WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
JOSEPH FISH
(storekeeper, teacher, attorney, legislator, surveyor, historian)
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Fish was born in Joliet, Will County, Illinois on June 27, 1840.Joseph Fish was among the early settlers of Iron County, Utah; Snowflake, Arizona; and the Mormon Colonies in Mexico. He was mostly self-educated, but well educated. He was a storekeeper, newspaper editor, school teacher, attorney, justice of the peace, sawyer, surveyor, territorial legislator, and historian. His writings have long been valuable resources for later historians and genealogists in researching life in the early days of white settlement of the West.
Joseph died in Enterprise on December 10, 1926 and was buried in the Enterprise City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Horace Fish Hannah Leavitt Fish Julia Fish Sarah Fish Betsy Jane Fish Joseph Fish Anna Maria Fish |
(1/6/1799-7/6/1870) (married xx/xx/1824) (12/26/1805-11/5/1876) (7/18/1825-10/24/1916) (married Edward Washington Thompson) (10/24/1828-5/31/1905) (married John Calvin Lazell Smith and William Campbell McGregor) (8/9/1836-8/23/1919) (married John Anderson West) (6/27/1840-12/10/1926) (married as show below) (514/1842-4/25/1905) (married Sidney Rigdon Burton) |
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First Wife and Children: Mary Campbell Steele Fish Mary Josephine "Josie" Fish Frances Amelia Fish Catherine Delphina "Della" Fish Joseph Campbell Fish John Lazelle Fish Jesse May Fish |
(12/23/1840-12/12/1874) (married 3/22/1859) (3/9/1860-8/18/1923) (married John Charlton Barraclough) (4/12/1862-6/9/1940) (married Harrison L. Kocher and Samuel Valentine Carson) (6/29/1864-6/17/1934) (married Joseph West Smith) (11/4/1866-12/6/1904) (married Katie Louisa Reidhead) (10/28/1868-3/16/1931) (married Julia Alice Tanner and Melvina Cheney) (5/18/1872-10/27/1911) (married James Young Lee) |
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Second Wife: Eliza Jane Lewis Fish |
(6/18/1853-2/10/1940) (married xx/xx/1869) |
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Third Wife and Children: Adelaide Margaret Smith Fish Horace Nathaniel Fish Silas Leavitt Fish Joseph Smith Fish |
(2/13/1857-10/29/1927) (married 5/1/1876) (9/1/1877-8/30/1945) (married Rea Sariah Hunt) (1/17/1880-3/25/1976) (married Margaret Miller, Pearl Emeline Noble, and Phoebe May Miller MacPherson) (6/6/1882-5/16/1940) (married Julia Ann Riggs) |
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Fourth Wife and Children: Julia Ann Reidhead Fish Franklin Richards Fish Eliza Fish Roland Woodruff Fish Wilford Preston Fish Florence Fish Zelma Fish Hannah Fish Julia Maria Fish Adelaide Fish Jesse Lewis Fish Delma Fish |
(11/15/1865-8/21/1951) (married 4/19/1883) (1/26/1884-9/11/1884) (12/27/1885-9/21/1887) (3/11/1888-6/5/1987) (married Susan Ann Freeman) (8//14/1980-2/6/1951) (married Mary Beulah Wright) (1/14/1893-xx/xx/1893) (5/10/1894-6/12/1895) (6/4/1896-12/28/1987) (married Jacob Bonca Bushar) (9/26/1898-5/29/1899) (5/19/1900-3/12/1989) (married Delmar David Ragle) (7/24/1903-9/3/1973) (married Lucile Cottam) (1/13/1908-2/9/1989) (married Orlas Alger) |
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Books by Joseph Fish available from Lulu:"Autobiography of Joseph Fish" by Joseph Fish
589 pages in Paperback or PDF
"History of Enterprise, Utah" by Joseph Fish
188 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol I" by Joseph Fish
215 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol II" by Joseph Fish
213 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol III" by Joseph Fish
348 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol IV" by Joseph Fish
104 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol VI" by Joseph Fish
312 pages in Paperback
"Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions Vol VII" by Joseph Fish
173 pages in Paperback
Find-A-Grave entry for Joseph Fish
Find-A-Grave entry for Mary Campbell Steele Fish
Find-A-Grave entry for Eliza Jane Lewis Fish
Find-A-Grave entry for Adelaide Margaret Smith Fish
Find-A-Grave entry for Julia Ann Reidhead Fish