Ransom Norton Fisher (1826 - abt. 1918)

Born 22 Feb 1826 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Meeder) Fisher — married 1 Sep 1852 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Esther E. (Crie) Fisher — married 31 Dec 1874 in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States

Died about 21 Feb 1918 at about age 91 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Ransom Norton Fisher was born at Livermore, Maine, on 22 Feb 1826, the son of Grinfill Fisher and Mary Ann (Filoon) Fisher,^[1] with whom he was living at Livermore in 1850 at the age of 24, when he was described as a shoemaker.^[2]

Marriages

1. Ransom N. Fisher, 26, stone cutter, of Danvers, Massachusetts, married Sarah E. Meeder, 21, of Andover, Massachusetts, at Andover on 1 Sep 1852.^[3]
2. Ransom Norton Fisher married as his second wife Esther Crie, the divorced former wife of Josiah Brown, at Fairfield, Maine, on 31 Dec 1874.^[4] See the Research Notes on Esther's profile.

Children

Ransom and Sarah (Meeder) Fisher had four children, listed in the 1928 history of Livermore, Maine,^[5] and shown living with them at Livermore in the 1870 Census:^[6]

1. Sarah E. Fisher, born in 1854, 15 in the 1870 Census
2. James G. Fisher, born in 1862, 8 in the 1870 Census
3. Frances L. Fisher, born in 1867, 3 in the 1870 Census
4. George R. Fisher, born in 1869, 1 in the 1870 Census

Ransom and Esther (Crie) Fisher had no known children.

Later Life

Ransom N. Fisher's second wife died in 1891. In 1900, he was living at Livermore at the age of 74 with a servant, the widow Charlotte C. Witham, 68.^[7] In 1910 they were still living together at Livermore at the ages of 84 and 77.^[8]

Death

The gravestone of Ransom Norton Fisher at the Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 22 Feb 1826 and 21 Feb 1918.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ Ransom N. Fisher in the Grinfill Fisher household, family #146, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 18 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Marriage record of Ransom N. Fisher and Sarah E. Meeder, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Essex > Andover > Marriages 1844-1855 > image 24 of 34; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. The marriage record says that Ransom Fisher was born at Livermore, Maine, and names Grinfill and Mary Ann Fisher as his parents.
4. ↑ Marriage record of Ransome N. Fisher and Mrs. Esther E. Crie, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch > Vital records prior to 1892 > Ficket-Flaherty, 1887 > image 2811 of 4192; multiple sources, Maine.
5. ↑ 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 114
6. ↑ Ransom Fisher household, family #75, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > images 8-[9 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). The children are on the second page of the census record, at image 9.
7. ↑ Ransom N. Fisher household, family #277, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > ED 29 Livermore town > image 22 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Ransom N. Fisher household, family #248, in United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > ED 34 > image 24 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Photo of gravestone of "Ransom Norton Fisher, son of Grinfill Fisher" (Find A Grave: Memorial #40861550)