Rhuphema and her husband Samuel Martin Fisher were the first settlers of the White Rock Creek area of Republic County Kansas, arriving in 1866.
Republic City News September 4, 1885:
"Died at the homestead in White Rock township, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 1885, Mrs. S.M. Fisher, aged 73 years.
"It is our unpleasant duty this week to record the death of Mrs. S.M. Fisher one of the pioneer women of Republic County. Savage's History of Republic County says, that S.M. Fisher settled on his place in 1863, but we have it from a member of the family that they settled thereon in 1860. However this may be, it is conceded that the Fishers are the oldest settlers on the White Rock, and the subject of this sketch has done as much as any woman in the county towards alleviating the sufferings of those who braved the dangers of settling the "Great American Desert", and there is scarcely one of the "old settlers" who have not had cause to remember her as long as they may live.
"The disease which caused her death was an abscess of the liver. Her sufferings for the past few weeks have been excruciating, but she bore it patiently to the end."
Republic City News September 4, 1885:
"Died at the homestead in White Rock township, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 1885, Mrs. S.M. Fisher, aged 73 years.
"It is our unpleasant duty this week to record the death of Mrs. S.M. Fisher one of the pioneer women of Republic County. Savage's History of Republic County says, that S.M. Fisher settled on his place in 1863, but we have it from a member of the family that they settled thereon in 1860. However this may be, it is conceded that the Fishers are the oldest settlers on the White Rock, and the subject of this sketch has done as much as any woman in the county towards alleviating the sufferings of those who braved the dangers of settling the "Great American Desert", and there is scarcely one of the "old settlers" who have not had cause to remember her as long as they may live.
"The disease which caused her death was an abscess of the liver. Her sufferings for the past few weeks have been excruciating, but she bore it patiently to the end."
Rhuphema and her husband Samuel Martin Fisher were the first settlers of the White Rock Creek area of Republic County Kansas, arriving in 1866.
Republic City News September 4, 1885:
"Died at the homestead in White Rock township, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 1885, Mrs. S.M. Fisher, aged 73 years.
"It is our unpleasant duty this week to record the death of Mrs. S.M. Fisher one of the pioneer women of Republic County. Savage's History of Republic County says, that S.M. Fisher settled on his place in 1863, but we have it from a member of the family that they settled thereon in 1860. However this may be, it is conceded that the Fishers are the oldest settlers on the White Rock, and the subject of this sketch has done as much as any woman in the county towards alleviating the sufferings of those who braved the dangers of settling the "Great American Desert", and there is scarcely one of the "old settlers" who have not had cause to remember her as long as they may live.
"The disease which caused her death was an abscess of the liver. Her sufferings for the past few weeks have been excruciating, but she bore it patiently to the end."
Republic City News September 4, 1885:
"Died at the homestead in White Rock township, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 1885, Mrs. S.M. Fisher, aged 73 years.
"It is our unpleasant duty this week to record the death of Mrs. S.M. Fisher one of the pioneer women of Republic County. Savage's History of Republic County says, that S.M. Fisher settled on his place in 1863, but we have it from a member of the family that they settled thereon in 1860. However this may be, it is conceded that the Fishers are the oldest settlers on the White Rock, and the subject of this sketch has done as much as any woman in the county towards alleviating the sufferings of those who braved the dangers of settling the "Great American Desert", and there is scarcely one of the "old settlers" who have not had cause to remember her as long as they may live.
"The disease which caused her death was an abscess of the liver. Her sufferings for the past few weeks have been excruciating, but she bore it patiently to the end."
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