Hugh Frank and Kittie (Milby) Fisher, Montrose and Denver



HUGH'S 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.

KITTIE'S FAMILY

Captain William M. Milby BIRTH 18 Jul 1839 Alabama, DEATH 17 Oct 1907 Texas, BURIAL Oakwood Cemetery Austin, Travis County, Texas, PLOT Section 2, Lot 810 MEMORIAL ID 59193770.


November 17, 1925 Austin " Katherine S. Milby, 75, for 47 years a resident of Austin, died Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock at the family residence at 406 West 14th street.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. H. F. Fisher of Denver, Mrs. Josephine Cornitius of San Antonio, and Miss Mabel Milby of Austin, and by one son, Tom Milby of Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Milby was the widow of the late W. M. Milby and has been a member of the First Methodist church here for many years.
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the family home. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. "

HUGH AND KITTIE

H. F. Fisher and Kittie Milby married in 1889 in Travis County, Texas.
April 25, 1889 " Dr. H. F. Fisher, a successful young physician of this city, was married this evening at the Methodist Church to Miss Kittie Milby, a very pretty young lady, daughter of Capt. Wm. Milby. Rev. Dr. Chappell officiated. The couple left on a bridal trip via San Antonio."

May 1908 Montrose, Colorado

In 1910 Montrose, Colorado, Dr. Hugh Fisher is an oculist, 47, Kittie Fisher 43 Wife, Mabel Milby 24 Sister-in-law, Thomas Milby 28 Brother-in-law, Margaret Milby 23 Sister-in-law, and Margaret Milby 3 Daughter.

August 1911 Montrose, Colorado "From the Topeka Capital of August first we note an extract from a letter written by Dr. C. E. 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."

October 1913 Hayden, Routt County, Colorado "Dr. H. F. Fisher, of Denver will be at the Oxford hotel, Hayden, Friday, October 17, to operate upon and treat the Eyes, Nose, Throat, Ears, Adenoids, Tonsils and to Fit Glasses Properly."

Hugh and Kittie are in Denver in 1920, 1930, and 1940, with Mable Mitby 51 living with them in 1940.

Hugh F. Fisher Birth Date 8 Feb 1863 in Lawrence, Kansas.



Thanks to the Denver Public Library for the obituaries.



Crown Hill has "Fisher, Kittie M. 50-179-D-1 26 Feb 1948"
and " Fisher, Dr. Hugh Frank 50-179-D-2 01 Apr 1947."

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