Henry B. Fisher (1822-1905)

Tombstone of Henry B. Fisher Tunnel Hill Cemetery

C5 Henry B. Fisher, born May 24, 1822, died May 5, 1905 in White Pine, Jefferson, Tennessee. Married Mary Amadilla Dunlop, born February 7, 1823, died October 17, 1864. Amadilla was the daughter of William Dunlap and Anna Newton. Five children.

Henry served in the 170th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.

Both Henry and his wife are buried in Tunnel Hill Cemetery, Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio.

Henry Fisher, at one time one of the best known citizens of Bowerston but who had resided in White Pine, Tennessee, for the last several years, died Friday, May 5, 1905, at the home of his son in that city. Mr. Fisher was 83 years old. His boyhood was Spent on Fisher's Run and soon after his marriage to Miss Dunlap, he became the owner of the homestead. Mr. Fisher at an early age became identified with the United Brethren Church at Tunnel Hill and was a class leader for more than twenty-eight years, always taking an active part in church affairs.

Mr,. Fisher was a Christian gentleman always. He enlisted in the Ohio Regiment OVI and here he related his Christian spirit, at times conducting prayer meetings around the camp there. Mr. Fisher was a man of mature judgement and [illegible] to serve God and his church. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, two of whom survive. L. Fisher, of White Pine, Tennessee, with whom he had lived for many years, and Rev. R. Fisher, a minister of the United Brethren Church in Tennessee. Mr. Fisher's remains were brought to his former home and interred in the Tunnel Hill cemetery, services being conducted on Sunday, May 7. A large number of persons were in attendance at the services.

Children of Henry B. Fisher and Mary Amadilla Dunlop:

D1 Leander Fisher, born November 24, 1844 in Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio; died January 22, 1889 in Braymer, Caldwell County, Missouri; Married January 1, 1870 Sarah Zumbro in Linn, Missouri. Sarah was born on September 29, 1848 in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, and died on December 8, 1933 in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri. Sarah was the daughter of Abraham Zumbro and Rebecca Newlon.

D2 Riscena (Roxena) T. Fisher, born February 11, 1846, died January 23, 1865; Married ____ Brown in 1862/63.

D3 Miranda Fisher, born June 26, 1847, died April 26, 1870; Married Nathan B. Smith; Buried in Tunnel Hill Cemetery, Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio.

D4 Rhoda Fisher, born May 15, 1853, died October 17, 1864; Buried in Tunnel Hill Cemetery, Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio.

D5 Ozias Fisher, born February 23, 1855, died May 10, 1928; Married Gertie ____ in 1896/97.

D6 Rudolphus Fisher, born May 17, 1858, died June 13, 1952 in Albany, Benton, Oregon, buried Oak Lawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon; Married September 19, 1878 Mary Zumbro near Brookfield, Linn, Missouri.