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Barbara Fisher

circa 1827 (computed from age at death) – 1897 (circa)

Died circa 1897 near Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, aged about 70 — pioneer widow of George Fisher; obituary preserved in the Fisher family bible

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

1897 (circa)

Date of birth

circa 1827 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

about seventy years

Place of death

Miami, Indiana, United States

Inscription transcription

A Pioneer Lady Dead

Mrs. Fisher, widow of the late George Fisher, died at her home near Mexico Friday evening, aged about seventy years, of erysipelas and other ailments common to old age. Mrs. Fisher had lived in Miami county many years and was one among the many worthy pioneer residents of the county. She was a member of the German Baptist church and being a devout christian her life was spent in doing good. She was an affectionate wife, a kind mother and a useful woman in the community in which she lived. No lady in Miami county was held in higher esteem, and she will be sadly missed by her many friends, as well as by her immediate relatives. Her husband, George Fisher, who died about seven years ago, [Brian's note: this puts her death at circa 1897] was one of Miami county's most substantial and best known citizens.

She leaves four sons, who are Rev. Lee Fisher, of South Whitley, Ind., and Peter, Henry and William, of Miami county. She was buried in the German Baptist cemetery at Mexico, at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. No funeral service was held on account of the illness of her son Henry.

The bracketed editorial insertion '[Brian's note: this puts her death at circa 1897]' is retained and is not part of the original clipping. The undated clipping names her only as 'Mrs. Fisher, widow of the late George Fisher'; our original posting identifies her as Barbara (Moss) Fisher, and our archive's index entry dates the death to 1897 ('died in Mexico, Miami county Indiana 1897'), evidently reckoned from her husband's death 'about seven years ago'. The death year 1897 is therefore approximate. She was the mother of Henry Fisher, owner of the family bible in which this clipping and the companion Fisher/Ault obituaries were preserved.

People named in this record

  • Barbara FisherSubject
  • George FisherSpouse
  • Rev. Lee FisherChild
  • PeterChild
  • HenryChild
  • WilliamChild

Record submitted by

Terri Saylor — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
Submitted by Terri Saylor to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Terri Saylor
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — obituary transcribed from a clipping glued into the Fisher family bible; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Barbara (Moss) Fisher (died circa 1897), widow of George Fisher, pioneer resident of Miami County, Indiana, who died at her home near Mexico aged about seventy years, transcribed from a clipping preserved in the Fisher family bible. Contributed by Terri Saylor to the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/fisher-barbara-1897/ : accessed [your access date]).

Found and transcribed by Terri Saylor from the Fisher family bible, which appears to have belonged to Henry Fisher, son of George and Barbara Moss Fisher; the obituary clipping was glued to the inside of the bible.

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