FISHER Orville Benjamin

1873 - 1958  (84 years)

• Name	FISHER Orville Benjamin
  Nickname	Bert
  Birth	24 Aug 1873	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [1, 2, 3]
  CENSUS	07 Jun 1880	Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL   [4]
  	Occupation: At school Aunt Flora Peck living with family in this census.
  		1880 US Census: E. D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 397C
  EVENT	4 Aug 1898	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [5]
  	"Orville Fisher, Asa Langford and Geo. Monarch of Blandinsville are in jail here in default of $300 bonds, and will a wait the action of the grand jury. They are charged with burglarizing the cellar of Chas. Ballou of Blandinsville and taking some beer..."
  		Orville Fisher in jail for burglary and default of $300 bond
  EVENT	15 Sep 1898	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [6]
  	Orville still in jail awaiting trial for burglary of Charles Baliou
  		Orville still in jail
  CENSUS	25 Jun 1900	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [7]
  	Occupation: Brick mason Unemployed: four months Can read and write Renting house
  		1900 US Census: E. D. No. 50, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 17B
  EVENT	18 Jun 1904	Colchester, McDonough Co., IL   [8]
  		Oville Fisher arrested for public intoxication 1904 "Orval (should read Orville) Fisher and Edward Hamilton of Blandinsville was arrested Saturday night, the former being charged with intoxication and using profane language and the latter with intoxication and attempt to escape an officer....At the hearing before Magistrate Champ on Monday both plead guilty to the charges against them, the fine and costs in Hamilton's case amounting to $19.25. Fisher's fine and costs amounted to $8.09. Being unable to pay up or furnish bonds they were again committed to jail....Fisher remained in jail until yesterday when there arrived from Blandinsville the amount necessary to liberate him."
  EVENT	12 Apr 1906	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [9]
  	Orville arrested for burglary and robbbery
  	Orville and Elmer Hamilton were arrested by Sheriff Taylor and Blandinsville constable M. H. Watson and charged with breaking into the Blandinsville railway depot, removing ten boxes of whiskey, but stealing only 2.5 gallons. Later the pair were alleged to have entered the home of Gila Ruperts and stolen a watch and $3. The article states that Orville Fisher was placed under $800 bonds, which he furnished and was released. Subsequent articles in the Macomb Journal suggest that even after his bond was reduced to $600 he remained in jail. No mention is made of Hamilton's bond.
  		Orville Fisher arrested for burglary and robbbery
  EVENT	7 Jun 1906	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [10]
  	Article states Orville's bond for burglaries in Blandinsville reduced from $800 to $600 and that "He is still in jail but it is thought he will furnish bonds shortly." Later statement suggests Orville was likely in jail from April 1906 when the burglaries occurred until this date. Even $600 would have been alot of money for a rural family in Illinois int he early 1900s.
  		Orville Fisher bond reduced
  EVENT	5 Jul 1906	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [11]
  	Orville posts $600 bail and is released from Macomb jail after three months. Bail money provided by cousin Charles Fisher and George Tunnicliff, unknown relation. Trial expected in Sep 1906.
  		Orville Fisher out on bond
  EVENT	2 Aug 1906	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [12]
  	Only a month after being released on bond from the Macomb jail charged with "burglarizing the cellar of Chas. Ballou of Blandinsville and taking some beer," Orville is arrested for public drunkenness 2 Aug 1906 at the Farmer's community picnic in Blandinsville. He escapes jail that day and hides out in Blandinsville until Aug 4 (presumably at family or friends). He is re-arrested on Aug 4 south of Blandinsville while attempting to flee to Colchester. He was tried for drunk and disorderly conduct before the local Police Magistrate and sentenced to $25 payable in ten days. Orville skips town without paying sometime before Aug 9 when article was printed. A month later Orville will be arrested in Burlington IA charged with assault to commit rape of a five year old girl.
  		Orville arrested for public drunkenness, escapes, jail, re-arrested
  EVENT	13 Sep 1906	Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA   [13]
  	"O. B. Fisher of this city is confined in the county jail at Burlington IA charged with the crime of making an assault on a little 5 year old girl in that city. The particulars at this time are a little meager but according to the Burlington Hawk-Eye it is claimed that the assault was made in a livery barn in that city. A crowd immediately gathered and caught Fisher and were taking him to the river with the intention of drowning him when the ollicers rescued bim and locked him up." Bond was set at $2000.
  		A serious charge 1906
  EVENT	27 Sep 1906	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [14]
  	Continuance granted in case against Orville Fisher for burglary at Blandinsville Depot and the home of Gila Ruperts due to Orville being in jail in Burlington IA charged with assault on five y/o Esther Bailey in a livery stable in Burlington.
  		Abel Fisher court continuance on Blandinsville burglary
  EVENT	12 Oct 1906 to 15 Nov 1909	Men's Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA   [15]
  	Serving prison time for assault to commit rape of five y/o girl
  	Entry reads: Crime: Assault to commit rape, Term: 7 years Committed: Oct 12, 1906 (presumably the date he was sentenced as the crime was likely occurred in Sept 1906), 1st offense Occupation: Brick Layer Complexion: meek, Mental Culture: fair, Habits: Intempret Age 33, married, Religion: M. E. Date of expiration with diminution: 11 Jul 1911 Released 15 Nov 1909, suspended sentence
  		Prison Record for Orville B. Fisher 1906-1909
  EVENT	18 Oct 1906	Burlington District Court, Des Moines Co., IA   [16]
  	Orville sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape
  	Orville pleads guilty to assaulting five y/o Esther Bailey in a livery stable in Burlington IA ca. 12 Sep 1906. On or about 18 Oct 1906 (his prison record suggests 12 Oct 1906), he was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary in Fort Madison IA for assault to commit rape. He blamed his behavior on intoxication stating at the time of sentencing, "I was very drunk when I committed the crime, and didn't really know what I was doing. I have resolved to quit drinking and live a christian life from now on, and I ask you to be as lenient with me as you can. I would nerer have done what I did when sober. I think too much of my own children for that." Standing at his side when sentenced his wife Ella, his children Paul and Leslie, and father Abel Fisher. The article ends noting that "He did not have a good record at his home in Blandinsville, as he was under indictment there for burglary."
  		Abel Fisher sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape
  EVENT	20 Dec 1906	Men's Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA   [17]
  	Orville writes the following poem in his prison scale at the Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison IA and sends it to the Blandinsville Star-Gazette for publication. It is a lament on alcoholism. Interesting that despite pleading guilty to assault to commit rape of five y/o Esther Bailey, he proclaims he is innocent - "Though I am innocent of this crime,...he writes." He seems to take little personal responsibility for his actions, rather places the blame on alcohol itself and its affect on him. Recall this crime was not Orville's first alcohol related incident. He was arrested many times as far back as 1897 and as recent as a month prior to the crime against Esther Bailey, with little/no remorse shown in any case. Whether this poem marks the beginning of Orville's rehabilitation or is simply a plea for sympathy at the time is hard to tell. Worth noting there are no news reports of further alcohol rated crimes by Orville after his release from prison in 1909, though something happens between Orville and his first wife Ella that causes her to take their children and depart alone for Kansas sometime between 1917 and 1920, without seeking a divorce.
  		Orville laments alcohol use in poem written from Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison IA
  CENSUS	21 Apr 1910	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [18]
  	Occupation: Brickmason, Lay Brick
  		1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 9A
  EVENT	10 Jul 1914	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [19]
  	Orville arrested again for alcohol related theft along with Elmer Hamilton and Harvey Gilmore for "stealing forty-seven bottles of beer and one dollar in coin of the realm" from William Franklin. Taken to the Macomb jail. Bond set at $300.
  		Orville Fisher arrested again for alcohol-related theft
  EVENT	24 Mar 1916	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [20]
  	In jail again for public drunkenness.
  		Orville Fisher arrested for public drunkeness
  EVENT	14 Apr 1916	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [21]
  		Orville assaults his cousin, Marshall Charles Fisher 1916 "On Friday, in county court, Orville Fisher, of Blandinsville, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of assaulting his cousin Charles Fisher, city marshall of Blandinsville. He asked for clemency and stated the assault would have never occurred had he not been drinking. He was fined $59 and costs amounting to nearly $100. He was also given a ten days sentence in the county jail....The assault occurred on March 14."
  MILI	1917	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [2]
  	Address: Blandinsville IL Occupation: Labor skill Nearest relative: Ella Marguerite Fisher (wife), Blandinsville IL Description: tall, slender, blue eyes, brown hair
  		WW I Draft Card: Orville Bert Fisher
  CENSUS	03 Jan 1920	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [22]
  	Occupation: Mason, Bricklayer Orville shown living with his father Abel Fisher in 1920. Orville's wife Ella is found listed as a widow, and with their children Paul Vernon and Leslie living among Mexican salt miners in Harrison Township, Rice Co. KS. Ella left Orville sometime between the Apr 1910 census (where Ella and children Paul and Leslie are found living with Orville in Blandinsville IL) and this census in Jan 1920. Ella and Orville did not get divorced before she left because he sues her for divorce and custody of Leslie in Jul 1920. One imagines tensions were high between Orville and Ella from 1906 when he pled guilty to assault to commit rape of 5 y/o Esther Bailey in Burlington IA in 1906 (article above),. Ella and the children were forced to stand with him at sentencing which must have been very hard. One wonders at the type of husband/father Orville was when released from prison in Nov 1909 to cause Ella to leave with the children without a divorce. He is known to have had an alcohol problem from at least 1898 when is was first arrested for stealing liquor. Orville presumably loses the custody suit as Leslie remains in Kansas.
  		1920 US Census: E. D. No. 52, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 1B
  EVENT	27 Jul 1920	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [23]
  	Ella left Orville sometime between his conviction and imprisonment for assault of five y/o Esther Bailey in Oct 1906 and this date. Here he sues for divorce and seeks custody of son Leslie who is living with his mother in Lyons KS.
  		Orville Fisher sues for divorce and custody of Leslie Fisher States that Orville and Ella lived together as married couple until 14 Jul 1917, "during which time he conducted himself as a true and indulgent husband. On the last named date without apparent reasonable cause the defendant left the plaintiff and has since persisted in her desertion. There are two children, Vernon Fisher, who is married and lives in Pittsburg, Kan., and Leslie Fisher, aged 17, who resides with the mother, at Lyons, Kansas." The "true and indulgent husband" line is laughable given Orville alcoholism and criminal history throughout their marriage.
  CENSUS	26 Apr 1930	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [24]
  	Owns home, value $700 Occupation: Day Laborer, General Not a veteran Census lists Orville's age at first marriage as 47. He would have been 47 when he married Minnie Ray. He would have been ca 25 years old when he married his first wife Ella. Orville either miss-heard the question, responded incorrectly, or did not want to recognize his first marriage.
  		1930 US Census: E. D. No. 55-13, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 2A
  EVENT	9 Jun 1938	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [25]
  		Leslie Fisher family visits Orville 1938 Twenty one years after first wife Margreturite Ella Fisher leaves Orville with their two sons, Paul (18 y/o) and Leslie (15y/o), in tow, Leslie returns to Blandinsville to visit his father.
  CENSUS	22 Apr 1940	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [26]
  	Owns house, value $75 (must be incorrect, much too low) Highest grade of education: H-3 Living in same house 1 Apr 1935 Unemployed, retired Other income: yes
  		1940 US Census: E. D. No. 55-12, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 1B
  EVENT	3 Dec 1942	Iowa State University, Ames, Story Co., IA   [27]
  		Paul sends father Orville card from Iowa State 1942 By this time it seems Paul has also reconciled with his father. Tells him he is serving as a Second Pharmacist's Mate at the US naval training station at Iowa State University.
  RESI	16 Nov 1944	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [28]
  		Orville and Minnie Fisher visiting from Macomb 1944
  CENSUS	2 Apr 1950	Macomb, McDonough Co., IL   [29]
  	Address: 121 1/2 Hardesty Pl, Macomb IL Occupation: unemployed
  		1950 US Census: E. D. No. 55-33, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL, sht 2
  Death	9 Jun 1958	Prairie City, McDonough Co., IL   [3, 30]
  	Age: 84
  	Cause: Bronchopneumonia
  	Died Westfall Nursing Home, Prairie City IL Services at Lady-Sargent Funeral Home Macomb IL Rev William Nelson, Littleton Baptist Church officiating
  		Memorial Record: Fisher, Orville - 1958, p 1
  		Memorial Record: Orville Fisher - 1958, p 2
  		Memorial Record: Orville Fisher - 1958, p 3
  		Memorial Record: Orville Fisher - 1958, p 4
  Burial	11 Jun 1958	Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [30]
  	Abel Fisher plot
  Person ID	I217	Main
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	FISHER Abel,   b. 23 May 1845, Illinois d. 4 Aug 1924, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	PECK Ellen Estelle,   b. 24 Sept 1852, Grant Co., WI d. 1 Apr 1917, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	2 Dec 1872	Spirit Lake, Dickinson Co., IA   [31, 32]
  	Agency: Rev. James Pillsbury
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	RAY, Minnie Leona,   b. 18 Jul 1898, Fulton Co., IL d. 30 Jan 1964, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., IL (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1921	Kahoka, Clark Co., MO   [33]
  		Marriage Certificate: Orville Fisher and Minnie Ray - 1921
  Children	1. FISHER, Wayne Kenneth,   b. 3 Oct 1921, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 18 Sep 1940, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM (Age 18 years)  [Birth] + 2. FISHER, Della Darlene/Darlyne,   b. 10 Feb 1923, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 4 Nov 1997, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family 2	TYSON, Margreturite Ella,   b. 24 Jul 1875, Lafayette, Allen Co., OH d. 26 Oct 1951, Wichita Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1897	Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA   [34, 35]
  	Orville's name listed as Bert in marriage return Orville's residence: Peoria IL Occupation; bricklayer Margreturite's residence: Peoria IL Witnessed by Olive Fisher, Orville's sister Orville name listed as Bert Orville Fisher on marriage certificate Wedding performed at 1st Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Burlington IA R.F. Hulbert, M. E. Minister presiding
  		Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope 1897 Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope to Burlington, IA to marry 26 Oct 1897. Orville's sister Ollive accompanies them. Ella tells her father, the chief of police for Canton IL!, only after they return two days later. Ellen plans to lives with her father for two months until Orville can prepare a house to live in. Wedding is apparently so secret it doesn't get reported in the local news until two weeks later.
  		Marriage Record: Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson
  		Marriage Record: Orville Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
  		Marriage Return: Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
  		Marriage Certificate: Bert Orville Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
  Children	+ 1. FISHER, Paul Vernon,   b. 12 Jul 1899, Illinois d. 6 May 1963, Veteran's Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS (Age 63 years)  [Birth] + 2. FISHER, Harry Leslie,   b. 15 Jul 1902, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 20 Apr 1980, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Aug 1873 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 07 Jun 1880 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Marriage - 26 Oct 1897 - Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA EVENT - 4 Aug 1898 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 15 Sep 1898 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 25 Jun 1900 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 18 Jun 1904 - Colchester, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - Orville arrested for burglary and robbbery - 12 Apr 1906 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 7 Jun 1906 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 5 Jul 1906 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 2 Aug 1906 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 13 Sep 1906 - Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA EVENT - 27 Sep 1906 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - Serving prison time for assault to commit rape of five y/o girl - 12 Oct 1906 to 15 Nov 1909 - Men's Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA EVENT - Orville sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape - 18 Oct 1906 - Burlington District Court, Des Moines Co., IA EVENT - 20 Dec 1906 - Men's Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA CENSUS - 21 Apr 1910 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 10 Jul 1914 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 24 Mar 1916 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 14 Apr 1916 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL MILI - 1917 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 03 Jan 1920 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 27 Jul 1920 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Marriage - 12 Apr 1921 - Kahoka, Clark Co., MO CENSUS - 26 Apr 1930 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 9 Jun 1938 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 22 Apr 1940 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL EVENT - 3 Dec 1942 - Iowa State University, Ames, Story Co., IA RESI - 16 Nov 1944 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 2 Apr 1950 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Death - Age: 84,Cause: Bronchopneumonia - 9 Jun 1958 - Prairie City, McDonough Co., IL Burial - 11 Jun 1958 - Glade City Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Orville Fisher rained out in Kansas 1942
  		Blandinsville airship 1897 An unusual story about an "airship" built by Orville, William Fisher and William Bushnell, the latter presumably the son of John Bushnell and Mary Grigsby. The Orville and Will Bushnell would have been the same age, about 21. The William Fisher her is presumably the son of John Kells and Diantha Foster Fisher. He would have been about 10 years older or 31.
  		Orville Fisher business ad Orville placed many similar ads starting in 1897 and particularly in the 1920s and 30s. He was apparently a fine brick mason and concrete man. He helped build several buildings and poured sidewalks and curbings in Blandinsville throughout this time.
  		Ella Fisher working new Colusa This article suggests that Ella and children may have left Orville Fisher as early as 1914. Colusa here is Colusa IL, located near Dallas City IL about 20 miles from her previous home with Orville in Blandinsville. By 1920 Ella and children have removed to Rice Ce o., KS. That she is writing to the Blandinsville Star-Gazette to apprise them of her whereabouts suggests she retained friends in Blandinsville after leaving Orville. Given Orville's many alcohol-related criminal activities including the the attempted rape of 5 y/o Ester Bailey in 1906 for which Orville served three years in the Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison IA, one imagines Ella's was a very tragic and sympathetic figure in Blandinsville and well supported in her leaving.
  		Orville Fisher business ad 2
  		Orville assists in recovery of hanged man 1918 Orville and George Sappington aid in the removal of Ethan Allen Driskoll who hanged himself at the Blandinsville stock yards. George discovered the body, Orville assisted in cutting it down so officers could transport it to the mortuary for an inquest. Ruled suicide by hanging.
  		Bricks dropped on Orville's head 1921 Ike Ray assisting Orville with plastering fireplace at F. A. York's, accidentally drops four bricks joined with mortar on Orville's head. Orville gets a deep gash but is otherwise ok. Ike Ray possibly related to Orville's second wife Minnie Ray.
  		Toad in snake in well 1930 Curious story about Orville Fisher finding "a large snake with a (decomposing) toad in its mouth as big as a fist" poisoning his water water. Orville fished it out, and with his wife Minnie cleaned the well, and returned it to service. The article advises "the safest way to handle a snake is with a stout club or reasonable length..."
  		Tree mystery - solved 1937 Another curious story. Orville "strange sort of tree in his yard" that produces "broad, clumsy, leathery, dark-brown seed-pods about four inches long. Inside the pods were seeds bigger than lima beans. Geo. Herzog got one of the pods and sent it to the University at Champaign to have the mystery settled, and the University folks promptly replied and said the tree is a Kentucky Coffee-tree, otherwise known as Gymnocladus dioica, and that it is a member of the locust family. They didn't seem to get a bit excited about it. We looked up the Kentucky Coffeetree, and the books say it is common in rich woods throughout this country. If it is, though, it is news to the men who have spent their lives in the woods around here."
  		Orvile participates in international radio test Orville must have owned a ham radio as this test was to see how many amateur radio operators could contact someone in Europe. Orville was able to contact someone in Newcastle UK for which he received a "handsome souvenir from the Radio Broadcasting Magazine of New York."

  
  

• Notes

  Upon his death, Abel Fisher bequeathed "To my son Orville B. Fisher the one half interest of all my Property, both Real and Personal, of which I may die seized, to have and hold the same during his natural life..." [36] The memorial record from Orville's funeral contains a listing of family members [37]

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Military: Abel Fisher Civil War Pension File, (Nation Archives), 04 Mar 1915, Certificate No. 571909. (Reliability: 3). See 1915 Pension Questionnaire [S174] WW I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, (Ancestry,com), 1917, Serial No. 2272, Order No. 660 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Memorial Record: Fisher, Orville - 1958, 1 (Reliability: 2). [S587] 1880 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 07 Jun 1880, E. D. No. 160, 397C (Reliability: 2). [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 4 Aug 1898, p 8 (Reliability: 3). [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 15 Sep 1898, p 1 (Reliability: 3). [S580] 1900 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 25 Jun 1900, E. D. No. 50, p 17B (Reliability: 2). [S643] News articles: Colchester Independent, Colchester IL , (Colchester Independent, Colchester IL ), 23 Jun 1904, p 1 (Reliability: 2). [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 12 Apr 1906, p 2 (Reliability: 3). [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 7 Jun 1906, p 2 (Reliability: 3). [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 6 Jul 1906, p 4 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 9 Aug 1906, p 8 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 13 Sep 1906, p 1 (Reliability: 2). [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 27 Sep 1906, p 2 (Reliability: 3). [S612] Iowa Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1970, (Ancestry.com), 1906, Book 1, p 60-61 (Reliability: 3). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 18 Oct 1906, p 1 (Reliability: 3). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 12 Dec 1906, p 1 (Reliability: 3). [S579] 1910 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 21 Apr 1910, E. D. No. 42, p 9A (Reliability: 2). [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 10 Jul 1914, p 1 (Reliability: 2). [S644] News articles: Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL , (Bushnell Record, Bushnell IL ), 24 Mar 1916, p 4 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 20 Apr 1916, p 1 (Reliability: 2). [S532] 1920 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 03 Jan 1920, E. D. No. 52, p 1B (Reliability: 3). [S613] News articles: Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL , (Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL ), 27 Jul 1920, p 1 (Reliability: 3). [S533] 1930 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 26 Apr 1930, E. D. No. 55-13, p 2A (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 9 Jun 1938, p 3 (Reliability: 2). [S560] 1940 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 22 Apr 1940, E. D. No. 55-12, p 1B (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 3 Dec 1942, p 8 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 16 Nov 1944, p 6 (Reliability: 2). [S508] 1950 US Census, Illinois, (National Archives), 2 Apr 1950, E.D. No. 55-33, sht 2 (Reliability: 2). [S60] Memorial Record: Fisher, Orville - 1958, 3 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 7 Aug 1924, 1 (Reliability: 2). [S80] Military: Abel Fisher Civil War Pension File, (Nation Archives), Certificate No. 571909. (Reliability: 3). See 1898 and 1915 Pension Questionnaires [S365] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Ancestry.com), 12 Apr 1921 (Reliability: 3). [S539] Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937, (Ancestry.com), 27 Oct 1897, License No. The 35 (Reliability: 3). [S630] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,, (Familysearch.org), 26 Oct 1897, License No. 35 (Reliability: 3). [SR53] Will: Abel Fisher 1921, 4 Jan 1921 (Reliability: 2). [S60] Memorial Record: Fisher, Orville - 1958, 4 (Reliability: 3).