Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - James C. Fish
JAMES C. FISH
James
C. Fish, a farmer near Marysville, was born in Frederick County, Md.,
July 20, 1826. He is a son of James C. and Margaret (Easterday) Fish,
the former of Irish, and the letter of German descent. Our subject was
married October 13, 1852, to Miss Martha A. Farnum, daughter of Henry
and Fanny (Hamilton) Farnum, and a native of Columbus, Ohio, where she
was born December 9, 1825. Her father was born in Vermont in 1796, and
died in Ohio in 1860. Her mother was two months older and a native of
Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Fish have had five children, viz.: Clara Jane,
wife of George Weaver, born August 29, 1853 ; J. H., born June 1, 1855,
and married to Ella May Amrine, daughter of James and Matilda
(Woodford) Amrine; Fannie, born July 8, 1858 ; Rosa H., born June 13,
1862; and Edward McClellan, born October 5, 1865. Mr. Fish owns 135
acres of land north of Marysville, on which he resides. He is a farmer
and stock-raiser by occupation, and makes a specialty of raising
cattle. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.