Isaac I. Fish (1833 - aft. 1878)

Born 2 Apr 1833 in New York

Biography

FISH ISAAC I. Farmer and Stone Mason; Sec. 30; P. O. Grand de Tour; owns 146 acres; probable valuation $2,000; Mr. F. was born April 2, 1833, in N. Y., and came to Ogle Co. in Feb.1853; he lived three years in Pine Creek Tp., and then went to Missouri, where he lived three years and returned to Ogle Co.; he was married March 22, 1855 to Helen M., daughter of Mrs. Eunice Paul, of Pine Creek Tp., this Co.; Mrs. Fish was born June 12, 1831; they have three children living: Katie E., Rene I. and Annes G.; they lost one child, George W., who died Oct. 22, 1868; Mr. Fish is a Republican; and during the War of the Rebellion enlisted in the 334th Regt. I. V. I., Sept. 7, 1861; he was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Liberty Gap, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and Savannah, Ga.; he was wounded at Kennesaw Mountain by a piece of shell and at Black River he was struck by a ball and again at Bentonville, N, C., he received a scalp wound; he participated in all of the engagements that his regiment took part in, and was mustered out as Sergeant July 17, 1865, at Chicago, and returned to Ogle Co., and settled in Oregon Tp. in 1867.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 624