Centenary Cemetery Salem Twonship Tuscarawas County, Ohio

D4 Martha Jane DeLong, born 1835/6, died 1885; married February 17, 1859 Andrew Jackson Risher, born March 16, 1837 in Ohio, died June 22, 1918 in Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio . Andrew's father was Menesses Risher (born in Germany) and his mother was Nancy Kail (born in Ohio). Martha is buried in Centenary Cemetery, Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Andrew is buried in Gnadenhutten cemetery, Gnadenhutten, Ohio.

After Martha died in 1885, Andrew Jackson Risher married (2) Zilla I. Kerby, born May 1854 in Ohio, died April 19, 1926 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Uhrichsville Chronicle
Uhrichsville, Ohio
Wednesday June 26, 1918

"JACK" RISHER DIES

Gnadenhutten, June 22--Andrew J. Risher, known to his friends as "Jack", died at his home at Seventeen at 4 o'clock this morning after continued illness.

Mr. Risher was boren March 16, 1837, near the village of Gilmore, and was 81 years, three months and six days old. He lived all of his life in Tuscarawas county.

He is survived by his widow and four children --Cyrus A. Risher, Massilon; Mrs. Della Murney, Uhrichsville; Thurman Risher, of Oldtown; Mrs. Roxy Hunt, Seventeen.

Mr. Risher was a machinist by trade. He was a member of the Church of God, and was a good Christian father and husband.

Funeral services will be held at the residence Monday at 2 p. m. Interment in Gnadenhutten cemetery.

Children of Martha Jane DeLong and Andrew Jackson Risher:

E1 Oscar S. Risher, born June 15, 1856, died August 15, 1910 ; married 1898 Alice L. _____, born June 1876 in Ohio, died 1942 in Ohio; In 1910 Ocsar was a saw mill laboror.

E2 Cyrus Allen Risher, born November 13, 1861 in Ohio, died September 20, 1940 in Stark County, Ohio ; married Phoebe M. Kerby, born January 1866 in Ohio.

E3 Nora Della Risher, born ca. 1864; married George H. Davis.

E4 Belinda Jane Risher, born 1868, died 1897; buried in Centenary Cemetery, Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

E5 Judson Thurman Risher, born October 22, 1873 in Ohio, died March 21, 1947 ; married Emma Urbach, born March 31, 1884 in Ohio, died December 1970.

F1 Frederick Risher, born March 1910 in Ohio.

F2 Martha Risher, born ca. 1913 in Ohio.

E6 Roxanna S. Risher, born August 13, 1888 in Ohio, died October 26, 1950 married Joseph A. Hunt, born December 7, 1880 in Hartwood, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, died June 10, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio as a result of an auto accident in Newcomerstown, Ohio on June 9, 1938; . Joseph was the son of Joseph Hunt (birthplace unknown) and Mary Little, born Port Washington, Ohio