Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Fish, George H. 1876 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

GEORGE H. FISH

    Diversified activities, all of them involving extensive responsibilities,
have occupied the mature years of George H. Fish, who is one of the leading
residents of Knight's Landing, Yolo county, and especially prominent in the
vicinity of Woodland and Knight's Landing. At this writing and for some years
past he has served ably and resourcefully as superintendent of the old Fair
ranch for the Sacramento River Farms Company, an enormous tract of land,
aggregating about eleven thousand acres. The varied duties associated with the
position he has discharged with tact, fidelity and energy, and both as to
results secured from the cultivation of the estate and tactful direction of the
workmen engaged thereon he has proved his adaptability to the position. Wheat
and barley are the principal crops raised on the ranch and the task of plowing,
sowing, harvesting and threshing is carried on with the assistance of about
forty ranch men, with S. W. Fish as foreman.

    The personal identification of George H. Fish with Yolo county dates from
the year 1877, when he came hither a small child in company with his father,
Byron Fish. The latter, a native of Michigan and a descendant of eastern
ancestry, became an early settler of Boone county, Iowa, where he met and
married Miss Nannie Berryhill, a native of Pennsylvania. After some years in
Iowa, the family removed to California and in a short time established a home at
Knights Landing. For some years the father carried on a wholesale fish business
and made large sales to retail dealers at other points, establishing an industry
that later attained enormous dimensions under the management of his son, George
H. From 1877 until his death in 1891 he was identified with Yolo county and
contributed to its commercial development, at the same time winning the regard
of a large circle of acquaintances. Of his family of nine children six are now
living, namely: Mayme, wife of E. J. Franklin; George H.; Charles, of Knights
Landing; S. W., foreman of the Fair ranch; Lucille, Mrs. Charles Moore; and
Edward, who is engaged in business.

    Born in Iowa May 17, 1876, George H. Fish was reared at Knights Landing and
educated in the Grafton schools. From an early age he aided his father in the
fish industry and later he embarked in the business for himself. It would be
impossible to estimate the tons of fish which he shipped while engaged in the
business, but suffice it to state that San Francisco was his principal market in
the west and Boston his main shipping place in the east. At one time he
controlled the entire San Francisco fish market. From fifteen to twenty men
assisted him in the business. When eventually he turned his attention to other
lines of enterprise heĢ became foreman on a large cattle ranch and maintained
the entire supervision, with cowboys as assistants, of three thousand head of
cattle. From that position he came to his present post as superintendent of the
Fair ranch that is largely given over to the raising of wheat and barley, with
other crops upon a somewhat smaller scale.

    An only son, Melvin, has been born to the union of Mr. Fish and Miss Rose
Hachman (a native of Chico, Cal.), who were married at Woodland in 1903 and have
lived in the same part of the county ever since they began housekeeping. In this
neighborhood they have many warm friends who have been drawn to them by their
sterling qualities of heart and mind. As a citizen Mr. Fish always gives
allegiance to movements for the general welfare. Progressive and
public-spirited, he co-operates in all enterprises for the permanent upbuilding,
of the community. In politics he has been stanch in his support of the
Republican party and on several occasions has served as a delegate to local
conventions of that organization, aiding its progress here by his wise counsel
and enthusiastic allegiance.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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