark Fish (C5/1.13), was born in 1871 in Johnson
County. She was married December 29,
1887 to Jim N. Scott (S4/1.1). Later
she was remarried to Buck Masters (M4/1.1).
Caroline Amanda Fish (F4/5.8), daughter of Joseph Adam Fish
(F5/1.5) and Frances Clark Fish (C5/1.13), was born in 1873 in Hamilton
County. She was married February 18,
1890 about 1889 to Charlie Clay "Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.1), according to
Stephens County marriage records. Both
died in Stephens County and were buried in Veal Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Katie Mary
Hamilton (H3/1.1) born about 1889
Henry David Hamilton (H3/1.2) born about 1890
Robert Joseph
Hamilton (H3/1.3) born about 1891
Johnnie Dew
Hamilton (H3/1.4) born about 1892
Willie Mae
Hamilton (twin) (H3/1.5) born about 1894
Charley Clay
Hamilton (twin) (H3/1.6) born
about 1894
Dora Frances
Hamilton (H3/1.7) born May 22, 1895
Katie Mary Hamilton (H3/1.1), daughter of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.1) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1889. She was married
about 1915 to Cleone Pitcock (P3/1.1).
Henry David Hamilton (H3/1.2), son of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.2) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1890. He was married
about 1912 to June Thompson (T3/1.1).
Robert Joseph Hamilton (H3/1.3), son of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.2) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1891. He was married
about 1914 to Louise Cutsinger (C3/1.1).
Johnnie Dew Hamilton (H3/1.4), son of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.2) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1892. He was married
about 1916 to Eunice Davenport (P3/1.1).
Willie Mae Hamilton (H3/1.5), twin daughter of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.1) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1894. She was married
about 1920 to Albert Williams (W3/1.1).
Charlie Clay Hamilton (H3/1.6), twin son of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.1) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born about 1894. He was married to
Agnes River (R3/1.1).
Dora Frances Hamilton (W3/1.7), daughter of Charlie Clay
"Ted" Hamilton (H4/1.1) and Caroline Amanda Fish Hamilton (F4/5.8),
was born May 2, 1895. She was married
in 1910 to John Rinks (R3/1.1). He died
in 1918, and she was remarried to Charlie Williams (W3/1.1). In 1971 they lived in Graham, Texas.
Elizabeth Fish (F4/5.9), daughter of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5)
and Frances Clark Fish (C5/1.13), was born about 1875. She did not appear in the 1880 census
enumeration of her father's household.
Thomas Fish (F4/5.10), son of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5) and
Frances Clark Fish (F5/1.13), was born in September 1878. He appeared as a three-year-old in the 1880
census of his father's household. A Tom
Fish, age 21, believed to be (F4/5.10), appeared in the 1900 census of Martin
County, Enumeration District 53, page 2, living alone. He was married about 1901 to Ola Mahole
(M4/1.1) in Stephens County. One child,
who died in infancy, was born to Thomas Fish (F4/5.10) and Ola Mahole Fish
(M4/1.1).
Leander Fish (F4/5.11), son of Joseph Adam Fish (F5/1.5) and
Frances Clark Fish (F5/1.13), was born about 1881. He lived about 1900 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, according to John W.
Clark. "Joseph Fish, Jr. and John
Henry Clark were first cousins. They
both owned farms 3 miles apart--Joseph Fish in Grady County and John Henry
Clark in Caddo County. However, Joseph
Fish only stayed a few years and moved away.
Leander Fish was the original land owner of 160 acres drawn August 29,
1901 located 14 miles southeast of Chickasha."
Children born to Leander Fish (F4/5.11) include:
Dan Fish (F3/11.1) born about 1901
Alvin Fish (F3/11.2) born about 1903
Dan Fish (F3/11.1), son of Leander Fish (F4/5.11), was born
about 1901. Later he lived near Vernon,
Texas with two sons who were building contractors.
Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6), son of Joseph Martin Fish (F6/1.1)
and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish (D6/1.2), was born in 1833 in
Louisiana. He appeared in the 1850
census as a 17-year-old. He was married
February 21, 1858 to Nancy Whitmire Wood (W4/2.2), according to Jasper County,
marriage records. She was the daughter
of John L. Whitmire (W5/5.2) and Harriett R. "Hannah" Miles Whitmire
(M5/1.1).
Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) appeared as the head of a household
in the 1860 census of Jasper County, Household 123-123:
"Fish,
Isaac 27, born in Louisiana, farmer
Nancy 22,
Elias 2/12"
He was "enumerated beside Elias Whitmire," according
to McGinty research. Apparently Nancy
Whitmire Wood Fish (W4/2.2) died during the Civil War. He was remarried May 12, 1866 to Mrs. Sarah
J. Herne, according to Jasper County Marriage Book A, page 201.
On August 25, 1866 he received a deed from John A. Richardson of
Harris County, Texas to 160 acres in the Elijah Allen and John J. Laird Survey
located "six miles east of the Neches River and 31 miles south of Jasper,
Texas" for $150, according to Jasper County Deed Book H, page 224.
He was enumerated as the head of Household 234-235 in the 1870
census of Jasper County. It is
believed that Sarah J. Herne Fish died about 1878.
Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) received a deed November 19, 1879
from Wiley Curry and his wife Angeline Moray Morse Whitmire Curry (M4/1.1) to
160 acres in the Benjamin Richardson Survey for $70, according to Jasper County
Deed Book P, page 618. He was remarried
March 10, 1880 to Mrs. Henrietta Blackman Craft, according to Jasper County
Marriage Book C, page 197.
They were enumerated in the 1880 census of Jasper County,
Enumeration District 39, page 17, precinct 4 as:
"Fish,
Isaac 47, born in Louisiana,
married within the year,
Henriette 27, born in
Mississippi, wife
John
M. 11, born in Texas, son
Leah
A. 9, born in Texas, daughter
Nancy
J. 7, born in Texas, daughter
Martin G. 5, born in Texas, son
Blackman,
William 3, born in Texas,
step-son"
On March 8, 1881 Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6), "assignee of
Wiley Curry," received a patent from the State of Texas to 160 acres
located "33 miles south of Jasper, Texas on Cow Bayou," according to
Jasper County Deed Book P, page 602.
Apparently Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) died about 1881. Henrietta Blackman Craft Fish was remarried
August 1, 1882 to Dudley A. Johnson, according to Jasper County Marriage Book
D, page 52.
Children born to Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) and Nancy Whitmire
Wood Fish (W4/2.2) include:
Elias Fish (F4/6.1) born in 1860
Children born to Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) and Sarah J. Herne
Fish include:
John Marion
Fish (F4/6.2) born May 2, 1868
Leah A.
"Lucy" Fish (F4/6.3) born in 1871
Nancy J.
Fish (F4/6.4) born in 1873
Martin F.
Fish (F4/6.5) born in 1875
Elias Fish (F4/6.1), son of Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) and
Nancy Whitmire Wood Fish (W4/2.2), was born in
1860. He was shown as "age
2/12" in the 1860 census of his father's household.
John Marion Fish (F4/6.2), son of Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6)
and Sarah J. Herne Fish, was born May 2, 1868.
According to Jasper County Marriage Book E, page 49 he was married April
13, 1887 to Mrs. Margaret L. "Maggie" Good who was born in Texas in
March 16, 1863.
On May 4, 1889 John Marion Fish (F4/6.2) deeded his interest in
the property of Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) to R. C. Conn for $100, according
to Jasper County Deed Book P, pages 604-607.
The deeds covered 160 acres received on assignment from Wiley Curry, 160
acres in Benjamin Richardson Survey and 160 acres in the Allen-Laird Survey.
They appeared in the 1900 census of Jasper County, Enumeration
District 28, page 9, precinct 2:
"Fish, John
M. 32, born May 1868 in Texas
Maggie
L. 37, born May 1863 in Texas
Good, Dean
H. 12, born January 1887 in
Texas, Ad."
[It is believed that "Ad." above indicates
"Adopted."]
Margaret L. "Maggie" Good Fish died October 21, 1932,
according to her tombstone in Jasper City Cemetery. John Marion Fish (F4/6.2) was remarried August 6, 1933 to Georgia
Broderick (B4/1.1), according to Jasper County Marriage Book M, page 86. He, a merchant, was living near Jasper in
1941, according to Judge Charles Augustus Lord (L4/1.1). Mary Lucretia E. Lord Crusan (L2/2.3) in
1985 fondly recalled their visits to the store of John Marion Fish (F4/6.2) and
receiving candy each time. He died May
6, 1952, according to his tombstone in Jasper City Cemetery. No children were born to John Marion Fish
(F4/6.2) and Georgia Broderick Fish (B4/1.1).
Children born to John Marion Fish (F4/6.2) and Margaret L.
"Maggie" Good Fish include:
Bertha Fish (F3/2.1) born in 1902
Bertha Fish (F3/2.1), daughter of John Marion Fish (F4/6.2) and
Margaret L. "Maggie" Good Fish, was born and died in 1902, according
to her tombstone in Antioch Cemetery in Jasper County.
Leah A. "Lucy" Fish (F4/6.3), daughter of Isaac
Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) and Sarah J. Herne Fish, was born in 1871. She appeared as a nine-year-old in the 1880
census of her father's household.
Nancy J. Fish (F4/6.4), daughter of Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6)
and Sarah J. Herne Fish, was born in 1873.
She appeared as a seven-year-old in the 1880 census of her father's
household.
Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5), son of Isaac Franklin Fish (F5/1.6) and
Sarah J. Herne Fish, was born in 1875.
He appeared as a five-year-old in the 1880 census of his father's
household. He was married about 1902,
to Mary S. Coughlin (C4/1.1) who was born in 1874.
"M. S. and Martin Fish" gave a deed to 80 acres to B.
A. Richardson April 26, 1905, according to Newton County Deed Book N, page 408.
Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) received a quit claim deed July 14, 1906
from Martin Smith to property in Newton County, according to Deed Book N, page
589. Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) and Mary
S. Coughlin Fish (C4/1.1) gave a timber deed to Miller-Link Lumber Company
August 27, 1906, according to Newton County Deed Book Y, page 398.
He received a deed January 7, 1908 from "Lizzie and Abe
Christopherson in the J. D. Ray Headright," according to Newton County
Deed Book 4, page 114. He received a
deed to adjoining property December 18, 1912 from U. B. Ogden and his wife,
Lottie Ogden, according to Newton County Deed Book 8, page 186.
Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) and Mary S. Coughlin Fish (C4/1.1)
deeded 40 acres to A. L. Whitman January 30, 1913, according to Newton County
Deed Book 8, page 190. They deeded
another 40 acres to Eddie Walker March 19, 1913, according to Newton County
Deed Book 8, page 223. They deeded 35
acres in the J. D. Ray Headright to Richard West December 1, 1913, according to
Newton County Deed Book 12, page 565.
Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) received a deed to an interest in 40
acres in the J. D. Ray Headright March 9, 1914 from Eddie Walker and his wife,
Ethel Walker, according to Newton County Deed Book 11, page 584.
Apparently Mary S. Coughlin Fish (C4/1.1) died about 1926. Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) was remarried July
27, 1928 to Mrs. Ida McKinnon, according to Newton County Marriage Book K, page
367.
They gave an oil and gas lease January 26, 1934 to Charles
Martin, according to Newton County Deed Book 47, page 134. On November 28, 1936 they deeded 17.67 acres
to Rheuben Hathcox and Grace Hathcox, according to Newton County Deed Book 54,
page 366.
Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) died January 6, 1953, according to his
tombstone in Trout Creek Cemetery in Newton County. No children were born to him and Ida McKinnon Fish.
Children born to Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) and Mary S. Coughlin
Fish (C4/1.1) include:
Mildred Fish (F3/5.1) born September 22, 1903
Martin Effie
Fish (F3/5.3) born March 3, 1912
Mildred Fish (F3/5.1), daughter of Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5) and
Mary S. Coughlin Fish (C4/1.1), was born September 22, 1903, according to
Newton County Birth Book 1, page 7.
Martin Effie Fish (F3/5.3), daughter of Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5)
and Mary S. Coughlin Fish (C4/1.1), was born March 3, 1912 at Call, Texas, according
to Newton County Probate Birth Book 3, page 483. She was described as the "third child, three
living." Martin F. Fish (F4/6.5)
was a resident of Newton County October 14, 1942 when he filed an affidavit to
obtain the birth certificate. Martin
Effie Fish (F3/5.3) was married March 15, 1928 to J. D. Bean (B3/1.1),
according to Newton County Marriage Book K, page 338.
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Arlee Gowen
806/795-8758 or 806/795-9694
5708 Gary Avenue
Lubbock, Texas, 79413
FISHMS.014, 08/02/87
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