Sophia Pritchard was born on July 12, 1825, to Paul Wiley Pritchard and Permilla Davis Pritchard, in North Carolina (probably in Pasquotank County.) The Wiley Pritchard family moved from North Carolina to Wayne County, Indiana in 1828, and then to southern Madison County, Indiana, in about 1835.
Wiley Pritchard died in 1837, leaving his wife Permilla ("Millie") and eight children: Peleg, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Martha, and John.
Before 1840, Permilla Davis Pritchard married a Madison County neighbor, George Hunter. George Hunter's farm adjoined the farm of Samuel Martin Fisher, and Samuel had a younger brother named King David Fisher. Sophia Pritchard and King David Fisher were married in about 1841, probably in Madison County, Indiana, or an adjacent county.
During the 1850s and 1860s, King David and Sophia Fisher gradually migrated westward. By 1870, they were living in Jefferson County, Nebraska. Sophia bore 12 children: John Jackson Fisher (1843-1906;) Isaac (1844-1867;) Mary (1854-1871;) twins Sarah (1849) and Sylvester (1849-1889;) Ellen (1852-1899;) David (c. 1854-bef. 1871;) Frederick (1857-bef. 1871;) Theadore (1858-1925;) Samuel (1861-aft. 1884;) Ira (1863-1938;) and Robert (1865.)
In 1871, King David Fisher died unexpectedly of lung fever, and Sophia became a widow with a family to support. She moved to Sherman County, Nebraska, and finished raising her youngest children there. On 22 Dec 1885 Sophia married her widowed brother-in-law, Samuel Martin Fisher (see above), in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. She and Samuel made their home near White Rock in Republic County, Kansas, and she died there in May 1887.
The following obituary appeared in the Sherman Times, Loup City, Nebraska, on 19 May 1887,
"Died at White Rock, Kansas May 1st 1887, Sophia Fisher aged 61 years. Mrs. Fisher leaves 6 sons and one daughter who lives at Chester, NE. The sons, with one exception, live in this county. Mrs Fisher was one of the earliest of Sherman County's pioneers and by a good example and cheerfulness led many a poor one, halt, discouraged, to look upon the bright side. As her life was one filled with usefulness and her span had nearly reached three score and ten, a consistent member of the M.E. Church, and by her works known, we know she has entered into [?] Word. The bereaved ones have our sympathy from their many friends [?] trial of their irreparable loss."
It is likely that Sophia was buried on the Samuel Fisher farm, located near Otter Creek and present day Pawnee Lane (Road 510) in Republic County. KS (6th PM, Township 002S , Range 005W, Aliquots W½NW¼, Section 5, and also 6th PM, Township 002S, Range 005W, Aliquots E½NE¼, Section 6, near the state line in northern Republic County.) Her grave is believed to be unmarked. Samuel Martin Fisher had financial problems in his old age and lost his farm in Republic County. He probably just couldn't afford to buy a cemetery plot and tombstone for Sophia.
A kind Find A Grave volunteer has recently walked Persinger Cemetery in Republic County, where Samuel Martin Fisher's first wife, Ruphemia,was buried. She found no gravestone for Sophia Fisher. The volunteer also checked Persinger Cemetery records to see if they held any information about Sophia's burial -- and they do not. It has also been suggested that Sophia Fisher may be buried in the White Rock Cemetery. (This biography was updated 11/11/2019.)
Wiley Pritchard died in 1837, leaving his wife Permilla ("Millie") and eight children: Peleg, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Martha, and John.
Before 1840, Permilla Davis Pritchard married a Madison County neighbor, George Hunter. George Hunter's farm adjoined the farm of Samuel Martin Fisher, and Samuel had a younger brother named King David Fisher. Sophia Pritchard and King David Fisher were married in about 1841, probably in Madison County, Indiana, or an adjacent county.
During the 1850s and 1860s, King David and Sophia Fisher gradually migrated westward. By 1870, they were living in Jefferson County, Nebraska. Sophia bore 12 children: John Jackson Fisher (1843-1906;) Isaac (1844-1867;) Mary (1854-1871;) twins Sarah (1849) and Sylvester (1849-1889;) Ellen (1852-1899;) David (c. 1854-bef. 1871;) Frederick (1857-bef. 1871;) Theadore (1858-1925;) Samuel (1861-aft. 1884;) Ira (1863-1938;) and Robert (1865.)
In 1871, King David Fisher died unexpectedly of lung fever, and Sophia became a widow with a family to support. She moved to Sherman County, Nebraska, and finished raising her youngest children there. On 22 Dec 1885 Sophia married her widowed brother-in-law, Samuel Martin Fisher (see above), in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. She and Samuel made their home near White Rock in Republic County, Kansas, and she died there in May 1887.
The following obituary appeared in the Sherman Times, Loup City, Nebraska, on 19 May 1887,
"Died at White Rock, Kansas May 1st 1887, Sophia Fisher aged 61 years. Mrs. Fisher leaves 6 sons and one daughter who lives at Chester, NE. The sons, with one exception, live in this county. Mrs Fisher was one of the earliest of Sherman County's pioneers and by a good example and cheerfulness led many a poor one, halt, discouraged, to look upon the bright side. As her life was one filled with usefulness and her span had nearly reached three score and ten, a consistent member of the M.E. Church, and by her works known, we know she has entered into [?] Word. The bereaved ones have our sympathy from their many friends [?] trial of their irreparable loss."
It is likely that Sophia was buried on the Samuel Fisher farm, located near Otter Creek and present day Pawnee Lane (Road 510) in Republic County. KS (6th PM, Township 002S , Range 005W, Aliquots W½NW¼, Section 5, and also 6th PM, Township 002S, Range 005W, Aliquots E½NE¼, Section 6, near the state line in northern Republic County.) Her grave is believed to be unmarked. Samuel Martin Fisher had financial problems in his old age and lost his farm in Republic County. He probably just couldn't afford to buy a cemetery plot and tombstone for Sophia.
A kind Find A Grave volunteer has recently walked Persinger Cemetery in Republic County, where Samuel Martin Fisher's first wife, Ruphemia,was buried. She found no gravestone for Sophia Fisher. The volunteer also checked Persinger Cemetery records to see if they held any information about Sophia's burial -- and they do not. It has also been suggested that Sophia Fisher may be buried in the White Rock Cemetery. (This biography was updated 11/11/2019.)
Sophia Pritchard was born on July 12, 1825, to Paul Wiley Pritchard and Permilla Davis Pritchard, in North Carolina (probably in Pasquotank County.) The Wiley Pritchard family moved from North Carolina to Wayne County, Indiana in 1828, and then to southern Madison County, Indiana, in about 1835.
Wiley Pritchard died in 1837, leaving his wife Permilla ("Millie") and eight children: Peleg, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Martha, and John.
Before 1840, Permilla Davis Pritchard married a Madison County neighbor, George Hunter. George Hunter's farm adjoined the farm of Samuel Martin Fisher, and Samuel had a younger brother named King David Fisher. Sophia Pritchard and King David Fisher were married in about 1841, probably in Madison County, Indiana, or an adjacent county.
During the 1850s and 1860s, King David and Sophia Fisher gradually migrated westward. By 1870, they were living in Jefferson County, Nebraska. Sophia bore 12 children: John Jackson Fisher (1843-1906;) Isaac (1844-1867;) Mary (1854-1871;) twins Sarah (1849) and Sylvester (1849-1889;) Ellen (1852-1899;) David (c. 1854-bef. 1871;) Frederick (1857-bef. 1871;) Theadore (1858-1925;) Samuel (1861-aft. 1884;) Ira (1863-1938;) and Robert (1865.)
In 1871, King David Fisher died unexpectedly of lung fever, and Sophia became a widow with a family to support. She moved to Sherman County, Nebraska, and finished raising her youngest children there. On 22 Dec 1885 Sophia married her widowed brother-in-law, Samuel Martin Fisher (see above), in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. She and Samuel made their home near White Rock in Republic County, Kansas, and she died there in May 1887.
The following obituary appeared in the Sherman Times, Loup City, Nebraska, on 19 May 1887,
"Died at White Rock, Kansas May 1st 1887, Sophia Fisher aged 61 years. Mrs. Fisher leaves 6 sons and one daughter who lives at Chester, NE. The sons, with one exception, live in this county. Mrs Fisher was one of the earliest of Sherman County's pioneers and by a good example and cheerfulness led many a poor one, halt, discouraged, to look upon the bright side. As her life was one filled with usefulness and her span had nearly reached three score and ten, a consistent member of the M.E. Church, and by her works known, we know she has entered into [?] Word. The bereaved ones have our sympathy from their many friends [?] trial of their irreparable loss."
It is likely that Sophia was buried on the Samuel Fisher farm, located near Otter Creek and present day Pawnee Lane (Road 510) in Republic County. KS (6th PM, Township 002S , Range 005W, Aliquots W½NW¼, Section 5, and also 6th PM, Township 002S, Range 005W, Aliquots E½NE¼, Section 6, near the state line in northern Republic County.) Her grave is believed to be unmarked. Samuel Martin Fisher had financial problems in his old age and lost his farm in Republic County. He probably just couldn't afford to buy a cemetery plot and tombstone for Sophia.
A kind Find A Grave volunteer has recently walked Persinger Cemetery in Republic County, where Samuel Martin Fisher's first wife, Ruphemia,was buried. She found no gravestone for Sophia Fisher. The volunteer also checked Persinger Cemetery records to see if they held any information about Sophia's burial -- and they do not. It has also been suggested that Sophia Fisher may be buried in the White Rock Cemetery. (This biography was updated 11/11/2019.)
Wiley Pritchard died in 1837, leaving his wife Permilla ("Millie") and eight children: Peleg, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Martha, and John.
Before 1840, Permilla Davis Pritchard married a Madison County neighbor, George Hunter. George Hunter's farm adjoined the farm of Samuel Martin Fisher, and Samuel had a younger brother named King David Fisher. Sophia Pritchard and King David Fisher were married in about 1841, probably in Madison County, Indiana, or an adjacent county.
During the 1850s and 1860s, King David and Sophia Fisher gradually migrated westward. By 1870, they were living in Jefferson County, Nebraska. Sophia bore 12 children: John Jackson Fisher (1843-1906;) Isaac (1844-1867;) Mary (1854-1871;) twins Sarah (1849) and Sylvester (1849-1889;) Ellen (1852-1899;) David (c. 1854-bef. 1871;) Frederick (1857-bef. 1871;) Theadore (1858-1925;) Samuel (1861-aft. 1884;) Ira (1863-1938;) and Robert (1865.)
In 1871, King David Fisher died unexpectedly of lung fever, and Sophia became a widow with a family to support. She moved to Sherman County, Nebraska, and finished raising her youngest children there. On 22 Dec 1885 Sophia married her widowed brother-in-law, Samuel Martin Fisher (see above), in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. She and Samuel made their home near White Rock in Republic County, Kansas, and she died there in May 1887.
The following obituary appeared in the Sherman Times, Loup City, Nebraska, on 19 May 1887,
"Died at White Rock, Kansas May 1st 1887, Sophia Fisher aged 61 years. Mrs. Fisher leaves 6 sons and one daughter who lives at Chester, NE. The sons, with one exception, live in this county. Mrs Fisher was one of the earliest of Sherman County's pioneers and by a good example and cheerfulness led many a poor one, halt, discouraged, to look upon the bright side. As her life was one filled with usefulness and her span had nearly reached three score and ten, a consistent member of the M.E. Church, and by her works known, we know she has entered into [?] Word. The bereaved ones have our sympathy from their many friends [?] trial of their irreparable loss."
It is likely that Sophia was buried on the Samuel Fisher farm, located near Otter Creek and present day Pawnee Lane (Road 510) in Republic County. KS (6th PM, Township 002S , Range 005W, Aliquots W½NW¼, Section 5, and also 6th PM, Township 002S, Range 005W, Aliquots E½NE¼, Section 6, near the state line in northern Republic County.) Her grave is believed to be unmarked. Samuel Martin Fisher had financial problems in his old age and lost his farm in Republic County. He probably just couldn't afford to buy a cemetery plot and tombstone for Sophia.
A kind Find A Grave volunteer has recently walked Persinger Cemetery in Republic County, where Samuel Martin Fisher's first wife, Ruphemia,was buried. She found no gravestone for Sophia Fisher. The volunteer also checked Persinger Cemetery records to see if they held any information about Sophia's burial -- and they do not. It has also been suggested that Sophia Fisher may be buried in the White Rock Cemetery. (This biography was updated 11/11/2019.)
Gravesite Details
Sophia Fisher's grave is believed to be unmarked.
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
