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Harry Herbert FISHER

Harry Herbert FISHER

Male 1875 - 1944  (68 years)

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  • Name Harry Herbert FISHER 
    Buried SECT 174, PLOT E-2  Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Born 31 Dec 1875  Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Clarion, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 7 May 1898 to 31 Jan 1899  [1] 
    PVT, Co D, 15th Reg Penna Vol, US Army, Spanish-American War 
    Census 1900  Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [4] 
    house carpenter 
    Residence 1904  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1916  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Medical Condition 1918  [6] 
    stomach trouble, general breakdown 
    Occupation 1918  [6] 
    oil well driller (unemployed) 
    Residence 1918  Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    butcher (own shop) 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930, 1940  [8] 
    none 
    Died 16 Oct 1944  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I96078  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2020 

    Father Henry Jackson "Jack" FISHER,   b. 2 Sep 1838, Strattanville, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1912, Shippenville, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane "Jennie" BUZARD,   b. 1 Oct 1849, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1933, Sligo, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F41529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Theodoshia "Doshia" ASHER,   b. 28 May 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1915  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1904  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorced Y  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Dosha Fisher, 29, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), occupation servant (working out), married 4 [sic, should be 6] yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Chalkley, 5, b. WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa); dau Xenia, 3, father b. Pa, mother b. WVa.

      For the 1910 Census, Harry Fisher, white male, 40 [sic], b. Pennsylvania (both parents b. Pa.), occupation platter in whip factory, married 6 yrs, was enumerated as one of many prisoners at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, Marshall County, where he was serving a sentence for the 1908 murder of his brother-in-law William Frank Asher. Harry was releasedin He was released sometime prior to January 1916, when he was residing in Clarksburg married his second wife, Edna Lightner. Doshia remarried in 1911.
    Children 
     1. Chalkley Harry FISHER,   b. 26 Mar 1905, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1967, San Bernardino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Xenia Teoditia FISHER,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1944, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Documents
    96078_Harry-H-Fisher_Accuses-Wife-of-Bigamy_Dec1913.jpg    		96078_Harry-H-Fisher_Accuses-Wife-of-Bigamy_Dec1913.jpg
    96077_MaryTheodoshieAsherFisher_Charged-with-Bigamy_Mar1914.jpeg    		96077_MaryTheodoshieAsherFisher_Charged-with-Bigamy_Mar1914.jpeg
    Family ID F41528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edna Sophia LIGHTNER,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1956, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1916  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F56704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    96078_HarryFisher_Kills_Brother-in-Law_FrankAsher_Sep1908.jpg    		96078_HarryFisher_Kills_Brother-in-Law_FrankAsher_Sep1908.jpg
    96078_FISHER_HarryH_Denied-Pardon-from-Penitentiary_Sep1910.jpg    		96078_FISHER_HarryH_Denied-Pardon-from-Penitentiary_Sep1910.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1978] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S1834] California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), (Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=53912&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    7. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    8. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    9. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.