The High Family of Middle Bass

   George McCormick High was the son of Hosea High, an Indian agent for the State of Ohio, and Mary McCormick, daughter of George McCormick, who built the first U.S. Capital in Washington, later burned by the British during the War of 1812.
   George High was a merchant in Cincinnati and retired to Middle Bass about 1870 to raise grapes and deal in real estate.
   Daughter, Fannie, married Curtis Gladding and they moved to Hartford, Connecticut. George High Jr. married local girl, Caroline Kubach, and had one child, Allene High Seese.
   George and Caroline divorced and George moved to Indianapolis. Caroline Kubach High married Wilford Boulware and they moved to Montana.
   Hosea and his sister, Carrie High, stayed on the Middle Bass family homestead. Carrie High was the Middle Bass Sunday School teacher for years.
   Recently the Seese Family generously donated an enormous collection of High Family letters, photographs, china and silver to our museum.
   The letters, written from Carrie High on Middle Bass to Allene High Seese, give an amazing glimpse into island life past.

The High Family

1 George M. High 1825 – 1911 m. Anna M. Kincaid 1834 – 1913
          2 Hosea High 1853 – 1928
          2 Fannie High 1853 – 1931 m. Curtis P. Gladding 1857 - 1941
                   3 Mary H. Gladding 1887 - 1929
                   3 Fanny L. Gladding 1889 – 1976 m. Irvin G. Dagle 1894 – 1980
           2 George M. High 1857 – 1931 m.1st Caroline E. Kubach 1868 – 1951
              m.2nd Nellie A. 1866 –
                    3 Allene G. High 1893 – 1986 m. Ellis G. Seese 1894 - 1966
           2 Carrie D. High 1864 - 1962