From New York to St. Augustine
Accounts from researchers and historians, including many resources from the St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library, paint Fish s life as one of adventure and success mixed with failures, shady decisions and heartbreak.
Originally from New York, Fish came to St. Augustine in 1736 when he was 10 or 12 years old. Back then, it was common to send young boys to foreign lands to learn a profession, according to an article from 1987 in El Escribano: The St. Augustine Journal of History. Fish stayed with the Herrera family where he learned the language and customs of Spanish St. Augustine.
PLYMOUTH – An administrative oversight initially prevented Jesse James Jackson from receiving trailblazing national recognition as one of the first African American Marines.
But correcting the mistake only added to the glory and allowed the longtime White Cliffs resident to celebrate what he called “the best day in my whole life” at a spry 92, when he was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal as a Montford Point Marine.
A Georgia native who would have turned 100 next June, Jackson cut as fine a figure in the business world as he did in uniform. From his origins as a young entrepreneur selling firewood to a prosperous career running restaurants and businesses in Boston, Jackson led the life of a jet-setter with his own plane, yacht and limo.