Fisher Family Genealogy
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Photos
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![]() | St. Francis Hospital, Macomb, IL ca 1920 St. Francis Hospital, located at the end of South Johnson Street, was founded by Dr. Joseph B. Bacon. He and his wife, Elizabeth, contributed $3,000, and he raised funds from others in the area. He also arranged for the Sisters of St. Francis to operate the facility. The original building, which cost $30,000, was completed in 1903, and wings were added in 1912 and 1927. The hospital operated until 1967 and was torn down six years later. | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Marietta Phelps and St. Francis Hospitals, Macomb IL | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Matthias Fisher Excerpt from photo of Fisher brothers | 21 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Residence of Matthias Fisher ca 1911 This would be Matthias' farm at Illinois Bend, MO. The picture is not clear enough to make out faces but one of the women is presumably his 3rd wife Nancy Jane His step-daughter Francis Mary is perhaps the children kneeling to the left of the house. Both show living with Matthias In the 1910 census. Other two women unknown. | 21 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Central Hospital for the Insane 1901 This photo makes the asylum look idyllic. It was likely anything but. Downloaded from the Library of Congress, Washington DC Control no: 2016798641; Digital id: det 4a05247 | 16 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Postcard for Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville IL Date unknown but likely late 1800s | 16 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Wayne Fisher 1939 Photo from 1939 Blandinsville High School yearbook | 2 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Elsie Hamilton | 29 Dec 2022 |
Documents
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![]() | Thomas Fisher witness to murder 1912 "A little after eight o'clock on last Saturday night residents of south main street were startled by a loud pistol shot and the sound of a buggy being driven toward the south at a furious gait. An hour later the lifeless body of Asa Langford was found lying in the road almost in front of the Thos Fisher home with a bullet from a 32 calibre revolver embedded in the brain" Marion Bond, Blandinsville Marshall, was called to the scene to investigate and identified the body. Charles Barrier who had spent the day drinking with Langford was charged with the murder. A pistol of the type used to shoot Langford was found in his home. At trial, several witnesses were called who had seen or heard Barrier in the company of Langford that day, or who saw Barrier speeding away from Blandinsville in his buggy about the time of the murder. "Thomas Fisher who lives close to the scene of the murder, testified that he and his wife heard the shot distinctly at between fifteen and twenty minutes after eight o'clock and at the same moment the quick rattle of a buggy as of someone leaving the place at a furious pace." At the conclusion of the trial, the jury of local residents found Barrier guilty of the murder of Asa Langford. | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Fisher store central hub for phone service 1899 "The telephone line running north from this city is now completed and in working order to Joseph Grate's, six miles north of here and will shortly be finished to Cliff Britt's, one and one-half miles northwest of there. The central office in this city will be at C. A. Fisher's store." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Oville Fisher arrested for public intoxication 1904 "Orval (should read Orville) Fisher and Edward Hamilton of Blandinsville was arrested Saturday night, the former being charged with intoxication and using profane language and the latter with intoxication and attempt to escape an officer....At the hearing before Magistrate Champ on Monday both plead guilty to the charges against them, the fine and costs in Hamilton's case amounting to $19.25. Fisher's fine and costs amounted to $8.09. Being unable to pay up or furnish bonds they were again committed to jail....Fisher remained in jail until yesterday when there arrived from Blandinsville the amount necessary to liberate him." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Fire at Blandinsville 1902 This article gives a bit more details and notes that Blandinsville had no fire equipment. "C. A. Fisher lost a building, all of his household goods, and most of his stock of notions. The total loss was from $2.000 ta $2,500 with but $500 insurance....There ls no firefighting appliance in Blandinsville and water ie scarce there. The citizens who hastily assembled could do little, although they worked heroically removing goods from the buildings and carrying water from the few paces obtainable....Only 20 feet west is a dwelling house, owned and occupied by William Fisher. This caught on fire several times but was saved. With the scant means of fighting fire people are marveling that the building still stands." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Blandinsvile downtown fire 1902 About 11 e'clock last night a fire was discovered at Blandinsville which destroyed some $15.000 worth of property before it finally burned itself out. Four business houses were destroyed and only part of the contents saved. The fire was first discovered by Alva Bayless, who at once gave the alarm. When first seen the fire was about balf way between the floor and roof of the Beacon and Campbell buildings. It spread rapidly and was soon beyond control. The citizens then turned their attention to saving the contents of the buildings, but so rapidly did the flames spread that only part of the contents of some of the rooms could be saved. How the fire started no one knows, and no cause, save incendiary, can be as signed for it....The Fisher building was occupied by the Fisher novelty and wall paper store down stairs, and he lived in the upper story. Some of the stock was saved but only a small portion. All of his household goods were destroyed. The loss on the building is estimated at $1,200, and on the stock about $2.500 There was only $200 insurance on the stock and none on the building." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Violet Foley recovering from surgery 1930 "Mrs. Violet Foley is at the Earnest Bissell home recuperating from a tonsil operation which she underwent last Friday." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | A trip North 1914 "The W. B. Daniel and Chas. Fisher families returned from their northern trip on Friday and report having had a delightful visit with friends in a half dozen cities in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois...", | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Dorothy Fisher Rudolph returns to Blandinsville 1940 "Mrs. Dorothy Fisher Rudolph has moved back to Blandinsville from Vermont, Ill., where she has lived for the past several years. She is living in the rooms up over the Kroger store. Her husband, who was road commissioner of Vermont township, died earlier this summer." | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | Wayne Fisher gets U of I scholarship 1940 "Wayne Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. O, B. Fisher, and first lieutenant at the Lyons Drug Store here, this week received a scholarship to the University of Illinois, and he plans to start to school there this fall." How he got from here to suicide in Albuquerque three months later is a mystery. | 26 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | 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. | 26 Jan 2023 |
Headstones
Histories
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![]() | Portrait and Biographical Record of Hancock, McDonough and Henderson Counties Illinois - 1878 PDF format. Large file (36 MB) | 19 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | History of McDonough County, Illinois Copy of complete document in PDF format. File is very large (56 MB). | 19 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | History of Adair County IA 1911 In PDF format. Large file (86 MB) | 19 Jan 2023 | |
![]() | History of McDonough County IL 1878 In PDF format. Large file (50 MB) | 19 Jan 2023 |
Individuals
ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Last Modified |
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I183 |
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b. 25 Sep 1872 | Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I217 |
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b. 24 Aug 1873 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I954 |
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b. 1 Sep 1874 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I118 |
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b. Jul 1865 | Illinois ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I950 |
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b. 22 Nov 1911 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I81 |
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b. 19 Dec 1905 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I219 |
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b. 3 Oct 1921 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 26 Jan 2023 |
I257 |
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b. 5 Oct 1881 | Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 25 Jan 2023 |
I105 |
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b. 6 Jan 1899 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 25 Jan 2023 |
I948 |
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b. 10 Aug 1910 | Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL ![]() | 25 Jan 2023 |
Families
ID | Father ID | Father's Name | Mother ID | Mother's Name | Married | Last Modified |
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F572 | I948 | BISSELL, Armon Atall | I1817 | CLAYTON, Eva Marie | 27 Feb 1943 | 25 Jan 2023 |
F571 | I1401 | FARRIS, William Nathan | I1813 | PERRY, Ellen Mae | 3 Dec 1915 | 24 Jan 2023 |
F337 | I186 | FISHER Josiah | I187 | FARRIS Nancy E. | 15 Oct 1871 | 23 Jan 2023 |
F570 | I1020 | BRITTON, William T. | I1811 | BRIDGES, Margaret | 15 Oct 1932 | 23 Jan 2023 |
F374 | I177 | FISHER Francis Marion | I1165 | SWAN, Lucy | 18 Oct 1891 | 22 Jan 2023 |
F543 | I101 | FISHER Matthias | I1765 | DUGAN/DUGGIN, Nancy Jane | 24 Dec 1906 | 20 Jan 2023 |
F542 | I101 | FISHER Matthias | I1764 | MATTOCK, Ida Mae | 8 Sep 1898 | 20 Jan 2023 |
F569 | I1765 | DUGAN/DUGGIN, Nancy Jane | 20 Jan 2023 | |||
F568 | I1809 | SHUMAKER, Samuel Kingsley | I1765 | DUGAN/DUGGIN, Nancy Jane | Nov 1917 | 20 Jan 2023 |
F567 | I1807 | DUGAN, James Robert | I1808 | HALL, Rhoda Ann | 1868 | 20 Jan 2023 |