Richard and Mary Fisher

Richard and Mary in 1929

Richard Addison Henderson Fisher (1862-01-23 – 1937-05-22) and Mary Caroline McClendon (1863-06-14 – 1937-10-25) were my great-great-grandparents, being the parents of Martha Jane McPherson. They lived and died in Rhea County, Tennessee, and were married there 1884-08-02.

Origins

Richard was the son of Henderson Fisher and Rebecca Angeline Godbehere. Mary was the daughter of Dennis McClendon and Mary Brady.

Children

They had 12 children, probably all born in Rhea or Meigs County.

  • Samuel Henderson Fisher (1885-06-11 – 1947-04-17)⁠⟮1⟯Find a Grave memorial for Samuel⟮2⟯FamilySearch, married Eva Elizabeth “Lizzie” Lillard.
  • Robert Taylor “Bob” Fisher, (1886-09-18 – 1956-08-18)⁠⟮3⟯Find a Grave memorial for Bob, married Cora Smith.
  • Eliza Savannah Fisher (1888-01-07 – 1957-04-17), married John Houston A. Smith.
    E. Savannah, Martha, and Becky
  • Thomas Jefferson Fisher (1889-07-11 – 1971-05-07), married Kate McClendon.
  • Martha Jane Fisher (1891-06-14 – 1958-08-29), my great-grandmother.
  • Mary E. “Polly” Fisher (1892-01 – 1920-06-08), married Nelson Miller.
  • Mordie Hale Fisher (1894-12-24 – 1969-06-05), married Edith Smith.
  • Rebecca A. “Becky” Fisher (1897-12-30 – 1978-10-18), married Sam Wright.
  • Addie Parlee Fisher (1901-03-03 – 1940-07-12), married Sam Knox.
  • Dennis? Fisher (c.1903 – 1904); a child count confirms another birth, and some say his(?) name was Dennis.
  • Beulah Mae Fisher (1906-03-12 – 1974-05-30), married James Wilson Smith.
  • William Carl Fisher (1908-11-06 – 1983-10-29), married Rissie Smith.

Ancestry

… of Richard

Richard A. H. Fisher
Henderson Fisher
Henry Fisher
Polly Dillon
John Dillon
Rebecca
Rebecca Godbehere
Thomas Godbehere
Thomas Godbehere
Isabella Durman
John Durman
Sarah Holloway
Isabella Taylor

… of Mary

Footnotes

  1. Find a Grave memorial for Samuel
  2. FamilySearch
  3. Find a Grave memorial for Bob

Galen’s family resources wiki

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