Edward S FisherAge: 83 years1874–1957
- Name
- Edward S Fisher
- Given names
- Edward S
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- Fisher
Shared note: James Henry Cox Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | September 29, 1874 27 24 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 5 years) |
 Marriage | Myrtle H Cox — View this family about 1898 (Age 23 years) Note: Marriage date based on 1900 Census |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ines Fisher May 22, 1898 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Merta J Fisher December 2, 1900 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Dewey Gray — Ines Fisher — View this family June 20, 1917 (Age 42 years) Note: Marriage info from findagrave site |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Verne Milton Gray February 3, 1918 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Marriage of a child | Harold Jerry Totten — Merta J Fisher — View this family 1918 (Age 43 years) Note: Marriage info found on findagrave site |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 43 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Olin Warren Totten June 14, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Vernadine Louise Totten December 10, 1922 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a father | Isaac J Fisher February 3, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rachel Emma Hillman February 3, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Phyllis Jane Totten February 13, 1937 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a granddaughter | Vernadine Louise Totten August 18, 1948 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a wife | Myrtle H Cox March 14, 1953 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | October 8, 1957 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Isaac J Fisher Birth: February 5, 1847 — Gilboa, Putnam, Ohio, United States Death: February 3, 1930 — Wadsworth, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
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Rachel Emma Hillman Birth: April 20, 1850 — Illinois, United States Death: February 3, 1930 — Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 2, 1870 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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5 years himself |
Edward S Fisher Birth: September 29, 1874 27 24 — Illinois, United States Death: October 8, 1957 — Ottawa, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Myrtle H Cox |
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Edward S Fisher Birth: September 29, 1874 27 24 — Illinois, United States Death: October 8, 1957 — Ottawa, Kansas, United States |
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Myrtle H Cox Birth: June 23, 1874 37 34 — Illinois, United States Death: March 14, 1953 — Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1898 — Illinois, United States |
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5 months daughter |
Ines Fisher Birth: May 22, 1898 23 23 — Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: December 2, 1973 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Merta J Fisher Birth: December 2, 1900 26 26 — Kansas, United States Death: February 5, 1985 — Sumner, Kansas, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Isaac J Fisher - Household
Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Henry Cox - Household
ED 340 Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Name | James Henry Cox Obituary and Family Listing
J. H. Cox, a prominent farmer of Palestine township died Wednesday evening, aged 77 years.
He was a brother to William Cox, who died in Wichita, Tuesday and was buried here yesterday, and an uncle of Chas. W. Cox of this city. A sister, Mrs. Minerva Bear of Bearsdale, Ill., who was called here to attend the funeral of her brother William Cox is now the last surviving member of her family of brothers and sisters. She will remain to attend the funeral of the second brother who died this week.
The funeral of J. H. Cox will be held at the home in Palestine township Sunday afternoon. J. H. Cox was ten years the senior of his brother William. He was one of the wealthiest of Sumner county's farmer's ownng 400 acres of rich Ninnescah bottom land.
The surviving children are Mrs. Link Barner, Mrs. O. R. Smith, Mrs. Myrtle Fisher and J. S. Cox, all living in the vicinity of Belle Plaine.
Both William and J. H. Cox were will known in Wellington and had many friends here. William Cox was for many years a prominent business man of this city, engaged in the manufacture of pop with his son Chas. W. Cox. He later moved his business to Wichita. J. H. Cox was a frequent visitor in Wellington during his many years' residence in the county.
Belle Plaine News (Belle Plaine, Kansas), March 18, 1915
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27217289/james-henry-cox |