Sarah J. (Mason) Fish (1810 - 1884)

Born 25 Oct 1810 in Leeds, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ezra W. Fish — married 26 Jan 1829 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Apr 1884 at age 73 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Sally was born in 1810. ^[1] Her given name was Sarah, yet many documents show her name as Sally, a nickname of the time for Sarah.

She was the daughter of Nephtali Mason and Mary Jepson.

She married Ezra W Fish in 1829.^[2] They were the parents of nine known children.

The 1850 census shows the family living in Exeter, in Penobscot County, Maine where Ezra is a farmer. By 1860, the family has moved tp nearby Holden, Maine where Ezra is a farmer. The 1870 census shows Ezra age 65 and Sarah age 61 living in Holden with daughter Lauriett their youngest child, age 19, living with them. Ezra "works on farm" according to the occupation listed. Their daughter Sylvia married to Walter Downes lives next door to them and son William, a blacksmith, lives next door to Sylvia.

The 1880 census shows Ezra, age 76, and Sarah, age 72, living with William, working as a blacksmith, in Bangor, Maine on Elm Street. Ezra is retired as the report states "no occupation" for both he and Sarah.

She passed away in 1884. The Nathan Hale Cemetery records for her son William show that Ezra and Sarah both died in Bangor and are listed on his plot record for Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor.

Sources

1. ↑ ["Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKY-SS6 : 16 December 2020), Mary Jepson in entry for Thomas Mason, 08 Nov 1813; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.]
2. ↑ ["Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVM-QDR : 16 December 2020), Mary Jepson in entry for Ezera W Fish and Sarah Mason, 26 Jan 1829; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.]

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SJ-2Q8 : 14 January 2020), Sally Mason, 1810

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-Y41 : 22 December 2020), Sarah J Fish in household of Ezra W Fish, Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCS-LZS : 11 November 2020), Sarah Fish in entry for Ezra W Fish, 1860

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DT-LT1 : 2 January 2021), Sarah J Fish in entry for Sylvia B Downs, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQM-N32 : 15 August 2017), Sarah J Fish in household of William R Fish, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 261B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,486