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 | A serious charge 1906
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 | Abel Fisher sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape
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 | Obituary: Wayne Fisher suicide 1940
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 | Wedding shower Wayne and Darlene Powell
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 | Darlene Fisher breaks collarbone
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 | Fisher family get together 1944
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
 | Obituary: Abel Fisher 1924
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| Mr. and Mrs Zella Fisher visit 1942
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
 | Darlyne Fisher weds Macomb man 1942
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 | Orville Fisher rained out in Kansas 1942
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 | Reva Fisher birthday party 1905
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 | Abel Fisher's new shotgun 1904
Suspect this is the same shotgun shown in the photo of Abel Fisher |
 | Obituary: Riley M. Hoskinson 1905
"From Hoopeston Daily Herald November 8. Father Hoskinson died at the bome of his son Stuart F. Hoskinson, North Market street, at 4:50 Tuesday afternoon, of old age and dropsy after an illness of several months. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon under the auspices of the I. 0. 0. F. lodge of this city. Rev. D. S. McCaslin officiating, followed by interment at Floral Hill cemetery. Riley M. Hoskinson was born in Monongalia County, West Virginia, January 26, 1819. At the age of nineteen he was converted and joined the Presbyterian church. He was united in marriage to Martha Fisher in Westmoreland-County, Penn, Nov. 2, 1841. To them were | burn eight children, seven of whom are still living. Stuart F.. the oldest, with whom he made bis home in this city; Mrs. Eliza J. Freeman, Lafayette, Oregon, Mrs. Sarah E, Kirkban (should read Kirkham), Prineville, Oregon: Mrs C. A. McCabe, Neodesho, Kansas Mrs. Mary E. Amy, who died in Louisiana several years ago; Mrs Ida L. Anderson, Port Blakeley Washington; William C. Winslow, Washington; Geo. W. Meeker (typo, Meeker repeated from Camp Meeker, not Geo. W's last name), Camp Meeker, California. In 1853 they moved from Pennsylvania to Rushville, Ill, He enlisted in the army of the North in 1861, in 1862 which he served as commissary sergeant with the 73 Illinois until the close of the war. In 1866 he and his family moved to Auburn Kansas. In 1876 they moved to Coverdale, California, thence to Washington, and settled in what is now known as Eagle Harbor, being the second to build in that place. In 1889 he moved to the state of Georgia, where his wife died seven years ago. He came to Hoopeston with his son in 1902. Mr. Hoskinson has lived a consistent christian since his conversion sixty-eight years ago. His early membership was with the Presbyterian church; while he and his family lived in Pennsylvania and Illinois they allied themselves with the M. E. church. After moving to California they united with the Congregational church, and while at Eagle Harbor, he organized Sunday school that afterwards grew to be a very strong Congregational church When he came to Hoopeston he united with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hoskinson joined the Odd Fellows in 1831 of which he has been a member ever since. He also joined the Masons in the army camp in 1863 of which he was still a member. (The Martha Fisher mentioned above as the wife of Mr. Hoskinson, was a sister of John Fisher of this city, now deceased, and'a half sister of Abel and Thomas Fisher, both residents of Blandinsville, and Matthias Fisher of Novelty, Mo.--Ed.)" |
 | Obituary: Ellen Fisher 1917
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 | Fred Kling 2nd marriage
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 | Fred Kling meets future wife Ollive Fisher - 1897
Did Fred Kling meet future wife Ollive Fisher on this visit to her father Abel Fisher? Fred does not appear in the Blandinsville Star-Gazette before this date. Fred and Ollive married roughly one year later on 24 Feb 1898. |
 | Fred Kling dating Ollive Fisher 1897
Doesn't mention Ollive by name but Fred and Ollive married six months after this notice on 24 Feb 1898 |
 | Fred Kling and the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
Fred apparently kept in close contact with friends in Blandinsville even after the death of his first wife, Blandinsville native Ollive Fisher in 1903. Kling moves from Blandinsville to St Louis sometime late-1903-early 1904. In this letter to the Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Fred describes the possibility of his working as a security guard at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, and tells of a surprise snow in St. Louis on 20 Apr 1904. Five months later the Star-Gazette reports Fred's second marriage to Wilhelmine Mueller on 22 Sep 1904. |
 | Fred Kling quite the traveler after death of wife Ollive Fisher.
Fred travels to Minnesota and through the Dakota's |
 | Orville laments alcohol use in poem written from Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison IA
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 | Orville Fisher out on bond
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 | 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.
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 | 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
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 | Letter from son Vernon to Ella Fisher
Vernon aboard USS Ericsion sailing from New York to Cuba to Colon, Panama. |
 | Letter from Vernon to mother Ella Fisher
"Dearest Mother: You no doubt wili be surprised to hear of me being in Ireland. We
left Boston, Mass., May 5th and after fourteen days steady traveling we landed at Cork, Ireland, and from there we went to Queenstown." Queenstown was renamed Cobh in 1920. |
 | 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. |
 | Ella Fisher and son Leslie in Lyons KS
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 | 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. |
 | Obituary: Martha Ray 1927
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 | 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."
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 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | Orville and Minnie Fisher visiting from Macomb 1944
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 | Vernon Fisher head of medical staff on USS Elmore in the South Pacific
"...keeping busy taking care of wounded men." |
 | 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."
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 | Ellen Fisher hospitalized 1916
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 | Obituary: Harriet Elizabeth Florence 1923
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 | Obituary: Myrtle Bissel 1958
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 | Card of thanks Mrytle Bissel 1958
Notice thanking doctors, nurses and clergy would tended Myrtle before her death signed by Myrtle's surviving children and grandchildren |
 | Myrtle Bissel taken to Quincy Hospital 1958
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 | Myrtle Bissel at LaHarpe Hospital 1958
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 | Blanche Reynolds home from hospital 1929
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 | Bissells in poor health 1932
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 | Myrtle Bissel injures ankle 1936
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 | Myrtle Bissel injures ankle 1926
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 | Myrtle Bissel buys sad rooster 1925
"They sold everything they had and sold 10 cent tickets for a chance on a discouraged looking old rooster....Mrs. Ernie Bissell who usually wins in such contest would have been glad to dispose of him later for eighty cents." |
 | Ernie Bissell watch repair 1921
Ernest took out serveral of these ads in the 20s and 30s when he apparently grew too old/ill to do manual labor, apparently going back to jewelry and watch repair he was doing when he and Myrtle married 1901. His occupation on their marriage license is listed as jeweler. |
 | Armon Bissel breaks ankle 1918
"Harmon (should read Armon), son of Ernie Bissell fell from a tree, a distance of fifteen feet on Monday and hurt his ankle very badly. It is believed that the bone is broken." |
 | Blanche Reynolds and husband moving to a "bigger, better" farm.
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| Marriage of Edwin Bissell and Opal Hilton 1926
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
 | Obituary: Otis George Bissell 1937
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 | Myrtle Bissell - nursing 1928
Myrtle took out several of these ads in the 1920s offering to do house work and nurse the sick |
 | Ernest Bissel runs for town constable 1913
Don't know if he won |
 | Marriage of Violet Bissel and Orvil Foley 1929.
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 | Obituary: Violet Foley 1978
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 | Mrs Abel Fisher sick more than three months 1916
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 | Abe Fisher and mystery animal 1907
Abel Fisher "veteran trapper" called to identify mystery animal |
 | Abel testifies re insane woman 1911
In clear who pressed this case. A hearing was held in the Duffield home "as to the sanity of Mrs. John Duffield....Abe Fisher told of violent language he had heard her use and of the cruelty he had seen her exercise toward the children of Mr. Duffield who were her step-children. Marion Bond testified to similar facts and told of having seen her knock the smaller girl down with a club and drag her into the house. Instances of her misbehavior in church were also cited. Lucien English and Charles Sweasy corroborated the evidence of these witnesses and added other instances of the use of improper language and inhuman treatment of the children. All of these facts were stoutly denied by all members of the Duffield family. The little girls when questioned maintained that they had always been kindly used and never mistreated. Doctor Dillon was called as a medical expert and gave as his opinion that she was of unsound mind. The commission found her to be insane and she was taken to the depot in a carriage left on the 3:20 train for the sanitarium at Bartonville, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Simmons and Miss Josie Westfall of Macomb representing the McDonough County Charity Board." Merely aberrant behavior was often ruled insane until the the late 1900s.
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 | Abel Fisher shows photo of Vicksburg Civil War monument 1917
Provides a bit of Abel's Civil War history noting that he fought at Vicksburg in 1863 and re-visited the site 1917 to see the Vicksburg memorial, subject of the photo talked about in this article. Abel was very proud of his Civil War service, putting flags on soldiers graves for every July 4, and attending many of the local ceremonies and reunions in the early 1900s honoring Civil Way veterans. |
 | Abel visiting brother Matthias in La Plata 1915
"Abe Fisher went to LaPlata, Mo last Sunday where be was called by the sickness of his brother Mathias Fisher who is in a dangerous condition. His trouble is with his stomach and is probably cancer." |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Abel Fisher visit brother Mathias Fisher 1914
"Mr. and Mrs. Abe Fisher returned Monday from a two week's visit with his brother Matthais Fisher at LaPlata, Missouri. We are sorry to hear that be very is very sick and is improving very slowly if at all." |
 | Abel Fisher dangerously ill
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 | Abel visits granddaughter Blanche Reynolds 1918
"Abel Fisher returned Monday from Maiden, Mo. where he visited his grand-daughter Blanche (Bissell) Reynolds." |
 | Abel and Ellen Fisher travels 1910
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 | Ellen Fisher visits family in Iowa 1915
"Mrs. Abel Fisher left on Monday morning for an extended visit with her brothers, Seymour Peck in Carroll, Walter in Spirit Lake and her niece Mrs. Thornton in Des Moines, Iowa." |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hoskinson visit Blandinsville 1916
"Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Hoskinson of Hoopeston, Ill., is here for a visit with the members of the Fisher families of the community who are his relatives....He is an interesting and intelligent gentleman and a skilled artist in photography. While here be took a group picture of the members of the Fisher relatives in town, himself and wife included." |
 | Abel attends Civil War memorial exercises 1915
N. Fundenberger, Henry Sly, Joseph Lott and Abel Fisher attended the memorial exercises in Bushnell Monday." The clipping goes on to list the only Civil War veterans believed still surviving in the Blandinsville area, 16 men in total including Abel Fisher. |
 | Abel catches house on fire 1904
"As Abel Fisher was lighting a lamp at his home a few evenings since the head of a match flew off and struck a lace curtain about twelve feet away, In an Instant the curtain was in flames and before they could be smothered had considerably damaged the carpet and other articles In the room..." |
 | Obituary Flora Sweeney 1934
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 | Obituary John Allen Daugherty 1921
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 | Death of Margeret Daugherty 1911
"Abel Fisher received a telegram on Monday morning announcing the death of his sister Margaret Dorothy (Daugherty) at Brownsville (Brownville), Neb, on the evening of Sunday May 7th." |
 | Mrs Abel Fisher suffering from tuberculosis 1917
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 | Obituary: Blanche Reynolds 1969
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 | Mrytle Bissel Marries Ezra Imel 1944
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| Karen Hobby McKee bridal shower 1958
Article contains huge listing of friends and family from the Blandinsville area. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
 | Kitchen shower for Darlene Powell 1942
Article refers to the party as a kitchen shower, but more likely a bridal shower occurring only a few weeks after Darlene married Roscoe Powell on 21 Sep 1942 |
 | Mrs. Sherman Reynolds suffering from blood clots 1955
Mrs. Sherman Reynolds "has been quite ill, suffering from blood clots in both legs. She spent some time in the hospital, but is able to be at home now." |
 | Matthias attends funeral for brother Thomas Fisher 1914
"Among others who were here from a distance to attend the funeral of the late Thomas Fisher was his brother Matthias Fisher of LaPlata, Mo. He is a prosperous farmer in one of the richest portions of the state along the Chariton river, and is an intelligent and progressive agriculturalist." |
 | Mrs. Sherman Reynolds taken to hospital 1955
"Mrs, Sherman Reynolds of Macomb was taken to University Hospital, in lowa City, la., Wednesday morning." |
 | Obituary: William T. Britton 1959
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 | Obituary: Fronie Ethel Fisher 1965
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 | In Memoriam poem for Fronie Fisher 1965
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 | Card of thanks Fronie Fisher 1965
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 | Obituary: Frederick Austin Fisher 1959
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 | Josiah Fisher to be operated on for cancer 1899
"Josiah Fisher is making arrangements to go to Sedalia, Mo., to be| operated on for a cancer." |
 | Josiah treated for cancer 1899
"Josiah Fisher, now in Sedalia, Mo., being treated for a cancer, writes that the treatment is very severe, but has reason to think his condition is much improved." |
 | Josiah Fisher home from cancer treatment 1900
"Josiah Fisher was home from Macomb Wednesday where he is being treated for a cancer. He may be somewhat improved." |
 | Wilbur Fisher and Frances B. Farris buy school building and land 1949
In 1949, seventeen rural schools and some land were sold by the Northwest McDonough Unit School District presumably because they were no longer being used. "Wilbur Fisher purchased the Sunnyside building for $500, and the land was bought for $475 by Frances B. Farris." |
 | Wilbur Fisher writes home from Camp Wheeler GA 1918
Letter addressed to his cousin Dora George. He notes that "he got a letter from Bessie Lambert the other day," which is an odd phrasing give Wilbur married Bessie in Dec 1912, six and half years before this letter was written. He expects to leave camp Wheeler for Rockford IL or Battle Creek MI in about a month. In writing about having to hike ten miles to a gunnery (range) with his pack, he reveals himself to be rather racist, writing he "sweat like a negro at an election." He closes asking For to send pictures from home. |
 | Wilbur Fisher letter #2 from Camp Wheeler 1918
Letter addressed to "Aunt," name not specified. Primarily discusses his soldiers ID no. and what dog tags are. Wilbur states he gave the Aunts name as the person to notify if anything happens to him. Also states he checked on someone named Clarence, last name not given, presumably an acquaintance from Blandinsville area. Writes "Clarence is having trouble with his feet." Notes a Miss Roberts had asked him to check on someone else, but he could not locate them. |
 | Chas A Fisher seeking to collect debts 1897.
Charles wants to get paid! |
 | Thomas Fiisher and friends clean up South Cemetery 1897
"Thomas Fisher, Frank Rummons and Geo. Mears finished cleaning the weeds and trash off of the south cemetery....They extend thanks to all those contributing money toward having the work done. It cost $14 which is a small sum to pay for the amount of work performed." |
 | Obituary: Arthur M. Fisher 1897
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 | Richard Bond surprise birthday part 1904
Celebrating Richard's 70th birthday. May friends and family attended |
 | Armon Bissel to open blacksmith shop 1979
"Armon Bissell, who has been a maintenance foreman for this section of the state on road working has checked out. He expects to open a blacksmith shop in Blandinsville and will be assisted by Fred Pace." |
 | Obituary: Thomas Fisher 1914
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 | Obituary: Thomas H. Fisher 1914
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 | Wilbur Fisher surprise birthday party 1950
His 55th birthday. |
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| Friendship Sunday school banquet 1914
Reprinted from the Blandinsville Star-Gazette 30 Jul 1914. Wilbur Fisher and J. T. Lockett among the waiters. |
 | Farris' leave for World's Fair 1933
"Miss Erma and Orie Farris, Wm. Farris and daughter, Ruth, left Tuesday a. m. for the World's Fair." This world for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. |
 | Erma Farris substitute teaching 1919
"Miss Marian Garvey is sick with a pretty bad casa of the flu and Miss Erma Farris, who is having a vacation from her school in Sciota is teaching for her a few days." |
 | Farris family Thanksgiving dinner 1949
Held at home of Mrs and Mrs. William N. Farris. Many family and relations attended. 34th wedding anniversary of William N. and Ellen Mae Farris (3 Dec 1949) also celebrated at the gathering. |
 | Mr. and Mrs Armon Bissell host Christmas dinner 1955
Mother Myrtle, sister Violet and husband Orval, and other relatives attended. |
 | Armon Bissell familly visits Rushville 1954
To see family of Eva Bissell's, sister and grandfather. |
 | Armon Bissel family goes mushrooming 1962
"...went fishing and mushrooming while on a picnic Sunday. They picked a gallon and half of
mushrooms." |
| Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fisher visits Karen (Hobby) McKee 1962
"Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fisher visited Mrs. Richard McKee Sunday in the McDonough District Hospital. Mrs. McKee is undergoing tests." (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
 | Armon Bissell and Lloyd Farris attend Indy car race 1940
Wilbur Shaw won the race. |
 | Hemp outing in Macomb 1960
Have no idea what a "Hemp Outing" but this activity sounds bizarre: "A womanless wedding was one of the entertainment features." |
 | Armon Bissel car accident 1961
"When Roy Olson, Andy Britton and Armon Bissell were coming home from Fort Madison, lowa, late Saturday evening the car struck a slick place in the road and turned over several times." |
 | Mrs. Ezra Imel released from hospital 1961
"Mrs. Eza Imel (Myrtle Fisher) of Bushnell has been released from the St. Francis Hospital and is now at the home of her son, Armon Bissell, and family." |
 | Armon Bissell marries Beardstown girl 1943
"The community is pleasantly surprised this week by news of the marriage in Macomb on Saturday, February 27, 1943 of Blandinsville's well-known and genial state highway maintenance chief, Armon Bissell, and Miss Eva Clayton of Beardstown. Rev. Colin J. Robertson of the Macomb Christian church, officiated at the nuptiarites, which were solemnized in the Christian parsonage in the presence of the groom's mother, Mrs. Myrtle Bissell, and sister, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds, both ofBlandinsville." |
 | Wayne Fisher on honor roll 1938
"In the Chicago Daily News last Saturday, listed among the greatest high school football players of Illinois, appeared the names of Wayne Fisher and Wallace Soule, tackle and half-back respectively of Coach Roscoe Scott's Blandinsville football team. It was one of the most signal honors ever accorded to Blandinsville grid men." |
 | Wayne Fisher gets U of I scholarship 1940
"Wayne Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. O, B. Fisher, and first lieutenant at the Lyons Drug Store here, this week received a scholarship to the University of Illinois, and he plans to start to school there this fall." How he got from here to suicide in Albuquerque three months later is a mystery. |
 | Farris squash vine busts record 1938
"The most exiting thing in Blandinsville this week is a squash vine down at the Erma and Orie Farris home in the south part of town. It was grown by Fred Fisher from seed which weighed a small fraction of an ounce. And it has produced something over 400 pounds of squashes...Fred showed us his vine one morning last week. It covers three square rods of ground, has a parent stalk as big as your arm and leaves that look like palm-leaf fans. It had 33 squashes on it which weighed as much as.60 pounds per squash. Eight of them weighed well over 300, and that's à lot' of squash." Had to say who deserves more credit. Fred planted it, but the vines grew and were probably watered and tended by the Farris sisters. Women in this time rarely get credit for anything. |
 | Dorothy Fisher Rudolph returns to Blandinsville 1940
"Mrs. Dorothy Fisher Rudolph has moved back to Blandinsville from Vermont, Ill., where she has lived for the past several years. She is living in the rooms up over the Kroger store. Her husband, who was road commissioner of Vermont township, died earlier this summer." |
 | A trip North 1914
"The W. B. Daniel and Chas. Fisher families returned from their northern trip on Friday and report having had a delightful visit with friends in a half dozen cities in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois...", |
 | Violet Foley recovering from surgery 1930
"Mrs. Violet Foley is at the Earnest Bissell home recuperating from a tonsil operation which she underwent last Friday." |
 | Fisher store central hub for phone service 1899
"The telephone line running north from this city is now completed and in working order to Joseph Grate's, six miles north of here and will shortly be finished to Cliff Britt's, one and one-half miles northwest of there. The central office in this city will be at C. A. Fisher's store." |
 | Thomas Fisher witness to murder 1912
"A little after eight o'clock on last Saturday night residents of south main street were startled by a loud pistol shot and the sound of a buggy being driven toward the south at a furious gait. An hour later the lifeless body of Asa Langford was found lying in the road almost in front of the Thos Fisher home with a bullet from a 32 calibre revolver embedded in the brain" Marion Bond, Blandinsville Marshall, was called to the scene to investigate and identified the body. Charles Barrier who had spent the day drinking with Langford was charged with the murder. A pistol of the type used to shoot Langford was found in his home. At trial, several witnesses were called who had seen or heard Barrier in the company of Langford that day, or who saw Barrier speeding away from Blandinsville in his buggy about the time of the murder. "Thomas Fisher who lives close to the scene of the murder, testified that he and his wife heard the shot distinctly at between fifteen and twenty minutes after eight o'clock and at the same moment the quick rattle of a buggy as of someone leaving the place at a furious pace." At the conclusion of the trial, the jury of local residents found Barrier guilty of the murder of Asa Langford. |
 | Thomas Fisher returns lost purse 1910
"Last Wednesday, Thomas Fisher, in passing the Star-Gazette office, found a pock book on the sidewalk right in front of our door. On examination it was found to contain |$15.00." Thomas later met "...Mrs. Tanner who inquired if he had heard of a lost pocket book. Mr. Fisher asked for a description. which was given and Mrs. Tanner returned the pocket book and money to its owner, Mrs Carl Oakman." |
 | Birthdays for Abel and Thomas Fisher 1911
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 | Obituary: Charles H Fisher 1918
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 | Obituary: Paul Fisher 1917
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 | 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." |
 | Charles Fisher buys bowling alley 1904
"The bowling alley changed hands one day last week, Mr. Wilkinson selling out to Wm. Burkhart and Charles Fisher. With these gentlemen in charge we have the assurance of its being conducted in the gentlemanly manner that it has always been conducted." |
 | Erma Farris' horse killed 1907
Erma's horse was hitched with another belonging to a Mr. Henry to a breaking plow to plow a garden at Erma's House. "...the Henry horse became fractious, pumped against the Farris horse, knocked it down and continued to plunge until it pulled the sharp point of the plow (held by Charles Fisher) into it completely disemboweling it....The horse was killed and put out of it's misery. This was a hard blow on Miss Farris as she teaches school at Robin Green and used the horse every day and can ill afford to bear the loss." A collection was taken up to buy Erma a new horse. |
 | Marriage announcement Jessie Fisher and Norman Fenton
Norman's named spelled incorrectly at Fentom |
 | Obituary: Nancy M. Gordon 1946
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 | Obituary: Abe Lincoln Pensinger 1940
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 | Obituary: John Thomas Lockett 1923
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 | Obituary: Mary Jane Lockett 1937.
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 | Floyd Foster very sick 1922
Floyd Foster "is very sick in his home in the west end of town. He has been in poor health for several years and for a year or two has been confined to the house. Last week be was so ill that his many friends were alarmed, but he is resting easier now..." Apparently not. Floyd dies the same day this notice was printed. |
 | Floyd Foster will 1922
"The late Floyd Foster left a will, the leading provisions of which are as follows: He leaves to his widow, Mrs. Margaret Foster the home place in town and the farm 3 and one half miles south-east of town during her lifetime. At her death the town home will be sold and divided among the heirs, while the Ralph Foster place will be divided between Ralph Foster and his full sister, Mrs. Nellie Wilson. The remainder of the estate is to be divided equally between the eight children by bis former marriages. The value of the estate was approximate $130,000." (which sound like too large and amount. I suspect the number was supposed to read $13,000 at most. Even that amount would be quite large for a man who was principally just a farmer.) |
 | Floyd Foster probate notice 1922
"Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned Executor of the Estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster, late of mi McDonough County, Illinois, deceas will, on Monday, the 7th day August next, at 10 o'clock a. m., attend before the County Court of said County, to be holden at Macomb, on said day for the purpose of settling and adjusting all claims against the Estate of said Deceased, when and where all persons having claims against the said Estate are notified and requested to present the same in writing for adjustment. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Macomb, Illinois, June 1, 1922. RALPH C. FOSTER, Executor." (This exact notice ran at least twice in the month of June; this copy the most easily read. Bert Martin and Susan C. Shryack contest per the following. |
 | Final settlement of Ruthwin Floyd Foster estate 1934
According to this notice probate of Floyd Foster's estate begun in Jun 1922 did not reach final settlement until 5 May 1934. |
 | Obituary: Margaret Elizabeth Davis 1928
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 | Obituary: Margaret Elizabeth Foster 1928
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 | 1860 US Census: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 282
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 | Obituary: George J. Foster 1951
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 | George Foster taken to St Francis 1951
"George Foster was taken to the St. Francis hospital in Macomb Saturday, where he underwent surgery for hernia. He stood the operation in good shape in spite of his advanced age of 92 years. He is now able to sit up." |
 | George Foster recuperating 1951
"George Foster, who underwent surgery at St. Francis hospital in Macomb last week, is staying with his brother, Ralph, at Colchester for a short time while recuperating." |
 | Willis Foster fixing building 1951
"Willis Foster has had a group of men engaged in fixing up the building on North Main Street...The building is located back of the Waggoner filling station...He has had several offers from local and out-of-town business firms wishing to rent it, but he is as yet undecided as to what use the building will be put." |
 | George Foster public sale 1925
Auction advertisement posted for sale of dairy cows and etc at the George Foster farm |
 | Financial aid request for South Cemetery 1933
Plea by George Foster who was apparently Trustee for the Blandinsville South Cemetery for financial aid to maintain the cemetery. Similar notices were posted at least annually in the 1930s in the Star-Gazette. "We have had the South Side Cemetery mowed and cleaned up and are a little short of money to pay for it. We ask everybody who has a lot to help us with a donation of fifty cents to be left with R. R. Pearson at the bank. If all will respond promptly we will have enough for the summer and will not bother you again till the fall cleaning." |
 | Report on clean-up of South Cemetery 1938
"Blandinsville's South Cemetery which last week at this time was a wilderness of weeds and brambles, is this week clean and trim. The transformation was brought about last Suturday when 40 men answered the call of Trustees Evan Williams, B. B. Martin and Blake Jones, Equipped with scythes, grubbing hoes, pitch forks and sickles, all 40 of them lit in on the mass of tangled overgrowth and laid it low. It was a big job. The cemetery was grown high not only with weeds but with tall grass that a scythe would scarcely cut. It required a lot of patient hacking, as well as a lot of hard labor. But it was all cut down, and trucks were kept busy all the afternoon in hauling away the the trash and hay. The amount of it was almost unbelievable." |
 | Throats slit at Foster farm 1940
"George Foster went out to his hen house Monday morning and found 15 of his finest young chickens lying dead on the floor with their throats slit open. It was the work of minks." |
 | Scared all three of them 1930
A very dramatic recounting of George Foster and L. F. Shanholzer attempting to light at stove at L. E. vanArsdale's farm to do some butchering. "The stove rattled..." and screams issued from within. Shanholzer "...with heavy poker in hand boldly threw open the door. An Immense cat that had crawled in there to keep warm flew out the door with wild eyes and singed hair..." |
 | George Foster burned 1924
While helping L. E vanArsdale with some butchering, "George Foster carried a jar of lard past the fire (perhaps from the same stove in the 1930 incident posted below.) A great wind blew the flames against his pants and in a minute his knees were aflame. He couldn't drop tbe
jar and if be let it down carefully the flames would set it on fire. Lute (Luther) said he got the lard down and went at those knees with both hands like a wild Indian of the Pawnee tribe." |
 | George Foster reminisces about the world when he was a boy 1916
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 | George Foster for constable 1916
Ballot showing George Foster running for Hire Township constable. He was elected and served as constable for several years in the late 1910s and early 1920s |
 | George Fisher and friends auto accident 1914
"They were coming along the home road about five miles east of Raritan about three o'clock in the morning and were laughing and talking to together when somehow Mr. Moon who was driving twisted the front wheel of his car too far or too abruptly and the thing reared up on its front leg and turned a double summersault and scattered the delegation all around the southern part of Point Pleasant township. Mr. Moon who had his ribs stove in was be only one seriously hurt. George Foster lay unconscious for quite a while Otto Gibbs and John Gillam escaped with contusions, bruises, strains, abrasions, concussions and a loss of breath add epidermis. The machine was wrecked." |
 | George Foster tax collector 1914
George Foster served as Hire Township tax collector for a least a few years in the 1910s. This is but one example from the Star-Gazette of his service during this time. |
 | Mrs George Foster badly hurt 1920
"Mr. Foster were milking and just as Mrs. Foster was rising from her milking stool the long bored cow that Mr Foster had been milking made a dash for the one Mrs. Foster had just finished. 'The cow jumped and knocked her a distance of ten or twelve leet and be fell heavily, a frozen lump on the ground striking her hip and breaking it. Mr. Foster called his neighbor Wm. Moon and together they took her to the house and Dr. Provine was called, and on examination the hip bone was found to be broken. She rested pretty well till late that night and had a sinking spell that indicated heart trouble and the doctor was again called. In the morning the ambulance was sent for and she was taken to Macomb." |
 | George Foster's 87th birthday 1946
"Once or twice each day he walks into town to visit with his friends. Always with him is "Old Hickory" his cane, which he will glibly tell you he rides to town. He attributes his longevity partly to this exercise which he feels has allowed him thus far to live healthy to a ripe old age." |
 | Obituary: Mrs George Foster 1944
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 | Mr and Mrs George Foster fete 63rd wedding anniversary 1943
"Life-long Blandinsville friends still may be found offering their congratulations and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher, farm residents of the southeast of here, who on Monday, February 15, 1943 quietly marked the advent of their 63rd happy year of marital happiness." |
 | Mrs. George Foster celebrates 84th birthday 1938
"Mrs. George Foster celebrated her 84th birthday at her home east of and the Blandinsville on Saturday, and the following day she and Mr. Foster were made mighty happy by a visit from a big group of their grand-children and great-grand-children who all came from central Illinois |
 | Obituary: Charles E. Foster 1942
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 | Obituary: John Robert Foster 1934
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 | Obituary: Wilbur Foster
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 | Alice Foster operation 1925
"Miss Alice Foster, who has been in poor health for some time underwent operation at the Holmes Hospital in Macomb on Monday and came through it nicely and bright hopes of
her ful' recovery are encouraged by the doctors." |
 | Obituary: Norman McKeown 1935
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 | Edith Wisherd in hospital 1964
"Mrs. Edith Wisherd of Bruce, Wis, is in the hospital with heart trouble and is in a very serious condition." |
 | Obituary: Nannie Foster 1971
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 | Card of thanks - George Foster funeral 1951
"Words cannot express our appreciation and thanks to all our friends and neighbors for the kindness and expressions of sympathy shown us during the sickness and death of our father. Mrs. Edith Wisherd; Alta and Nannie Foster." |
 | Obituary: Alta Foster 1960
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 | Card of thanks - Alta Foster funeral 1960
"I wish to thank everyone who sent cards and brought in food and especially Lloyd Foster and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Faye Shryack who were so good to take me to the Sanatorium and hospital during the sickness and death of my sister, Alta Foster. Nannie Foster." |
 | Card of thanks - Mariah A. Foster funeral 1944
"It is with deepest gratitude that we wish to thank our friends, neighbors and Sunday School class for the kindness and sympathy shown us in our sad bereavement, the passing of Mariah A. Foster. We wish to express our appreciation for the beautiful floral offerings and to those who offered the use of the cars. George Foster and daughters and grandchildren." |
 | Alta Foster birthday celebration 1956
"Miss Alta Foster was honored on her birthday Sunday...Miss Alta has been a cripple for 50 years on account of polio which was not known by, that name then." |
 | Alta Foster breaks finger 1947
Alta Foster "...fell Sunday and broke the little finger on her left hand. Miss Foster in confined to a wheel chair and when the chair started to tip with her she clutched at a nearby table to stop the fall. Her little finger hit the edge of the table and as she fell so much weight was brought to bear on the member that the bone was broken. Dr. Borum was called and the fracture was set." |
 | Card of thanks Paul Fisher 1917
"We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their help and sympathy during the sickness and death of out baby, Paul. C. H. Fisher and Family" |
 | Obituary: Leantha D. Foster Charter 1919
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 | Card of thanks Leantha D. Charter 1919
"We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to our many friends and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness shown during the late bereavement in the loss of our beloved mother Leantha D. Charter and for the very beautiful floral offering. Walter and Dora Farris" |
 | Probate notice Leantha Charter 1919
"Probate Notice. Estate of Leantha Charter, deceased. Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the Estate of Leantha Charter, late of McDonough County, Illinois, deceased, will on Monday, the fifth day of May next at 1 o'clock p. m. attend before the County Court of said County, to be holden at Macomb, on said day for the purpose of settling and adjusting all claims against the estate...O. M. Roberts, Administrator." |
 | Leantha Charter birthday celebration 1917
"On Monday Mrs. Leantha Charter reacbed a milestone well past the three score and ten and bas a lot of friends who dropped in on ber just before noon wben she was preparing the midday meal for berself and busband James Charter....Those present were: Rev. C. W. Webb and his motber, these gentleman and their wives: R T. Foster, Dr. Tucker, L. C. Bond, Walter Farris, Geo. Foster, Jas. Strickland, Jas. Shryack. Gay Farris, Frank Gaumer, J. T. Lockett, Theodore Farris. Besides these were Wm. Fisher, Albert Hungate, R. A. Martin, H. A. Foster, and Mesdames Myra Grigsby, Eliza Nelson, Mary Fisher, Mary Clavion, Rebecca Mustain, George Mourning, Mattie Bushnell, Felix Myers, Harriet Davidson, Albert Welch, Mary Sly and Minnie and Delia Shryack and Olive Myers." |
 | John H. Alexander dental school 1915
"John H. Alexander who has been practicing his profession as dentist during the summer at South Gifford, Mo., visited home folks several days last week. Mrs. Alexander has been spending some weeks here with her mother Mrs. Flora Fisher, Mr. Alexander will return to school in St. Louis in October and will finish his course in January." |
 | Albert Foster ten men 1911
"Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Foster returned, Saturday, from a pleasant visit with their son and daughter, who live near Jacksonville. Mr. Foster says Albert has ten men working for him and boarding with him, which makes a busy time with the family." |
 | Obituary: Flora Murray Fisher 1936
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 | Obituary: Martha Jane Bushnell 1961
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 | Glen Delbridge hurt 1901
Glen had a bad week. "Glen Delbridge, son of Charles Delbridge of this city fell from a tree last Friday and broke his left arm at the elbow. The accident happened at the home of John Ullrich in Hire township, Glen having gone to Mr. Ullrich's in company with his grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Fisher, to spend the afternoon." A few days later, "...Glen, the 10 year old son of Charles Delbridge, was hurt in a collapse of the fireworks stand and was picked up unconscious. He was taken to a hotel and for some time it was thought that be was very seriously hurt. But be came around shortly and will be brought home today." |
 | Charles Delbridge sells draying business 1906
"Charles Delbridge bas sold his draying business to Sol Fugate who lives in the country north east of Colchester....Mr. Delbridge, who has been in the draying business here for some
time, does not know what line of business he will engage in." Draying is the business of leasing draft horses for farm or other commercial purposes. |
 | Marrried Charles Delbridge and Florence Scott 1907
"Charles Delbridge of Colchester and Miss Florence Scott of Lamoine township were united in marriage at Macomb on last Thursday. The groom was a former Bardolph boy. The couple will make their home in Colchester." |
 | William Fisher runs for tax collector 1909
"We are requested to announce the name of Willam Fisher as candidate for the office of Collector for Blandinsville township subject to the decision of the Democratic caucus of said township." |
 | Lockett bros at Thomas Fisher funeral 1914
"The three Lockett brothers, John, of Colchester, Ill., Frank, of Locust Hill, Mo., and Victor, of Prentice, Ill., were together at the funeral of Fisher. their uncle Thomas Fisher. They are a trio of big fine energetic men..." |
 | Guy Hardisty wins school board suit 1936
"Judge Hillyer on Saturday handed down a decision that the board should pay Guy Hardisty $100 for the plate glass window which little Audrey Herzog broke out of the Hardisty building while the school board was renting it." |
 | Obituary: Nancy Jane Craig 1897
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