MILLER FISH, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Platteville; was born in Connecticut Aug. 20, 1818. Came to Wisconsin in 1855; a carpenter by trade; bought 40 acres of land; now owns 95 acres and works at his trade. His first wife, Celista Pritchard, was born in Connecticut in 1816. Married in 1843, died in 1862. They had three children - Colinus, who enlisted in Co. I, 10th W. V. I., in October, 1861; taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga; taken to Libby; then to Andersonville, and escaped twice, but was recaptured by hounds when nearly in the Union lines; released from Salisbury Prison at the close of the war. Anson H., in Crawford Co., Wis.; Mary, now Mrs. Meekin Marshall, in Iowa Co. Second wife was Elizabeth Evans, who was born in Ohio in 1828. Married in 1863; they had two children - Samuel E., and Elizabeth J., deceased. In politics, Republican. In religion, liberal believer. Has been Clerk and Director of Schools. The second wife had two children by a former marriage - Eva, deceased, and Joseph, at home.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.