Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Marcus E. FISH ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The death of Mr. Marcus Fish, which occurred on Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 1884, though not unexpected, is mourned by his parents, his comrades in the Post, the friends of his childhood and all others who knew him alike, for his upright honorable life was admired by all. Marcus E. Fish was born in New York state in March, 1847, came to this place two years afterward and has resided here ever since, excepting the time he was in the army, and a short time he spent in California for his health. He enlisted in company with L. B. Beebe and Eugene Bullock in the fall of 1864 in Battery G, 2d Ill's Lt. Art. and went into camp at Springfield, Ill., where they remained a short time and were then sent to join the army of Tennessee, and were shortly afterward engaged in the battle at Nashville. From that point they marched to Eastpost, Miss., where for six days all the provision they had was a portion of the corn which the horses unhesitatingly shared with them, and during that time Marcus was greatly enfeebled and took a severe cold which settled upon his lungs, which was the beginning of the disease that caused his death. After spending a month at that place, they were ordered by boat to Cairo, where Marcus met his cousin, Mr. Hook, who now resides near Oregon, who urged him to go to the hospital, but he was anxious to remain with the company and would not give up. Mr. Beebe promised to take the best care of him he possibly could under the circumstances and he went with him to Vicksburg, but there was compelled to leave the company and go to the hospital, from which place he was soon afterward discharged as being unfit for service. His comrades state that his army life was as pure and christian-like as was his home life; that he never engaged in anything that would belittle him or that he would have been ashamed to do at home, and was always ready to perform all duties assigned to him during his army life while in health. The funeral was held at 3 o'clock Sunday at the house, conducted by Rev. H. Sewell, and at the M. E. church at 3:30 where T. L. Sutphen Post took charge of the exercises. Forth-three members of the Post were present. The flowers contributed by sympthetic friends were beautiful and abundant and showed, as did the large attendance at the funeral, the high esteem in which the deceased was held by our citizens. September 2, 1884, Enterprise, p. 1, col. 7, Evansville, Wisconsin