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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"

 

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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.