By Lester Warren Fish
430 THE FISH FAMILY (to be continued) 3400 Otis8 Fish was b. in 1791; d.1836; m. about 1820, in Vermont, Isabelle Fox. He afterwards moved to St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., and purchased a farm six miles from Odgensburg,
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on the Oswegocha River. He lost this farm and other property
through signing up with a brother, and d. age 45. (It is known
that he had a brother, (3401) Benjamin.) Isabelle m. (2) William
Downer.
Children: (3402) Marguerite9; (3403) Mary, who m. Sewel
Clay, and lived in Chicago, and had two sons; (3404) John,
captain of a coastwise ship (married; d. at Italy Hollow, N.Y.);
(3405) fanny, a beautiful giel who d. age 18 yrs. 5 mos.; (3406)
William; (3407) Sophia and (3408) Sophronia (twins); (3409)
Amanda, who m. Evelyn Crego; (3410) Jestus, who d. age 16;
(3411) Velorus; (3412) James Madison.
William9 Fish m. _______ Taber, and had: (3413) Sue10, (3414)
Sarah, (3415) Mary, and (3416) Permelia. Mary10 m. _______
Roberts, druggist, and had: (3417) Milly Roberts, who m. her
cousin, Velorous10 Fish, at Chicago.
Sophia9 m. Jerry Jillet, and had, among others, (3418)
Bert10. Sophronia9 m. William Fox.
Velorous9, a singer, painter and danceer, was b. and d. at Italy
Hollow; lived at Chicago, where his son, (3411 1/2) Velorous10,
lost his savings by fire, while emp. at the World's Fair.
(to be continued)