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