He was supposed to be adopted by Deming and Mary Fish Brainard before they died of cholera.

MILITARY:
Served throughout the Civil War and was imprisoned in Libby Prison.
FISH, DEMING; Service Branch: INFANTRY
Burial: Riverside Cem & Columbarium, 02/08/1907, Section:6, Lot:11, Grave:5
BORN 1846, CIVIL WAR, PVT; OOR VOL 4 PG 669, CO I 52ND REG O.V.I.

MARRIAGE: Never married.

OCCUPATION: Owned a plumbing business.