Husband: Rufus Lastimus FISHER
Birthdate: November 15, 1832
Birthplace: TN
Death date: January 07, 1905
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Weimar Odd Fellows Cemetery
Father: Thomas Dance FISHER
Mother: Martha Elizabeth BLACKWELL

Marriage date: August 04, 1861
Marriage place: Fayette Co, TX; Book B, p. 382

Wife: Mary Ann SLACK
Birthdate: July 27, 1841
Birthplace:
Death date: December 07, 1923
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Weimar Odd Fellows Cemetery
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mattie T. FISHER
Sex: F
Birthdate: June 04, 1862
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: October 04, 1889
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Weimar, Odd Fellows Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Sam H. HANCOCK

Child No. 2: Thomas Dance FISHER
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt. 1863
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: abt. 1910
Place of death: Mexico
Burial:
Marriage date: December 23, 1888
Marriage place: Caldwell Co, TX
Spouse's name: Anna M. "Annie" CARTER

Child No. 3: Mary D. FISHER
Sex: F
Birthdate: Oct. 1867
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: ABT. 1890
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: William H. WHISLER

Child No. 4: Mary Pemina (Nina) FISHER
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 21, 1868
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: January 30, 1916
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Weimar Odd Fellows Cemetery
Marriage date: May 04, 1886
Marriage place: Colorado Co, TX, Marriage Book F, page 469
Spouse's name: Thomas Lewis TOWNSEND, Jr.

Child No. 5: James Lat FISHER
Sex: M
Birthdate: July 13, 1870
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: August 11, 1901
Place of death: Globe, AZ
Marriage date: 1892
Burial: Colorado Co, TX; Weimar Odd Fellows
Marriage place: Colorado Co, TX; Book H, p. 331
Spouse's name: Mamie W. PAINE

Child No. 6: Anna Pearl FISHER
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 31, 1876
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: January 30, 1929
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Weimar, Odd Fellows Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: William Bennett WATSON

Child No. 7: William Harvey FISHER
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 16, 1878
Birthplace: Colorado Co, TX
Death date: September 20, 1880
Place of death: Colorado Co, TX
Burial: Osage Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
 
 
Documentation:
* CONFEDERATE SOLDIER- COLORADO CO, TX WEBSITE: Fisher, R. L. (private) trader, age 27 in 1860; enlisted in Company A, 5th Texas Cavalry, on October 18, 1862 in Fayette County; discharged after furnishing a substitute.
* 1870 CENSUS, COLORADO CO, TX
Bob Fisher (39, b. TN, farmer)
Mary (29, b. GA)
Ann E/C? (12, at home, b. TX)
John T. (?) W. (11, attending school, b. TX)
Martha (8, attending school, b. TX)
Thomas D. (7, b. TX)
Mary F. (3, b. TX)
James L. (2/12, b. TX)
* 1880 CENSUS, COLORADO CO, TX- District 50
R. L. Fisher (48, farmer, TN, VA, VA)
Mary (39, keeping house, GA, GA, GA)
Mattie (18, at home, TX, TN, GA)
Tom (16, at school, TX, TN, GA)
Mary (14, at school, TX, TN, GA)
Pemina (12, at school, TX, TN, GA)
James (10, at school, TX, TN, GA)
Anna (6 [?], at school, TX, TN, GA)
William (2, at home, TX, TN, GA)
* CENSUS 1900 COLORADO COUNTY, TX, 4TH PRECINCT
Rufus L. Fisher (67, m. 39 yrs., b. Nov. 1832, TN, VA, VA, farmer)
Mary M/W (?) (59, m. 39 yrs., 8 children, 6 living children, b. July 1840, GA, GA, GA)
James L. (son, 29, b. July 1870, TX, TN, GA, soldier 11th Calvary)
Anna Pearl (dtr., 13, b. Aug. 1874, TX, TN, GA)
Miguel (?) C........... (?) (servant, 13, b. July 1886)

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO TIES IN WITH THIS FAMILY....ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN HELP FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS!