Elijah Fisher (1793 - 1853)

Born 16 Jul 1793 in Livermore, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jun 1853 at age 59 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Elijah Fisher was born at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on 16 Jul 1793, the son of Elijah Fisher and Jerusha (Keen) Fisher.^[1]

Elijah Fisher died on 18 Jun 1853,^[2] with his age at his death reported as 61 years, 11 months, and he is buried at the Boothby Family Cemetery with his parents and his sister Mary. (The burial record identifies the cemetery as the "Livermore Ctr" cemetery,^[3] but his stone is in the Boothby Family Cemetery.)^[4]

Research Note

The 1928 Livermore history says that he was unmarried,^[5] but in the 1850 census, he is living at Livermore at age 57 with a Sarah Fisher, age 51.^[6] This might be his sister, Sarah Fisher (born in 1798), but the 1928 history says that she married Moses Berry.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 87; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 74 of 718
2. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 4; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 210 of 718
3. ↑ Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, database with images, FamilySearch, Fish, Mona-Fletcher, Thomas > image 331 of 1599; Maine State Library, Augusta.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253444779/elijah-fisher : accessed 22 May 2023), memorial page for Elijah Fisher (16 Jul 1793–18 Jun 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 253444779, citing Boothby Family Cemetery, Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA; Maintained by samnhowes (contributor 47597020).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 113
6. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 18 of 43 > Elijah Fisher household, family #144; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).