Fisher Family Genealogy
FISHER Thomas

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Name FISHER Thomas Born 11 Mar 1791 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA [1]
Gender Male CENSUS 1800 Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA [2]
- Census lists three "Free White Males Under 10," presumably Mathias and Martha's' sons John, Abel and Thomas; one "Free White Males 10 to 15," not clear who this might be; one "Free White Males 45 and over," Mathias himself although he would have been only 42 years old in 1800; one "Free White Females Under 10," Mathias and Martha's' daughter Mary; one "Free White Females 16 to 25," Mathias' wife Martha.
Census: 1800 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, Roll: 41; Page: 1040; Image: 227; Family History Library Film: 363344 CENSUS 1810 Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA [3]
- Census lists as living in Mathias Fisher household one "Free White Males Under 10" - presumably youngest son Thompson Fisher; one "Free White Males over 16 and under 26" - presumably son Thomas Fisher, John and Abel likely having married by this time; two "Free White Males 45 and upwards" - one being Mathias and the other unknown; one "Free White Females Under 10" - presumably daughter Rachel; one "Free White Females over 10 and under 16" - daughter Mary; and one "Free White Females over 26 and under 45" - Mathias' wife Martha Thompson.
Census: 1810 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA Roll 51; Page: 875; Family History Number: 0193677; Image: 00221 RESI 1846 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL - Blandinsville - Elder Josiah Terrel preached the first sermon in 1846, and organized the church same year, with the following named persons, as original members: Thomas Fisher and wife...
CENSUS 01 Oct 1850 Township 8 N 6 W, Henderson Co., IL [4]
- A few errors by census-taker: John and Margaret were born in Pennsylvania to Thomas and his first wife Mary Kells Fisher. Cyrus should read Matthias. Have seen no other reference to Matthias' first or middle name being Cyrus.
Census: 1850 U.S. - Township 8 N 6 W, Henderson Co., IL Roll M432_109; Page: 84B; Image: 530 CENSUS 22 Aug 1860 LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL [5]
Census: 1860 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL; Roll: M653_184; Page: 983; Image: 729; Family History Library Film: 803184 Died 17 Jun 1879 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Buried South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Person ID I115 Main Last Modified 26 Dec 2012
Father FISHER Mathias, b. 12 Feb 1758, Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ , d. 17 Feb 1834, Westmoreland Co., PA
(Age 76 years)
Mother THOMPSON, Martha, d. 18 Aug 1829, Westmoreland Co., PA Married Aft 1782 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA [6, 7]
Family ID F81 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 KELLS Mary, b. 3 Mar 1797, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA , d. 15 Feb 1837 (Age 39 years)
Married 30 Mar 1815 [8] Notes - (John Fisher) is the son of Thomas and Polly (Kells) Fisher, and was the ninth child of a family of 10 children, all of whom are now living, except William, the eldest child. Thomas Fisher was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1791, and died at his home in Blandinsville, in 1868. He settled in McDonough county in 1844, coming from Hancock county, Illinois, where he had settled in 1840. His first wife died, and he was again married to Elizabeth Brown, by whom there were four children. Being a mechanic by trade, or rather a mill-wright, on coming to Blandinsville he built a saw and grist mill there, besides other mills in the county, working at the trade for nearly 20 years. [1]
- Mathias Fisher is a native of Illinois, having been born in Hancock county, on the 24th of September, 1840. He remained on a farm in that county until eight years of age, his parents then removing to McDonough county and making a settling in Blandinsville township, on section 29, near the present site of the village of Blandinsville. His father rented at first, and remained there until 1856, when he removed to Henderson county, and seven years later to Hancock county, where he remained a number of years, following, as he did in each of the other county's, agricultural pursuits. He again came to McDonough county, and settled near Blandinsville, where he died in 1874. [9]
Children + 1. FISHER William Nicholls, b. 11 Mar 1816, Westmoreland Co., PA , d. 16 Jul 1881, Burlingame, Osage Co., KS
(Age 65 years) [Birth]
+ 2. FISHER, Jane Iona, b. 25 Jan 1818, Pennsylvania , d. 1 Oct 1906, Novelty, Knox Co., MO
(Age 88 years)
+ 3. FISHER, Martha, b. 31 Oct 1819, Pennsylvania , d. 11 Apr 1899 (Age 79 years)
4. FISHER, Eleanor, b. 14 Jan 1822, Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA , d. 12 Jul 1905, Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA
(Age 83 years)
+ 5. FISHER, Nancy, b. 28 Jan 1824, Pennsylvania , d. 10 Sep 1902 (Age 78 years)
+ 6. FISHER Clarissa, b. 14 Sep 1826, Westmoreland Co., PA , d. 11 Jan 1909, Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
(Age 82 years) [Birth]
+ 7. FISHER Mary, b. 16 Oct 1828, Pennsylvania , d. 1907, Novelty, Knox Co., MO
(Age 78 years) [Birth]
+ 8. FISHER, Sarah, b. 19 Jan 1831, Pennsylvania + 9. FISHER John Kells, b. 5 Mar 1833, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Dec 1891, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 58 years) [Birth]
+ 10. FISHER Margaret, b. 31 Jan 1835, Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA , d. 7 May 1911, Brownville, Nemaha Co., NE
(Age 76 years) [Birth]
11. FISHER, Ralph, b. 31 Jan 1835, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Mar 1835, Pennsylvania
(Age 0 years)
Photos Photo: Thomas Fisher and Mary Kells Family Siblings
Shown: John K. Fisher, Mary "Polly" Lockett, Sarah (Pollock), Jane (Botts), Nancy (Hinckson), Clarissa (Roberts), Eleanor (McNickle)Last Modified 26 Dec 2012 Family ID F75 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 BROWN Elizabeth, b. 23 Aug 1806, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Jun 1900, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 93 years)
Married 22 Feb 1838 Notes - Thomas Fisher was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1791, and died at his home in Blandinsville, in 1868. He settled in McDonough county in 1844, coming from Hancock county, Illinois, where he had settled in 1840. His first wife died, and he was again married to Elizabeth Brown, by whom there were four children. [10]
Children 1. FISHER, Joseph, b. 19 May 1839, d. 26 Mar 1840 (Age 0 years) + 2. FISHER Matthias, b. 24 Sep 1840, Illinois , d. 22 Feb 1915 (Age 74 years)
+ 3. FISHER Thomas H., b. 3 Jun 1843, Illinois , d. 1 Jun 1914, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 70 years) [Birth]
+ 4. FISHER Abel, b. 23 May 1845, Illinois , d. 4 Aug 1924, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 79 years) [Birth]
+ 5. FISHER Josiah, b. 3 Jun 1848, Illinois , d. Bef 1914 (Age < 65 years) [Birth]
Last Modified 25 Dec 2012 Family ID F40 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Fisher was a soldier of the War of 1812, and came from the Ligonier Valley in Westmoreland County. He settled the tract, including the site of Eastbrook, about 1819; this was the third tract he had located upon, the first being in 1809. His brother, Thomas Fisher, came afterwards. [11]
- Col. John Fisher...built the first grist mill in Hickory Township, and in partnership with his brother, Thomas Fisher, built the first woolen mill, and together they owned 500 acres of land. [12]
- Received $100 from his father Mathias Fisher on Mathias' death in 1834:" I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Fisher the sum of one hundred payable by my son Abel within one year of my decease which shall be in full of his claim." [13]
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Sources - [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, ((Springfield, IL: Continental Historical Co., 1885)), 977.342 H2., 644 (Reliability: 2), 1885.
- [S228] Census: 1800 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, (Ancestry,com), Roll: 41; Page: 1040; Image: 227; Family History Library Film: 363344. (Reliability: 2), 1800.
- [S229] Census: 1810 U.S. - Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA , (Ancestry,com), Roll 51; Page: 875; Family History Number: 0193677; Image: 00221 (Reliability: 2), 1810.
- [S102] Census: 1850 U.S. - Township 8 N 6 W, Henderson Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Roll M432_109; Page: 84B; Image: 530 (Reliability: 2), 01 Oct 1850.
- [S83] Census: 1860 U.S. - LaHarpe Township, Hancock Co., IL, (Ancestry,com), Roll: M653_184; Page: 983; Image: 730. (Reliability: 3), 22 Aug 1860.
- [SR1] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, Wilfred Jordan, editor, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 974.8 D2c 1978., 575 (Reliability: 2).
Mathias Fisher married Martha Thompson, who died August, 1828. Her father was a staunch Presbyterian and objected to the marriage on the grounds that Mathias Fisher had never been baptized. However, she had no such scruples and left her father’s house, never to enter it again. Following the marriage they settled on a part of the old Fisher farm.
Children:
1. John, married Sarah Roberts and settled near New Castle, Pennsylvania.
2. Abel, married Hannah Stewart. (Stewart I, Child 7.)
3. Thomas, married Polly Kells.
4. Polly, married Barachiah Stewart. (Stewart II, Child 10.)
5. Thompson.
6. Rachel, of whom further. - [SR19] Fisher Historical Sketch - 28 Nov 1888, (Ligonier Echo, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 28 Nov 1888) (Reliability: 2), 26 Oct 1888.
He paid his addresses to Miss Martha Thompson, but her father being a staunch Presbyterian, objected to the match because Mr. Fisher had never been baptized. Miss Thompson, however, had no such scruples of conscience, but ran away, as they called it then; she left her father’s house and never entered it again. - [SR1] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, Wilfred Jordan, editor, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 974.8 D2c 1978., 575 (Reliability: 2).
- [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, ((Springfield, IL: Continental Historical Co., 1885)), 977.342 H2., 871-872 (Reliability: 2), 1885.
- [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, ((Springfield, IL: Continental Historical Co., 1885)), 977.342 H2., p. 644 (Reliability: 2), 1885.
- [S387] 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Aaron L. Hazen, (Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1908), 31833012051915., 246-247 (Reliability: 2), 1908.
- [S387] 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Aaron L. Hazen, (Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1908), 31833012051915., 408 (Reliability: 2), 1908.
- [SR23] Will: Fisher, Mathias - 1834, Mathias Fisher, (Registrar of Wills), Will Book 2: p 303. (Reliability: 3), 9 Dec 1833.
- [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, ((Springfield, IL: Continental Historical Co., 1885)), 977.342 H2., 644 (Reliability: 2), 1885.