Charles E. and Sarah Ella (Bennett) Fisher, Pawnee Valley
CHARLES' FAMILY
In 1870 Atchison, Kansas,
Hugh D. Fisher is a minister, 46, born in Ohio,
Elizabeth Fisher
44 in New York,
Jno. W. Fisher
18, a laborer,
Chas E. Fisher
17, a medical student, both born in Pennsylvania,
Jennie Fisher
16 in Kansas
Joseph Fisher
14, Ohio, and
Frank Fisher
7 Kansas.
Hugh D. and Elizabeth M. Fisher, by her 1892 Shawnee County, Kansas will, had sons John William Fisher, Charles Edmond Fisher, Hugh Frank C. Fisher
November 3, 1905 Baldwin, Kansas "The will of the late Dr. H. D. Fisher was probated in the probate court yesterday morning.
His library is given to Baker university. Fifty dollars is bequeathed to Mrs. Jennie M. Hazoltine, an adopted daughter. The other real and personal property is to pe divided among the three sons, John W.
Fisher, Charles E. Fisher and Hugh F. The real property consists of seven lots in Topeka and a five acre tract plotted addition to Garden City, Finney county. John W.
Fisher is appointed executor of the will. occurred at the home of his son in this city
Sunday morning of tuberculosis. He had been a sufferer for many months.
Services were held at the home 6f his eldest son, John William Fisher, Monday afternoon at 4:30."
Rev. Hugh D. Fisher
BIRTH
1824
DEATH
3 Oct 1905
Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas,
BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas,
PLOT
Singing Tower
MEMORIAL ID
79657168.
August 1911 Montrose, Colorado "From the Topeka Capital of August first
we note an extract from a letter written by Dr. C. F. Fisher, the noted surgeon,
brother of Dr. H. F. Fisher, the Montrose eye epecialist, to Topeka friends,
speaks of his leaving on the steamer Megantic, embbarking at Montreal, Canarda:
'Here we are 2,334 passengers and crew in latitude 55, 20 and
longitude 37, 42, away up opposite the lower third of British Columbia some
hundreds of miles north of Canada and nearly half way across the ocean.
We ran alongside of huge iceburgs off the coast of Labrador all Monday afternoon
and night and it was cold, necessitating our using blankets and overcoats,
a very delightful change from the experience we had in Canada.
z
'Some of these icebergs were hundreds of feet long and fifty to a hundred feet
high, some with great towers, dome and spire-like promontories, very picturesque
and beautiful, the first I have ever seen except in Alaskan waters.
'Now we are in a dense fog and the big whistle, fog horn sometime is called,
is blowing continuously, but the ship keeps pounding away at full speed,
just the same.
“We have a clean, bright steady boat and a pleasant lot of passengers,
among them a number of physician friends going to the Homeopathic Medical
congress, (three of them with their wives) and others, making it quite a
pleasant trip for me. Dr. Carolyn Putnam, of Kansas City and Chicago friends,
are with ua on their way to join a party of teachers on the other side
and return with them in the fall.
'I had a decided unusual and novel experience last night, being called
after dark by the ship physician, Dr. Spotwood, of London, to see a
Toronto boy of 11 years, and at 10 o'clock operated upon him for
appendicitis.
His name is Jack Hall, a sweet tempered and very gentlemanly lad.
The boy's mother is dead, and his father was taking him to England on a
visit.
Dr. Spotwood acted as first assistant, with Dr. Gordon, of Chicago,
Dr. Sollis Runnels of Indianapolis, and Dr. Griffith of Montreal, present.
The state of the lad was desperate and very critical.
I had the operation in the doctor's office turned into a temporary surgery,
and this is the second appendectomy in midocean so far as I know.
Dr. Wiergusted, New York surgeon, operated a case on the Majestic
some years ago, and much ado was made of it in the press.
In that case the engines were stopped. This would have been done for
me, but the ship was riding ste&dy and there was only a gentle roll on,
so I did not think it required - so mine was done at 10 at
night under full steam.
It is the talk of the ship and we all hope he may recover, and he
has a fighting chance, for at this writing, 18 hours after the operation,
the conditions grow better."
ELLA'S FAMILY
In 1850 Benton County, Missouri,
Sam C. Bennett is a merchant,
23, born in Missouri,
Ann M. Bennett
22, in Kentucky,
George C. Bennett 8 in Missouri, and
M. C. Bennett
44 female born in Kentucky.
Sam's father was Anson Bennett
Age at Death 49
Death Date 12 Sep 1846 in Bridgeport, Connecticut
His mother was Mollie C., born 1860 in Kentucky,
brother Wharton 1826-1878.
M. C. Bennette
BIRTH
1806
DEATH
1864
BURIAL
City Cemetery #1
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID
178087333.
She was in Callaway County, Missouri in 1860,
Samuel C. Bennett
31,
Ann M. Bennett 30,
Mollie B. Bennett
8,
Sarah E. Bennett
6,
Annie J. Bennett
4,
Anson G. Bennett
2,
Mollie C. Bennett
51,
George C. Bennett
19,
Rebecca J. Chidey
19 , and
Henry J. Ferguson
25
In Kansas City in 1870,
Samuel C. Bennett a wholesale grocer, 42, born in Missouri
Anne M. Bennett 41, Tennessee,
Mollie B. Bennett
19,
Ella Bennett
16,
Irene Bennett
14,
Anson G. Bennett
12,
John H. Bennett
10,
Leonora Bennett
8, all six born in Missouri,
Maggie Bennett
6,
Helen Bennett
4, both born in Illinois,
Theodore F. Hall
25, and
Mary Fry
23.
Capt. Samuel Calhoun Bennett
BIRTH
1 Oct 1829
Callaway County, Missouri,
DEATH
16 Jan 1900
San Antonio, Texas,
BURIAL
Anchor Masonic Lodge Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas,
MEMORIAL ID
209554038.
"Sam C. Bennett was born in 1827 in Missouri and was a wholesale grocer in Chicago from 1861 until 1865 and later ran a wholesale grocery business in Kansas City, Missouri.13 He arrived in San Antonio before 1876, bringing all of his surviving children with him.14
There were three men named Samuel Bennett in San Antonio during this period. Two were prominent businessmen and were often confused with each other. Sam C. Bennett was a sheep rancher and merchant.15 It was he who worked as the Alamo tour guide between April 1897 and his death in 1900.16"
Ann M. Hill Bennett
BIRTH
28 Oct 1828
Tennessee,
DEATH
16 Jan 1930
San Antonio, Texas,
BURIAL
Anchor Masonic Lodge Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas,
MEMORIAL ID
20955379.
In 1850 Callaway County, Missouri, M.C. Bennett is 44, Whartn C. 24, and his wife of one year, Mary, 18.
In 1870 San Antonio,
Morton Bennet 45 born in Missouri, a banker,
Mary F. Bennet
38,
Betty Bennet
17,
Samuel Bennet
15,
James Durner
45,
Elmyra Durner
42, and
Robert Durner
9
.
W. A. Bennett
BIRTH
14 Jan 1826
DEATH
23 Oct 1878
BURIAL
City Cemetery #1
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID
16193208.
Wharton A. Bennett
BIRTH
14 Jan 1826
DEATH
23 Oct 1878
BURIAL
Alamo Masonic Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID
15769293
George C. Bennett
BIRTH
21 Sep 1841
DEATH
17 Nov 1871
BURIAL
City Cemetery #1
San Antonio, Texas,
MEMORIAL ID
16193200 .
"Plot 2-W. A. BENNETT
1. Geo. C. BENNETT, born Sept. 21,1841, died Nov. 17, 1871; Emma R., wife of Geo. C. BENNETT, born Feb. 16, 1845, died Dec. 14, 1869
2. To My Husband, W. A. BENNETT, born Jan. 14, 1826, died Oct. 23, 1878; Our Mother, M. C. BENNETT, born Dec. 8, 1806, died April 15, 1864
3. To my Husband, Charles R. PORTER, born in Woodford Co., KY., Oct 18, 1852, died May 23, 1876
4. Mary E. PORTER, born Nov. 30, 1875, died May 11, 1876
5. Matilda BENNETT, (No other information)
6. Mammy, (No other information)"
Annie Bennett Ferree
BIRTH
17 Sep 1856
Missouri,
DEATH
12 Apr 1922
Dallas, Texas,
BURIAL
Oakland Cemetery
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas,
PLOT
Section 34, Lot 24, Grave 3
MEMORIAL ID
177128136.
Anson G. Bennett
BIRTH
4 Oct 1858
DEATH
12 Mar 1944
BURIAL
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas,
MEMORIAL ID
95082309.
"Leonora (Lea) Bennett, 1900-1905
Lea Bennett was the daughter of Sam C. Bennett. After her father’s death, she was appointed temporary custodian on January 18, 1900, when she was 38 years old25 and held the position until June 8, 1905. Her pay was $50 a month, the same as the men who held the position.26 Leonora Bennett was born in Missouri in 186227 and moved with her parents to San Antonio.
Leonora’s father (and her predecessor as the Keeper of the Alamo) printed at his own expense a slim volume that he sold on his account to visitors to the Alamo for fifteen cents.28 Leonora Bennett enlarged this historical sketch and, in 1904, published a book called “Historical Sketch and Guide to the Alamo.” The first 81 pages of the 131-page book is a history of Texas from the appearance of Sieur de la Salle in 1685, through the careers of Philip Nolan, Augustus Magee, and Moses Austin and ending with the battle of San Jacinto. Pages 83 to 107 contain four “historical sketches,” which are probably the text of the tour given to visitors during the period between 1897 and 1905 when she or her father were the tour guides. This part of the book may have been based upon the booklet that Sam Bennett printed and sold to visitors. Following the text of the tour, there is a short history of the other San Antonio missions, including the San Fernando church. Parts 4 and 5 of Miss Bennett’s book are three poems about the Alamo and a list of the Alamo martyrs.29 In 1905, after Miss Bennett’s time as the Keeper of the Alamo ended, she continued to live with her sister at the family home on Dwyer Avenue.30
CHARLES AND ELLA
Ella Bennett and Charles E. Fisher married on 22 Jul 1878 in Bexar County, Texas.
In 1880 Corsicana, Texas,
Charles E. Fisher is 27,
Ella S. Fisher 27 Wife, and
Mabel Fisher
1 Daughter.
Articles by C.E. Fisher " "Another state homeopathic insane asylum," Texas Homeopathic Pellet 2:176-177, March 1884
Reference: "A mammoth abcess of the liver - its surgical treatment - death and postmortem," Southern Homeopathic Pellet 3:106-112, Nov. 1884
Reference: "Some homeopathic statistics," Texas Homeopathic Pellet 2:180-182, March 1884
February 1885 Austin "Dr. C. E. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher left for San Antonio yesterday. The doctor
returns this evening, but Mrs. Fisher will remain several days with friends in the
Alamo City, "
Entries in "The Southern Homeopathic Journal" tell us that A. P. Davis had moved to Corsicana to promote and spread Homeopathy in the South. He was an editor for the journal and his practice partner in Corsicana. Dr. Charles E. Fisher, was its publisher. In May of 1881, Davis relocated to Dallas.
1890 Southern Journal of Homeopathy
A Homeopathic Text-book of Surgery,
Editors Charles Edmund Fisher, T. L. MacDonald
Publisher Medical Century Company, 1896
Length 1661 pages.
Charles, born March 7, 1853 at North Benton, Ohio, and Sarah Ellen, born February 6, 1853 in Missouri,
applied for passports in 1889, residing at Austin, Texas. He requested the passports be mailed to 313 East 18th St., New York City.
October 4, 1889
In 1900 Madison, Wisconsin, Sarah E. Fisher is in a boarding house, born 1853 in Missouri,
with Mabel Fisher born May 1879 in Texas.
She's also in the San Antonio 1900 census,
Anna M. "Bennette" 71, custodian at the Alamo,
Mollie Bennette 49 Daughter,
Leoana P. Bennette
37 Daughter
Sarah Fisher
47 Daughter, and
Geo W. Shafer
17 Grandson.
21 December 1908 "Dr. C. E. Fisher, Mrs. Fisher and their daughter, of Chicago,
their son, C. B. Fisher, with his wife and daughter, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Miss Margaret H. Seibert, of Harrisburg, Pa., have been stopping at the
New Sterling while houses on the claims of Dr. and Mrs. Fisher, Mr. C. B. Fisher
and Miss Seibert are being built.
Their claims are close together, on the uplands 12 miles northwest
of Sterling, within view of O. P. Sells' new sod bungalow,
and they anticipate no little enjoyment from the life of pioneers.
Within the past two months a number of homesteads have been filed on iu that section
of the country, and the public domain has all been taken in that vicinity.
Dr. Fisher is building a four-room house on his claim. Three other houses will be
built for the remaining members of the 'Fisher Colony.'
Dr. Fisher is chief surgeon for McArthur Bros. Construction company of Chicago,
and New York. He was formerly a newspaperman and during the Cuban Reconstruction
period established and published the Havana (Cuba) Daily Boat.
His duties as surgeon for McArthur Bros. will necessitate his being away a considerable part
of the year, but his family will maintain a home on the claim.
Mr. C. B. Fisher is an attorney-at-law and surrendered a good practice in Minneapolis to
bring his wife to a more healthful climate. He will probably engage in the practice of law in
Sterling. Miss Seibert is a professional nurse."
December 1908 "Wanted"Two fresh milch cows. Jersey or Durham or cross of both preferred.
Also team of heavy young work mares.
Dr. C. E. Fisher, Baptist Parsonage, Sterling."
January 1909 " Dr. C. E. Fisher, of the 'Fisher Colony' neighborhood, hns just returned from
Western Colorado, having been called to Montrose to operate upon a case of appendicitis.
While acrosa the Divide the doctor visited former Chicago friends and patrons at Ouray.
The winter was found to be much leas severe in that part of the state than this."
February 1909 "Dr. C. E. Fisher came in from New York ten days ago,
and after instituting measures for a large reservoir and other improvements upon his upland holdings,
went last Saturday to New Orleans to attend a medical convention, going from there to New York again,
where he will remain some weeks in hospital and college work, to which he has been called. "
"Miss Mabel Fisher has moved into her two room weatherboard cottage near Mr. Welch's residence,
a mile west of her father's and brother's places. It occupies a very commanding site,
giving an extended view of the surrounding country and the valley of the Platte river.
Dr. Fisher visited the Berry poultry farm at Clarinda, Iowa, on his way East last week,
and made some very choice selections of a number of breeds of chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese
for his son's chicken ranch northwest of Sterling. C. B. Fisher is engaging in the business as an
industry which will prove of value to this part of Colorado. He will establish a poultry farm on a
large scale, raising the finest breeds for the local market, and supplying the very highest grades
of special varieties of chickens and other fowls for the farmers of this part of the state.
This is one of the best industries which has been undertaken on the uplands, and will
involve considerable capital in its development."
In 1910 Sterling, next to son Clarence,
Charles Fisher is a doctor, born in Ohio,
57
Ella Fisher 57 Wife born in Missouri, and
Ciman Van Dorf
23
Hired Man ,
.
October 1910
Charles Edmund Fisher claimed a quarter in section 35, 9N 54W in 1911.
Clarence B. Fisher claimed a quarter in section 35, 9N 54W in 1911.
Ella Mabel Fisher claimed a quarter in 34, 9N 54W in February 1912.
May 1911
September 1911 " Dr. C.E. Fisher went up to Denver
to attend the wedding of his daughter, Mabel, to Robert Sweeney.
Dr. Fisher will also attend the State Medical convention. "
Mrs. Fisher, who has been in Denver
for a week, will leave this week for San Antonio, Texas,
to spend the winter with her mother and family. "
" Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swinney returned last night from their honeymoon trip
to Glenwood Springs and other points and are now living on North Third street."
April 1916 "Mrs. Dr. C. E. Fisher,
who has been visiting with her aged mother and family at
San Antonio, Texas, during the winter, started for Sterling
this morning and will arrive the latter part of the week
after a brief visit with her granddaughter at Colorado
Springs en route. "
May 1916
September 1918 " Dr. C. E. Fisher has returned from
an extended trip to various points in California. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Henderson, in
whose company he made the return trip as far as Thermopolis, Wyoming, are returning by way of
Denver, where they will visit for a short time."
July 1919
"Dr. C. E. Fisher Made Medical Director of California Sanitarium
Dr. Fisher, formerly of Sterling, is now medical director of the San Mateo sanitarium,
a large institution at San Mateo, Californla. His offices are in the Monadnock building of San
Francisco."
In 1920 San Francisco, Charles E. Fisher 66, a doctor, is in a large lodging house.
Ella stayed in Sterling,
Mary S. McRoberts 71, and
Ella Fisher 66 Lodger.
1926
In 1927 Dr. C. E. Fisher of Lyons, Kansas was one of the doctors registered with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
Charles is in Paso Robles, California in 1930, 77, with servants Celia H. Weeber 49 and Mollie F. Weeber 72, widowed, both born in Nebraska, and John Edwards 52 born in Texas.
Charles E. Fisher
Death Date 25 Aug 1932
Age at Death 79
Death Place San Luis Obispo County.
Dr. C. E. Fisher
BIRTH
1853
DEATH
1932
BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas,
PLOT
Singing Tower
MEMORIAL ID
79657158.
CLARENCE
Clarence B. Fisher
Age 26
Birth Place Texas.
Marriage Date 11 Jun 1904
Marriage Place Woodbury, Iowa,
Spouse
Josephens Ross
Father
Dr. C. E. Fisher
Mother
Sarah E. Bennett .
Louise Bennett Fisher
Birth Date 1 Apr 1905
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's Name Clarence Bennett Fisher
Father's Age 26
Mother's Name Josephine Ross.
In 1910 Logan County,
Clarence Fisher is farming, 29, born in Texas,
Josahene Fisher
30
Wife, born in Iowa,
Louise Fisher 5 Daughter, born in Illinois, and
Miriam Rogers
40
Nurse.
Josephine Ross Fisher
BIRTH
1879
Iowa,
DEATH
1913
BURIAL
Graceland Park Cemetery
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa,
PLOT
Kismet, Lot 41
MEMORIAL ID
41648860.
July 14, 1909 Sterling "Wanted - A woman cook. C. B. Fisher. "
November 1910 "C. B. Fisher has removed south for the winter, having accepted a remunerative position
in connection with his profession at Dallas, Tex. His territory covers nearly all of Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and part of Louisiana. Mrs. Fisher will spend the winter at El Paso for her health. "
In 1920 Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Caroline May Murphy is 46,
Louise Bennet Fisher 14 Niece, and
Gertrude C. Read
40 Lodger.
October 4, 1925 San Francisco "Miss Fisher announced her engagement to Mr. Robert Allen Keller. Covers were laid for twelve, and the table was beautifully decorated with autumn flowers."
In 1930 Los Angeles,
Clarence B. Fisher is 48,
Sarah N. Fisher 49 Wife born in California.
Clarence B. Fisher
BIRTH
20 Apr 1881
Texas,
DEATH
13 Feb 1949
California,
BURIAL
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California,
PLOT
Col. of Patience, Iris Terrace, Lot 0, Space 21340
MEMORIAL ID
85399637.
Sarah was in Ely, Nevada in 1910,
Albert J. Butler
31,
Sarah Butler
32
Wife,
Gweneth Butler 6 Daughter, and
Emma Schmitz
35
Sister-in-law
.
Sarah Marie Bareilles Fisher
BIRTH
6 Apr 1875
San Francisco, California,
DEATH
6 Aug 1961
La Jolla, San Diego County, California,
BURIAL
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California,
PLOT
Col. of Patience, Iris Terrace, Lot 0, Space 21340
MEMORIAL ID
33798761.
"Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Bonham Brothers Mortuary Chapel in San Diego for Sarah Marie Fisher of 859 Los Olivos Ave., Palm Springs, who died in La Jolla Monday while on vacation.
A native of San Francisco, Mrs. Fisher had lived in Palm Springs for 20 years. She is survived by her daughter, Gwyneth A. Marcy of Palm Springs, one granddaughter, and two great-grandsons."
Virginia Ross Keller Horrall was born 5 May 1927.
March 1948 North Hollywood "Jack Horrall, 21. of 15708 Rayen st San Fernando, and Virginia KeHei, 20, of 3020 Maxwell st Los Angeles"
They were in Los Angeles in 1950, 22, married to Jack Horrall 23 city policeman.
Jack and Virginia R. Horrall divorced in Los Angeles in February 1968.
Death Date 9 Jun 1995, resident at one time in Palm Desert, California.
" Virginia Ross Horrall, 68, of Palm Desert died June 9, 1995, at her home.
She was born May 5, 1927, in Paso Robles to Louise Fisher and Robert Keller.
Survivors include her husband, Jack; a daughter, Jennifer Kellog of Texas;
her mother, Louise Keller of Los Angeles; and a brother, Robert Keller of Los Angeles. Services will be private."
Jennifer Horrall
1954 - 2004
Jack, born July 16, 1926, died May 11, 2009, last residence Palm Desert.
MABEL
Mabel Fisher
Marriage Date 20 Sep 1911
Marriage Place Denver, recorded in Logan County, Colorado,
Spouse
Robert H. Swinney.
Ernest Westwood Swinney
BIRTH
unknown
DEATH
2 Oct 1932
BURIAL
Riverside Cemetery
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado,
PLOT
1-72 block 009 lot 0005 space 11
MEMORIAL ID
55535227.
In 1940 Sterling,
Robert H. Swinney is 60, Ella M. Swinney 60 Wife, and
Ella Fisher
87
Mother-in-law.
Robert is widowed in 1950 Sterling, in a lodging house.
Robert W Swinney
BIRTH
31 Jul 1879
Saline County, Missouri,
DEATH
12 Jun 1961
BURIAL
Riverside Cemetery
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado,
PLOT
1-34 Lot 0003 Space 06 No headstone
MEMORIAL ID
237386240.
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