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Ruluff FISHER or Ruliff FISHER lfs was born in Holland in 1724; came to this country before the American Revolution; married Mary ?. They first lived in Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ. mc They moved to Luzerne Co., PA bet. 1785 - 1790. lfs They settled on the Middle Road in Hanover; Ruluff died in 1809, aged 85. His wife was born in 1725 and died in 1830, aged 105. They are both buried in Hanover Cemetery. They had:
Jacob FISHER 2 (Ruluff 1) was born in America in 1771; married Hannah ADAMS; lived on the Middle Road in Hanover, near the DOWNING's; died in 1852. The FISHER family, along with the INMAN and SMILEY families, relocated to Rock County, Wisconsin sometime in the 1840s. js Jacob & Hannah had:
Henry FISHER 3 or Harry FISHER js (Jacob, 2 Ruluff 1) was born in Hanover in 1803; married Mary SMILEY; resided in Wilkes-Barre; owned the hotel at South Wilkes-Barre, built about 1848; died with his son on the North Branch Canal, where he had a contract, in 1851. It is believed they were robbed and murdered, and the house burned with them in it. After the deaths of Henry and Abraham, the family relocated to Rock Co., WI to join the mother and brothers about 1851. js Harry and Mary's children, among others, were:
Elijah FISHER 3 (Jacob, 2 Ruluff 1); married Elizabeth Ann SLEPPY. They had:
1. John Sleppy FISHER, b. 4 Feb 1839, Hanover, PA, d. 8 Jan 1925, Charles Co., MD, m. 7 Dec 1867, Wisconsin or Virginia, Eliza ?, b.c. 1852, PA, d. bef. 1900, prob. Charles Co., MD lfs
2. Margaret Ann FISHER, b. 22 Apr 1840, Hanover/Wilkes-Barre, PA, d. 8 Jun 1858, Rock Co., WI lfs
3. Henry Harrison FISHER, b. 27 Nov 1841, Wilkes-Barre, PA, d. May 9, 1918, Pinellas Co., FL, m. 12 Oct 1871,
Washington D.C., Helen Theresa WILCOX, b. 28 Jul 1849, Peruville/Dryden, Tompkins Co., NY, d. 23 Mar 1934, Pinellas Co., FL lfs
4. Hannah MarieFISHER, b. 6 Aug 1843, PA, d. 17 Dec 1879, m. 25 Oct 1870, Francis M. DEARMAN lfs
5. Sarah Elizabeth FISHER, b. 29 Jul 1845, PA, d. 11 Sep 1923, m. 25 Oct 1870, Spotsylvania Co., VA, Charles BROWN lfs
6. Julia Annette FISHER, b. 28 May 1849, MI, d. 3 Nov 1924, Charles Co., MD, m. 3 Sep 1876, Joel G. FLOYD, b. 1840, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, d. bet. 1891-1900, Washington D.C. lfs
7. Alice Jessie FISHER, b. 18 Oct 1857, prob. Newark, Rock Co., WI, d. 22 Mar 1900, Knoxville, TN, m. 10 Mar
1884, prob. Washington D.C., S.G. JARVIS lfs
NOTES |
c1900 1900 U.S. Census
js Provided by Jim Scott, a descendant of Jacob Fisher; Email: jamesascott at prodigy.net; Nov 2004.
lfs Provided by Laura Fisher Schickedanz, a descendant of Henry Harrison Fisher; Email: laura.schick at comcast.net; Oct 2007.
mc Monmouth Co., NJ census records.
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