Nellie Fisher was born in 1820 in Haywood County, North Carolina, the fourth of 11 children born to James Rufus Fisher (1794-1869) and Mary Gilleland Fisher (1794-1855). She was married to Benjamin Coward (1816-1896) on 27 December 1843 in Haywood County, NC. They had four sons and three daughters. She was accounted for in the September 1850 census in Haywood, NC, and in the July 1860 census in Jackson, NC. Her death date is approximate, as Benjamin was widowed in the July 1870 census. Though she is presumed to have been interred in Jackson County, NC, her precise burial location remains unknown at this time.
Nellie Fisher was born in 1820 in Haywood County, North Carolina, the fourth of 11 children born to James Rufus Fisher (1794-1869) and Mary Gilleland Fisher (1794-1855). She was married to Benjamin Coward (1816-1896) on 27 December 1843 in Haywood County, NC. They had four sons and three daughters. She was accounted for in the September 1850 census in Haywood, NC, and in the July 1860 census in Jackson, NC. Her death date is approximate, as Benjamin was widowed in the July 1870 census. Though she is presumed to have been interred in Jackson County, NC, her precise burial location remains unknown at this time.
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