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James Nicholas Fishel (Jacob, Eliza) was born on October 27, 1874
in Martinsville, Indiana IN6, JA5, IN2, IN21 or in Johnson County, Indiana to Jacob Fishel
and Eliza C. Fleener IN21. His Oceana County death certificate
listed the same birthdate and confirmed his parents’ names as Jacob Fishel and Eliza “Flener”. James
attended school until the end of the third grade, according to the 1940 census.
The 1910 census indicated that James was a laborer, but in 1920 he was an
automotive builder, and by the 1930 census he was a farmer. Before he married
Selina, he had previously married and divorced. The 1900 census recorded that
his wife was Carrie Miller, and at that time, James and Carrie were living with
Henry Miller, her father. James and Carrie M. Miller were at that time
newlyweds, for their marriage occurred on October 3, 1899 IN6, SL1. He stated on his marriage license application (to marry Selina
E. Hepworth, dated May 29, 1911) that he was previously married and that he
divorced in 1902 IN21. In 1910, he resided with the family of his sister, Emma Perry, and
her husband, Worda (Warda IN20) Perry.
James
Fishel was named as the father of Ethel Ritter, whose
birth name was Mary Ethel Fishel. The death certificate for Ethel Ritter, who
died on January 25, 1985 in Indianapolis, Indiana, stated that she was born in
Indiana on May 2, 1901 to James Fishel and Carrie
Miller IN20. Mary E. Fishel lived with her
stepfather, Philip Coffey and her mother, Carrie M. Coffey in Washington
Township, Morgan County, Indiana in 1910 UN15,
and in 1930, Mary Ethel Ritter, who stated she was a widow, again resided in
the household of her stepfather and mother, Philip and
Carrie May Coffey, in Washington Township, Morgan County, Indiana UN17.
James
and Selina Eliza Hepworth Brown were married on June 3, 1911 IN6, JA5, IN2, IN21 by
Lawson J. Brown, Justice of the Peace, in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana IN21. He and his family lived in Saskatchewan, Canada in
March 1912, as this was the birthplace of his daughter, Mattie UN17, MA32. They
had moved to Brooklyn, Morgan County, Indiana by October 1913 IN19, where they remained until sometime after January 1915, as this
was the birthplace of both Daisy and Alice Irene Fishel
IN19. They were still in Indiana in 1917, the birth location of Ida
May Fishel UN16,
but had relocated to Hart, Michigan by September 1918 US14. The World War I draft registration card dated
September 12, 1918 for James Nicholas Fishel indicated that he was born on
October 27, 1874 and was at that time forty-three years old with a medium
height and build, blue eyes, and a bald head US14. He lived
at #2 Hart, Oceana County, Michigan and worked as a farm laborer for H.J.
Palmiter US14. In
1920, the Fishel family resided in Hammond, Lake
County, Indiana, but they were in Hart, Michigan once again when Esther was
born on May 28, 1921 ES17. They
did not drastically relocate after this, as the remainder of the children born
to James and Selina were born in Pentwater, Michigan WI1, NA3, UN17, UN18.
Shortly
on or before April 17, 1930, James Fishel rented a
farm owned by Charles Wise, and his children, Ida Mae, Alice, George, Esther,
and Naomi, enrolled in school at St. Mary’s Lake ST30, SO2. St. Mary’s Lake is north of West Marrison Road, about eight miles south of Scottville. On
October 30, 1940, three days after a surprise birthday celebration in his
honor, James set off for Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana to visit friends
and relatives with Naomi, Esther, and George WE24. Their intention was to also travel to Chicago on their return
to Michigan, and George would remain in Chicago if he found work WE24. James Fishel placed an
advertisement in The Ludington
Daily News on March 18, 1949, which appears to the left FA20. At 4:30pm on May 15, 1949,
James Fishel and Oscar Janousek were involved in a car accident near the
Riverton Town Hall, which resulted in minor damage to the cars but required
first aid for three of the passengers, Selina Fishel, Mrs. Janousek, and Murray
Senour CO25.
James
M. Fishel was enumerated on Griswold Street, in Hart,
Oceana County, Michigan in the 1950 US Census UN19. At this time, he was seventy-five years old and was enumerated
with his wife, Selina E. Fishel UN19. He stated that his occupation was farming and that he worked
on a farm, but he did not live on a farm; it appeared that he and Selina lived
in a basement of a house UN19. He
stated that his birthplace was Indiana UN19. He
was asked additional questions and stated that one year prior (1949) he lived
at this same residence and did not work at all that year UN19. He stated that he was educated to the 3rd grade level in elementary school UN19.
At some point, perhaps after the 1950 US Census, James and
Selina moved to 422 Union Street, Hart, Michigan, according to his death
certificate, which stated that James died at age seventy-seven of cancer of an
unknown cause (“cancer-etiology unknown”) at approximately 8:00pm on December
2, 1951. Reverend Clair Snell of Hart Methodist Church officiated at his
funeral at Weaver Funeral Home JA5.
His death certificate stated that James was buried on December 6, 1951 in North
Weare Cemetery in Weare
Township, Oceana County, Pentwater, Michigan, where he and Selina share a
headstone.
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1880
US Census: lived in White River, Johnson County, Indiana.
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1900
US Census: lived in Jackson, Brown County, Indiana.
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1910
US Census: lived in White River, Johnson County, Indiana.
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1920
US Census: lived in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
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1930
US Census: lived in Riverton, Mason County, Michigan.
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1940
US Census: lived in Riverton Township, Mason County, Michigan.
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1950
US Census: lived in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan.
Selina Eliza Hepworth (William, Ann Eliza) was born
on November 24, 1886 in Kansas IN21,
SE2, WI1 to William B. Hepworth and Anna E. Emery IN21. Her death certificate and census records agree with this
information, although the 1930 census enumerator wrote that her name was “Silanla”. She attended school until the end of the fifth
grade, according to the 1940 census. Selina was previously married to a man
with the surname of “Brown” before she married James Fishel
IN6; this was William
Brown, but the marriage ended with a divorce WI1 in 1911 IN21.
Selina
was the mother of Mattie Eliza, Daisy Francis, Alice Irene, Ida May, George E.,
Esther L., Naomi R., Joseph Henry, June Elizabeth, and Emanuel Fishel. Mattie Eliza
Fishel was born on March 25, 1912 in
Saskatchewan, Canada to James and Selina Fishel MA32. She married Maurice Anthony on October 19, 1934 in Hart,
Oceana County, Michigan in a ceremony officiated by H.W. Moody MI23, and died on August 4, 2008 in Ludington, Michigan MA32. Daisy Francis Fishel, the daughter of James N. Fishel
and Sellina Hepworth, was born on October 23, 1913 at
11:30am in Brooklyn, Morgan County, Indiana IN19.
W.P. VanSaut was the attending physician IN19. Daisy F. Fishel died at one month of
age on November 24, 1913 from “Broncho-Pneumonia” IN20.
Alice Irene Fishel was
born on January 1, 1915 at 12:30pm in Brooklyn, Morgan County, Indiana to James
“Nicole” Fishel and Selina Eliza Hepworth IN19. Her birth certificate indicated that W.P. VanSaut
was the attending physician, and that Selina had given birth to three children,
including Alice, but at that time two children were alive IN19. Alice Fishel married Ardin Wyant on July 21, 1934 in
Fountain, Mason County, Michigan; F.E. Stewart was the officiant MI23. She next married Murray Vincent Senour
on February 19, 1949 in North Muskegon, Michigan MI23. Alice later married Blake Archer, and she died at age
ninety-seven on December 3, 2012 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort,
South Carolina US22.
Ida May was
called “May” in the 1920 US Census, which indicated that she was born about
1918 in Indiana UN16. Ida May Fishel, the daughter of James and Selina Fishel, married Oliver W. Hixon on January 17, 1935 in
Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, and H.W. Moody was the officiating minister MI23. Ida M. Hixon was born on March 8, 1917 and died at age
seventy-eight on June 21, 1995 in Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan US26. George E. Fishel, the son of James and Selina Fishel,
was born on January 6, 1919 in Hart, Michigan to James and Selina Fishel GE10. He
married Julia Lambrix on April 28, 1946 in Hart MI23, and died at age eighty-three on May 22, 2002 in Hart, Michigan
GE10.
Esther L. Fishel,
the daughter of James and Selina Fishel, was born on
May 28, 1921 US22 in Michigan UN17, married Eugene Florence on March 13, 1943 in Muskegon,
Michigan MI23, and died at age eighty-seven on March 8, 2009 US22. Naomi
R. Fishel, the daughter of James and Selina Fishel, was born on November 15, 1922 in Mason County,
Michigan NA3. She married Lloyd McClellan on July 28, 1945 in Fountain,
Mason County, Michigan MI23,
and after his death in 1978, she married Lynn Lambrix
in 1986 NA3. Naomi Lambrix died at age eighty-two
on September 6, 2005 at Memorial Medical Center in Ludington, Michigan NA3. Joseph Henry Fishel was born on September 13, 1924 in Pentwater,
Oceana County, Michigan, according to himself.
June
Elizabeth Fishel was born on June 9, 1926 in
Mason County, Michigan, MA46
(June, the daughter of James and “Salina” Fishel MI23, was born about 1927 in Michigan UN17) and married Leland Marrison on June
22, 1947 MI23, MA46 in Riverton Township, Mason County,
Michigan MI23. She died on May 17, 2017 and was buried on May 23, 2017 at
Center Riverton Cemetery MA46 in
Scottville, Mason County, Michigan. Emanuel
Fishel, the son of James and Selina Fishel, was born about 1928 in Michigan UN17, UN18 and married Joyce McClellan on December
27, 1947 in Riverton, Mason County, Michigan MI23. According to Linda Fishel, Emanuel
was born on December 10, 1927 and was a twin to a stillborn sister, named
Amanda. Linda Fishel stated that she had been told
that her grandfather, James, refused to fetch Selina’s mother while Selina was
in labor with Emanuel and Amanda, as he believed that because she had given
birth many times already, she should be capable of
giving birth unassisted. At great length, he finally did hitch his horse to the
wagon and drove to the Hepworth residence, but by the time they arrived back at James
and Selina’s house, Selina had already given birth to Amanda, who was either
born dead or died shortly afterward.
On
July 9, 1934, Selina Fishel accused her neighbor, Mrs. John Babbin of Riverton
Township, of assault and battery IN27. The case was heard by Justice Henry Seeba,
and it stemmed from an argument regarding driving cattle to water IN27. Justice Seeba granted a continuation
in the case to permit the court enough time to determine the location of
property lines and roads IN27. In
what may have been the same incident, James “Fishell”
accused his neighbor, John Babbin, of “striking him
in the face” when cattle owned by Fishel ran onto
property owned by Babbin IN28. John Babbin alleged that James or
his son “attempted to use a pitchfork as a weapon” IN28. Babbin was
arraigned on an assault and battery charge on August
1, 1934 before Justice Henry Seeba IN28. He entered a plea of “not guilty” and was released, pending
the decision to prosecute him by the county Prosecutor, Jack Eliasohn IN28.
On November 28, 1941, Selina’s eldest son, Private George
Fishel, was stationed at Camp Livingston in Louisiana RE32. He later transferred
to New Guinea, where he wrote a letter to his mother which was printed in The Ludington Daily News on
February 15, 1943 GE9:
I’m in a motor section now and we got up close to the front
lines a couple of times but the Lord was with me and I never as much as got a
scratch. I got hold of some Jap money in the fracas. I think I will stick some
in with this letter as I think it will go through. It is bogus money the Japs
printed when they took over Java. I got one real Japanese bill and one of their
coins. I won’t put them in here because they might get lost and I want to keep
them for souvenirs if I can.
They told us the other day we could tell you about our stay
in Australia, so I got the letter written but before I got it turned in they
had cancelled it. So you just get a map ready and wait till I get there and
I’ll mark out my travels and put the dates on. When I get where I can, I’m
going to have a picture taken and send it to you because I have let my mustache
grow and I have a light version of what they call a handle-bar mustache.
On January 14, 1942, Selina’s youngest son, Emanuel Fishel,
and his friend, Lester Lichte, were injured while bobsledding down steep hills
on property owned by William Laude and Otto Dittmer BO20. The two
boys began their descent from atop their chosen hill, but when they reached the
bottom, they collided into each other, and Emanuel temporarily lost
consciousness BO20. Both Emanuel and Lester received cuts and bruises on their
faces and heads, and Emanuel, still unconscious, was carried into the Laude
residence, where a physician was called BO20. By January 20, the families reported that the boys were
recuperating BO20.
The
1950 US Census indicates that Selina worked forty hours per week as a presser
for a garment factory; she stated that she was sixty-three years old and was
born in Kansas UN19. Selina Fishel was an advocate for a product called
O-Jib-Wa Bitters MY1. She contacted the company with an account of her positive
experience, which was then used as a testimonial in an advertisement which was
published in various Michigan newspapers in 1952 MY1. A
transcription of the advertisement follows MY1:
Rheumatism and arthritis crippled me up so bad, that I
couldn’t bend over to put on my shoes and stockings, says Mrs. Selina Fishel,
422 Union Street, Hart, Michigan.
“I want to personally thank you and my druggist for O-JIB-WA
BITTERS, as it has helped me regain my health. I was crippled up with
rheumatism and arthritis for over a year. It’s been awful hard for me to do my
work. My legs and knees were so stiff and painful that I couldn’t bend over to
put my shoes and stockings on, and the only way I could walk was with a cane. I
tried everything I read about in the papers or heard about on the radio, but I
still suffered miserably, and couldn’t dress myself. When I sat down, I had to
prop my feet up to relieve the pain and swelling. There were three weeks when I
couldn’t get out of bed at all. Now I am fully better, and O-JIB-WA BITTERS is
the thing that helped me. I hate to think how bad off I would be today if I
hadn’t followed the recommendation of my druggist and tried your wonderful
medicine. I am 65 years old and I think the fact that I stand on my feet and
work eight hours a day in the factory is something to crow about. I am glad to
report that all my pain and stiffness has left me. I feel so good that I just
papered my house without the least bit of trouble. I recommended O-JIB-WA to my
sisters and many other people, and they too are greatful [sic] for the wonderful relief that O-JIB-WA BITTERS has brought
them.”
Another advertisement for
O-Jib-Wa Bitters in January 1953 featured brief
testimonials of the product from four Michiganders, including Selina Fishel: “I thank you and my druggist very much for O-JIB-WA
BITTERS, as it has helped me regain my health. I was crippled
up with arthritis for over a year. I used a cane to
get around with. My legs and knees were so stiff I
couldn’t bend over to put on my shoes. I am fully better now,
and give O-JIB-WA BITTERS full credit” MA44. The
O-JIB-WA Medicine Company was owned by Kenneth W. Shafe
and was based in Flint, Michigan KE16. It primarily manufactured and sold O-JIB-WA Bitters, which was
made from water, glycerine, sodium benzoate, and
herbs KE16.
The product was advertised in approximately forty newspapers in Michigan, and
claimed to cure arthritis, rheumatism, neuritis, and sciatica KE16. In
1958, Kenneth W. Shafe and Kenneth G. Morrish, the general manager of the company, were charged
by the Federal Trade Commission with “disseminating false advertisements in
commerce” and through the mail regarding O-JIB-WA Bitters and Oscoda Bitters, in an attempt to increase the sales of those products, which
violated Section 12 of the Federal Trade Commission Act KE16.
Kenneth W. Shafe and Kenneth G. Morrish
did not contest the evidence, which demonstrated that the advertisements used
by the company were found to be false KE16.
In October 1957, Selina and Jacob Fishel and William and
Samuel Hepworth traveled to Martinsville, Indiana to attend the funeral of
their friend, Mrs. Ezra Utterback PE26. The
following month, Selina and her brother, William B. Hepworth, traveled to
Ontario where they visited relatives PE27. Selina attended the First Baptist Church of Hart SE2. According to her death certificate, after the death
of James, Selina continued to reside at 422 Union Street in Hart, but her
obituary indicated that her last address before moving to the nursing home was
214 Apple Street SE2. Her death certificate stated that Selina died as a
widow at age ninety-nine at the Oceana County Medical Care Facility in Hart,
Michigan on November 12, 1986, twelve days before what would have been her one
hundredth birthday. The doctor’s handwritten immediate cause of death stated
“cardiopulmonary arrest” as a consequence of
arteriosclerotic heart disease. She also suffered from chronic renal failure.
Her funeral service, officiated by Reverend Elvin Harden, was held at First
Baptist Church of Hart on November 15, 1986 SE2. Tate Funeral Home directed her
burial at North Weare Cemetery in Weare
Township, Michigan on November 15, 1986, according to her death certificate.
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1900
US Census: lived in Weare, Oceana County, Michigan.
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1920
US Census: lived in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
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1930
US Census: lived in Riverton, Mason County, Michigan.
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1940
US Census: lived in Riverton Township, Mason County, Michigan.
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1950
US Census: lived in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan.
