Fisher Family Genealogy
FISHER, Frederick Austin
1876 - 1959 (82 years)-
Name FISHER, Frederick Austin [1] - Frederick Austin Fisher was born 27 Dec 1876 in Hire Township, a son of Josiah and Nancy Farris Fisher. He was a carpenter and cabinet maker and had been residing in Blandinsville IL with his cousins, Erma and Orie Farris, for the last 26 years. He was a lover uf nature and liked to hunt and fish. Frederick died 20 May 1959 in the Helton Nursing Home in Colchester IL. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. 22 May 1959 at the Jones' Mortuary chapel in Colchester. Burial was the same day in Friendship Cemetery, Tennessee Township, IL. In addition to cousins Erma and Orie Fisher, Frederick was survived by another cousin, William Farris and a sister-in-law, Bessie Fisher, both of Blandinsville IL. A sister, Cora Inman, and a half brother, Wilbur Fisher, died previously.
Birth 27 Dec 1876 Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL 
[1] Death 20 May 1959 Colchester, McDonough Co., IL [1] - "Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Friday at the chapel of the Jones Mortuary in Colchester. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery. The Rev. Ray Chalfant conducted the services."
Obituary: Frederick Austin Fisher 1959 Burial 22 May 1959 Friendship Cemetery, Tennessee Township, McDonough Co., IL [1] 
Headstone: Frederick A Fisher 1959 Person ID I1812 Main Last Modified 23 Jan 2023
Father FISHER Josiah, b. 3 Jun 1848, Henderson Co., Illinois d. 1900-1901 (Age 52 years) Relationship Birth Mother FARRIS Nancy E., b. Abt 1854, Illinois d. 17 Aug 1878, McDonough Co., IL (Age 24 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 15 Oct 1871 McDonough Co., IL [2] 
Marriage License: Josiah and Nancy E. (Farris) Fisher 1871 Family ID F337 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 27 Dec 1876 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL 
Death - 20 May 1959 - Colchester, McDonough Co., IL 
Burial - 22 May 1959 - Friendship Cemetery, Tennessee Township, McDonough Co., IL = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Richard Bond surprise birthday part 1904
Celebrating Richard's 70th birthday. May friends and family attended
Farris squash vine busts record 1938
"The most exiting thing in Blandinsville this week is a squash vine down at the Erma and Orie Farris home in the south part of town. It was grown by Fred Fisher from seed which weighed a small fraction of an ounce. And it has produced something over 400 pounds of squashes...Fred showed us his vine one morning last week. It covers three square rods of ground, has a parent stalk as big as your arm and leaves that look like palm-leaf fans. It had 33 squashes on it which weighed as much as.60 pounds per squash. Eight of them weighed well over 300, and that's à lot' of squash." Had to say who deserves more credit. Fred planted it, but the vines grew and were probably watered and tended by the Farris sisters. Women in this time rarely get credit for anything.
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