Fisher Family History, 4th Generation
(Sylvester Fisher Children)
Ida B. FISHER (1874-)
1341. Ida B. Fisher was born in October 1874 in Nebraska. She was the first child of Sylvester and Mary J. Fisher, from Indiana and Ohio respectively.
Ida B. Fisher died between 1936 and 1939. She was in her early 60s.
Charles Sylvester FisherΔ (1876-1949)
1342. Charles Sylvester FisherΔ was born on May 11, 1876, in Bloomington, Franklin County, Nebraska. Charles married Verna Mae Wiles, a native of Illionis, on November 9, 1916, in Rock County, north-central Nebraska. They had six children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13421. | Charles Rockwell “Rocky” FisherΔ |
30 Nov 1917 | 8 Dec 1964 | (47) |
| 13422. | William “Bill” P. FisherΔ |
30 Oct 1918 | 5 Jan 1968 | (49) |
| 13423. | Mary Ruth Fisher | 2 May 1920 | 1 Oct 2003 | (83) |
| 13424. | Loren Staten “Stan” Fisher | 9 Oct 1923 | 27 Feb 2001 | (77) |
| 13425. | Robert “Bob” Glenn Fisher• |
6 Jun 1927 | 21 Sep 2016 | (89) |
| 13426. | Kenneth Francis Fisher | 16 Oct 1928 | Apr 1988 | (59) |
Charles may have migrated to California for a time with uncle, John Jackson Fisher3, who settled in Sonoma County, and could be the Charles Fisher found there in Healdsburg in 1898[Vote 1898]. He returned to his mother and siblings in Kearney, Buffalo County, by 1900, and worked there as a farm laborer.[Cen 1900]
After Charles' marriage, he worked as a track man on the rail road in Kearney.[Cen 1920] He and his family stayed there through the birth of son Staten in 1923.
taken in Kearney
Photo courtesy of granddaughter Cheryl Fisher Casciani.
The Fishers moved up the Wood River about 31 miles northwest of Kearny to Sumner, Dawson County, by the birth of son Bob in 1923. There they farmed through at least 1940.[Cen 1930,1940]
Sons Rocky and Bill served in World War II--Rocky in the Pacific, having enlisted in 1940, and Bill in North Africa, having enlisted in 1942. Bill's tank (mobile artillery vehicle) was struck during the Tunisia Campaign but the shell did not immediately explode. He helped evacuate the crew but the shell exploded before he was able to jump off the vehicle. He suffered serious injuries and had most of his lungs removed, yet survived to marry a nurse who cared for him and lived another 23 years. Bill was awarded a Silver Star.
Charles Sylvester Fisher died on July 24, 1949, in Kearney and was buried in Kearney Cemetery. He was 73 years old.
After Charles' death, son Bob was called up for service in the Korean War and served for eight months in Korea with the Oklahoma National Guard.
Verna went on to remarry to Frank Ireland and lived in the upper front floor of 2002 East 22nd Street in Oakland, Alameda County, California by 1950.[Cen 1950]
Verna (Wiles Fisher) Ireland died in September 1978 in Alameda County at the age of 92. She was buried at the Chapel of Memories Columbarium and Mausoleum in Oakland.[Grave]