FISHER John Franklin

1866 - 1885  (18 years)

• Name	FISHER John Franklin
  Birth	11 Oct 1866	Illinois
  CENSUS	28 Jun 1870	Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL   [1]
  		Census: 1870 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Roll: M593_256; Page: 459A; Image: 247; Family History Library Film: 545755
  CENSUS	02 Jun 1880	Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL   [2]
  	Occupation: At School.
  		1880 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 3
  Death	4 Apr 1885	McDonough Co., IL
  Burial	South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
  		Headstone - John Franklin Fisher (1866-1885)
  Person ID	I184	Main
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	FISHER John Kells,   b. 5 Mar 1833, Pennsylvania d. 19 Dec 1891, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	FOSTER Diantha Jane,   b. 30 Apr 1841, Michigan d. 20 Sep 1881 (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	8 Dec 1859	McDonough Co., IL   [3]
  		Marriage License: Fisher, John K. and Diantha J. Foster - 1859
  Notes	From History of McDonough Co., IL 1885: John Fisher, the present supervisor of Hire township, is considered one of the best farmers in the county. He lives near Blandinsville, on section 10, and owns, in all, 369 acres of land, not one acre of which is untillable. His buildings are good and present a neat appearance. The house is two-stories, and the main part is 24x28 feet, with an addition 16x20 feet. His main barn is 38x48 feet. The main features of his farming consist of raising stock and feeding cattle for the eastern markets. He has some fine Norman and Clydesdale brood mares from which he raises some fine draft horses. John Fisher made his home with his parents until 20 years of age, when he went to Morgan county, Illinois, where he remained one year. He 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, tile eldest child. Thomas Fisher was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, 1 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. John Fisher was married in 1857 to Diantha Foster, a native of Michigan. She died September 20, 1881, leaving six children-William, Frank, James, Charles, Mary and Martha. George, the oldest child, is deceased. [4]
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	UNNAMED
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Oct 1866 - Illinois CENSUS - 28 Jun 1870 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 02 Jun 1880 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Death - 4 Apr 1885 - McDonough Co., IL Burial - - South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Census: 1870 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, (Ancestry,com), 28 Jun 1870, Roll: M593_256; Page: 459A; Image: 247; Family History Library Film: 545755 (Reliability: 3). [S86] Census: 1880 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), 02 Jun 1880, Roll: 227; Family History Film: 1254227; Page: 393C; Enumeration District: 160; Image: 0789 (Reliability: 3). [SR45] Marriage License: Fisher, John K. and Diantha J. Foster, (Illinois State Board of Health), 8 Dec 1859, License No. 1341. (Reliability: 3). [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 1885, 644, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).