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Bessie FISHER

Bessie FISHER

Female 1890 - Aft 1937  (~ 47 years)


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  • Name Bessie FISHER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth Nov 1890  Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Female 
    Census 9 Jun 1900  Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    1900 Federal Census of Indiana, Lawrence County, Marion Township, Mitchell
    1900 Federal Census of Indiana, Lawrence County, Marion Township, Mitchell
    Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 69, Sheet No. 11B
    Death Aft 17 May 1937 
    • There is a Bessie E. Allen (b. 1890, d. 1969) buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois.
    Person ID I1411  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2026 

    Father Thomas H FISHER,   b. Sep 1842, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1937, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 94 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florence Dosie FLYNN,   b. 18 Jan 1860, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1936, Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1877  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ALLEN 
    Family ID F476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1890 - Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jun 1900 - Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    FISHER, Florence D. Obituary
    FISHER, Florence D. Obituary
    This document is possessed by Jennifer JANICEK.
    FISHER, Thomas H Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S70] FISHER, Helen, Conversation of 28 Nov 2006.

    2. [S105] Obituary of Florence D. FISHER, 08 Oct 1936.
      ... Mrs. Bessie Allen, Chicago ...

    3. [S213] 1900 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marion Township, Mitchell, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 69, Sheet No. 11B, Lines 61 thru 68.
      The current assumption is that "Esy" on this census is actually Bessie.

    4. [S977] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
      Name: Proddrick Fisher
      Gender: Male
      Death Age: 52
      Birth Date: abt 1901
      Birth Place: Lawrence county
      Marriage Date: 1950
      Residence Place: 605 South Ninth street
      Death Date: Abt 1953
      Death Place: Spencer
      Obituary Date: 4 May 1953
      Obituary Place: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
      Newspaper Title: Journal and Courier
      Spouse: Eugenia
      Child:
      Robert Fisher
      Mary Humbert
      Marguerite Williamson
      Siblings:
      Marie Roth
      Bessie Allen
      Dollie Garr
      Lydia Myers
      Otis Fisher
      Lich-Ard [???] Fisher

    5. [S992] Obituary of Thomas A [sic] FISHER.
      DEATH COMES TO THOMAS FISHER

      Aged Mitchell Resident Succumbed Monday At Home Of His Daughter In Lafayette

      Thomas A Fisher, aged Mitchell man with residence at 427 Eighth street, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Everett Roth, in Lafayette after an illness of several months of complications due to age.

      The body will arrive in Bedford at 4:13 p.m. today on Monon passenger train No. 5 and will be taken to the Day and Carter Funeral Home pending definite funeral arrangements which will be announced Wednesday.

      The deceased was united in marriage about sixty years ago with Miss Florence Dosie Flinn [sic] who preceded him to the grave on October 8, 1936.

      He is survived besides the daughter in Lafayette by four other daughters, Mrs. Lydia Myers, Bedford; Mrs Bessie Allen, and Mrs. Dollie Fisher, Chicago, and Mrs. Leati Shaff, Mitchell; three sons, Ezra and Otis, Akron, Ohio, and Proddrick, Lafayette; fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Four children have preceded him in death.

    6. [S213] 1900 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marion Township, Mitchell, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 69, Sheet No. 11B, Lines 61 thru 68.

    7. [S105] Obituary of Florence D. FISHER, 08 Oct 1936.
      She was united in marriage about 60 years ago ...


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