The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 301, 302, no. 1992:
JAMES DEAN9 FISH (Asa8, Sands7, Nathan6, Nathan5, Samuel4, John3, Alice2, John1), bank president and merchant, eldest son of (1984) Hon. Asa and Prudence (Dean) Fish, was b. Aug. 7, 1819, at Stonington, Conn. In Apr. 1841 he went to New York, where he was a successful merchant for 30 years in the shipping and commission business, operating under the firm style of J. D. Fish & Co., at 105 South St. He was a Marine Commissioner; in 1861 was elected president of the Marine National Bank of Wall St., one of the strongest monetary institutions in New York. In 1873 he was appointed president of St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.
James Dean Fish married first, June 4 1843, at Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, Mary E. Blodgett [1] [dau. of Joshua and Esther Blodgett of Derby, Vt. She was b. Sept. 3, 1822, and d. July 17, 1868, at Brooklyn, N. Y.].
James Dean Fish married second, at Quincy [2], Illinois, Mar. 18, 1872, by Rev. Sydney Corbett, to Isabelle (Rogers) Fish (1837-1879), daughter of Dr. Samuel W. and Mary Rogers. They had one son:
He married third, 20 May 1884, probably at Brooklyn, New York, Sallie (Reber) Fish (1850-1885), daughter of George and Anna "Nancy" W. (Stiles) Reber of Sandusky, Ohio; widow of Frederick Laing, who died in 1883]. They had one daughter:
Occupation: president of the Marine National Bank of Wall. St.
Date: 1861
Place: New York
Occupation: merchant in the shipping and commision business [J. D. FISH & Co. 105 South St.]
Date: 1841
Place: New York City
Necrology
James Dean Fish died 24 Mar 1912 in Brooklyn, New York. His grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut [9].
Notes
The following account (excerpted) appears in the caption of the online memorial site of his (3rd) father-in-law, George Reber [10]:
George Reber's daughter, Sallie, was born in 1850 and became a well-known vocalist. In 1884 she sang the leading role in the popular comic opera "Pinafore" in New York. James D. Fish saw her and fell in love. They were married but their happiness was short-lived. About 1880, a man by the name of Ferdinand Ward had begun a stupendous financial fraud involving ex - President Grant. Ward became acquainted with James Fish, president of the Marine National Bank. Before Fish was aware of the deception, he was so thoroughly involved that he became Ward 's accomplice. In May, 1884 the Marine Bank closed its doors.
About this time Grant was found to have cancer of the throat. Penniless, through the dishonesty of Ward and Fish, Grant made a heroic and successful fight to write his memoirs before he died. The sale of his book eventually brought $450,000.
Sallie Reber Fish concealed her unfortunate circumstances from her family. She died in March, 1885, leaving a five weeks' old daughter. This child lived to have a long music teaching career in New York.
James Fish was sentenced in May, 1885, to seven years in prison but served only four years. Ward also served only a part of his 10 year sentence.
Source: The Sandusky Register 29 Nov 1958, Sat • Page 1 & Page 8
Sources
↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XN-N9ZM : 14 April 2022), James D Fish in entry for Mary E Blodgett, ; citing Marriage, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272221.
↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2TH-42C : 19 February 2021), James D Fish and Isabelle Rogers, 1872; citing Adams, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,870,158
Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 1204-10: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/426/mode/1up
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