Fisher Family Genealogy
FISHER, Paul Vernon

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Name FISHER, Paul Vernon Birth 12 Jul 1899 Illinois [1]
CENSUS 25 Jun 1900 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [2]
- 11 months old.
1900 US Census: E. D. No. 50, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 17B CENSUS 21 Apr 1910 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [3]
- Occupation: none
Attending school
1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 9A MILI 1 Feb 1917 [4] Vernon aboard USS Ericson Letter from son Vernon to Ella Fisher
Vernon aboard USS Ericsion sailing from New York to Cuba to Colon, Panama.MILI 19 May 1917 Cobh, County Cork, Munster, IRE [5]
- "Dearest Mother: You no doubt wili be surprised to hear of me being in Ireland. We
left Boston, Mass., May 5th and after fourteen days steady traveling we landed at Cork, Ireland, and from there we went to Queenstown."
Letter from Vernon to mother Ella Fisher
"Dearest Mother: You no doubt wili be surprised to hear of me being in Ireland. We
left Boston, Mass., May 5th and after fourteen days steady traveling we landed at Cork, Ireland, and from there we went to Queenstown." Queenstown was renamed Cobh in 1920.CENSUS 29 Jan 1920 Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS [6]
- Family is shown living among Mexican salt miners in Kansas while father Orville B. Fisher is found living with his father Abel Fisher in Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL. Ella left Orville sometime between the Apr 1910 census (where Ella and children Paul and Leslie are found living with Orville in Blandinsville IL) and this census in Jan 1920. Ella and Orville did not get divorced before she left because he sues her for divorce and custody of Leslie in Jul 1920. Note in this census Ella lists herself as widowed. One imagines tensions were high between Orville and Ella from 1906 when he pled guilty to assault to commit rape of 5 y/o Esther Bailey in Burlington IA in 1906 (article above),. Ella and the children were forced to stand with him at sentencing which must have been very hard. One wonders at the type of husband/father Orville was when released from prison in Nov 1909 to cause Ella to leave with the children without a divorce. He is known to have had an alcohol problem from at least 1898 when is was first arrested for stealing liquor. Orville presumably loses the custody suit as Leslie remains in Kansas.
- No occupations are listed for any of the family despite both Paul and brother Leslie being old enough to work. How did family support itself in Kansas?
1920 US Census: E. D. No. 201, Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS, p 5A CENSUS 1925 Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS [7]
- Renting house
Occupation: Drug clerk
Able to read and write: yes
1925 Kansas State Census: Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS, p 34-35 CENSUS 17 Apr 1930 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [8]
- Wife's name listed as Juniette. Should read Juanita or Billie. Paul's 2nd wife was Billie Juanita Stevens, whom he married Nov 1928. Confirming this: Billie's father Charly (Charles) Stevens is listed as living with Paul and Billie.
Also living with Paul and Billie, Paul's son Jack by his 1st wife Elsie. Paul's daughter Dorothy with Elsie is not listed. Was she missed in the census or living with her mother? She would have been 6 y/o in 1930.
Address: 718 S Glenn, Wichita KS
Renting: $35/mth, has radio
Occupation: clerk, drugstore
Veteran: yes
1930 US Census: E.D. No. 87-70, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 20B CENSUS 12 Apr 1940 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [9]
- Address: 718 S Glenn, W Wichita KS
Renting: $20/month
Highest grade education: 8
Residence 1 Apr 1935: same house
Occupation: Druggist, retail drug store, 60 hrs week, 52 weeks yr
Wages income: $1560
Other income: no
1940 US Census: E.D. No. 107-87, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 9B MILI 16 Feb 1942 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [10]
- Address: 515 N. St Francis, Wichita KS
Mailing address: 1029 W. Douglas, c/o Dockum Drugs, Wichita KS
Contact person: Florence Folkers, 1606 N. West, Wichita KS
Employer: R. B. Dockum, Dockum Drugs Co.
Dockum Drugs #6, 1029 W. Douglas, Wichita KS
Description: 5'-9", 178 lbs, brown eyes, brown hair, light complexion
No other distinguishing features - Not sure who Florence Folkers is. 2nd wife Billie Stevens is not listed as contact because she and Paul separated sometime before 19 May 1941 when she marries Charles A. Bowman.
WW II Draft Card: Paul Vernon Fisher - 1942 EVENT 3 Dec 1942 Iowa State University, Ames, Story Co., IA [11]
Paul sends father Orville card from Iowa State 1942
By this time it seems Paul has also reconciled with his father. Tells him he is serving as a Second Pharmacist's Mate at the US naval training station at Iowa State University.MILI Nov 1944 South Pacific [12]
Vernon Fisher head of medical staff on USS Elmore in the South Pacific
"...keeping busy taking care of wounded men."Death 6 May 1963 Veteran's Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [13, 14]
Address:
5500 E Kellogg Dr, Wichita, KS
Wichita, KS 67218- Home address at death: 3101 W. Douglas, Wichita KS
"A veteran of both world wars he was a Wichita druggist 40 years.
He was a member of Wichita Bible Church, Albert Pike Masonic Lodge, Wichita Consistory and Midian Shrine."
Services at at DeVorss-Gard Mortuary.
Obituary: Paul V. Fisher 1963 Arrangements Paul V. Fisher 1963 Burial 9 May 1963 Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [14]
Headstone: Paul V and Margaret E Fisher.
Plot: Sermon On The MountPerson ID I221 Main Last Modified 9 Jan 2023
Father FISHER Orville Benjamin, b. 24 Aug 1873, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 9 Jun 1958, Prairie City, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 84 years)
Relationship Birth Mother TYSON, Margreturite Ella, b. 24 Jul 1875, Lafayette, Allen Co., OH d. 26 Oct 1951, Wichita Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS
(Age 76 years)
Relationship Birth Marriage 26 Oct 1897 Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA [15, 16]
- Orville's name listed as Bert in marriage return
Orville's residence: Peoria IL
Occupation; bricklayer
Margreturite's residence: Peoria IL
Witnessed by Olive Fisher, Orville's sister - Orville name listed as Bert Orville Fisher on marriage certificate
Wedding performed at 1st Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Burlington IA
R.F. Hulbert, M. E. Minister presiding
Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope 1897
Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope to Burlington, IA to marry 26 Oct 1897. Orville's sister Ollive accompanies them. Ella tells her father, the chief of police for Canton IL!, only after they return two days later. Ellen plans to lives with her father for two months until Orville can prepare a house to live in. Wedding is apparently so secret it doesn't get reported in the local news until two weeks later.Marriage Record: Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson Marriage Record: Orville Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897 Marriage Return: Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897 Marriage Certificate: Bert Orville Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897 Family ID F93 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 HAMILTON, Elsie Dell, b. 24 Jul 1902, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., KS d. 22 Jul 1977, Kansas
(Age 74 years)
Marriage 5 Apr 1920 Joplin, Jasper Co., MO [17, 18, 19]
- At the residence of the Rev. W. M. Cleveland, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Joplin.
- Fort Scott Tribune article incorrectly states wedding was in Pittsburg KS.
- Paul and Elsie separate sometime between 1925 and 25 Nov 1928 when he marries Billie Stevens in Wichita KS
News: Marriage Paul V Fisher and Elsie D Hamilton News: Marriage Paul V. Fisher and Elsie D. Hamilton Marriage License: Paul V. Fisher and Elsie D. Hamilton Children 1. FISHER, Jack Dudley, b. 30 Dec 1920, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS [Birth]
2. FISHER, Dorothy D., b. 1924, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS [Birth]
Family ID F546 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
Family 2 STEVENS, Billie Juanita, b. 1908, Thomas, Custer Co., Oklahoma Marriage 25 Nov 1928 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [20]
- Miss Billie Stevens, daughter of C. E. Stevens, 407 South Emporia avenue, and Paul Fisher, assistant manager of Dockum store No. 5, at Hillside and Douglas avenues, were married last night at the home of Earl Hartley, 220 North Green avenue, The ceremony was performed at 9:25 p. m. by Rev. E. H. Reed of the Hillside Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley were attendants.
- Paul and Billie separated sometime before 19 May 1941 when she marries Charles A. Bowman in Wichita KS
News: Marriage of Paul Fisher and Billie Stevens 1928 Family ID F545 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
Family 3 BECK, Margaret E., b. 29 Aug 1906, Belleville, Republic Co., KS d. 11 Sept 1991, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM
(Age 85 years)
Family ID F547 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Dec 2022
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Documents Paul V Fisher Drug Co. 1963 Dockum Drugs No. 6 Grand Opening 1928
By 1963, this location apparently becomes Fisher Drug Co. (addresses are the same) owned and operated by Paul V. FisherSnowbound in July
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Sources - [S81] Census: 1900 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 25 Jun 1900, Roll: 320; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 50; FHL microfilm: 1240320 (Reliability: 2).
- [S580] 1900 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 25 Jun 1900, E. D. No. 50, p 17B (Reliability: 2).
- [S579] 1910 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 21 Apr 1910, E. D. No. 42, p 9A (Reliability: 2).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 1 Feb 1917, p 5 (Reliability: 2).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 7 Jun 1917, p 4 (Reliability: 2).
- [S615] 1920 US Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 29 Jan 1920, E. D. No. 201, p 5A (Reliability: 2).
- [S617] 1925 State Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 1925, p 34-35 (Reliability: 2).
- [S621] 1930 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 17 Apr 1930, E. D. No. 87-70, sht 20B (Reliability: 2).
- [S620] 1940 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 12 Apr 1940, E. D. No. 107-87, p 9B (Reliability: 2).
- [S450] WW II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1947, (Ancestry.com), 16 Feb 1942, Serial No. 916, Order No. 11344 (Reliability: 3).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 3 Dec 1942, p 8 (Reliability: 2).
- [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 16 Nov 1944, p 6 (Reliability: 2).
- [S614] News articles: The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, (The Wichita Eagle, Wichita KS), 7 May 1963, p 10 (Reliability: 2).
- [S614] News articles: The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, (The Wichita Eagle, Wichita KS), 8 May 1963, p 7 (Reliability: 2).
- [S539] Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937, (Ancestry.com), 27 Oct 1897, License No. The 35 (Reliability: 3).
- [S630] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,, (Familysearch.org), 26 Oct 1897, License No. 35 (Reliability: 3).
- [S365] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Ancestry.com), 5 Apr 1920, p 393 (Reliability: 3).
- [S618] News articles: Pittsburg Sun, (Pittsburg Sun, Pittsburg KS), 8 Apr 1920, p 6 (Reliability: 2).
- [S619] News articles: Fort Scott Tribune, (Fort Scott Tribune, Fort Scott KS), 22 Apr 1920, p 7 (Reliability: 2).
- [s614] News articles: The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, (The Wichita Eagle, Wichita KS), 26 Nov 1928, p 3 (Reliability: 2).
- [S81] Census: 1900 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 25 Jun 1900, Roll: 320; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 50; FHL microfilm: 1240320 (Reliability: 2).