BIO written by Dessau7, niece of 2nd Great Uncle Charles Webb Fisher, and 2nd Great Granddaughter of his parents, John B Fisher and Nancy D Webb.

Charles Webb Fisher was the 2nd of 13 children born to John B Fisher (1808 Bourbon County, KY - 1861 Sangamon County, IL) and Nancy D Webb (1809 Nicholas County, KY - 1899 Sangamon County, IL). Charles Webb Fisher was named in honor of his mother's father, Rev. Charles Webb (1770 - 1853). The 1st born child of John and Nancy was son Nathaniel Fisher, named in honor of John's father, Nathaniel Fisher (1785 - 1833). Nathaniel died in 1847 at the age of 17.

According to page 297 of the "History of Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois", John B Fisher and Nancy D Webb and their first five children moved from Kentucky to Illinois in the spring of 1839. The Fisher family began farming on land in Loami Township and expanded the family by 8 more children.

Children of John B Fisher and Nancy D Webb including Charles Webb Fisher:

1. Nathaniel Fisher (1830-1847)
2. Charles Webb Fisher (1832-) married to Isabel A Bowen
3. Elizabeth A Fisher (1834-) married to William R Harbour
4. Sarah Jane Fisher (1836-1922) married to Daniel Rash Williams
5. John Webb Fisher (1838-1904) married to Alice B Hunsaker
6. William Harrison Fisher (1841-1933)
7. Isaac Newton Fisher (1842-1869)
8. Lucinda Maude Fisher (1844-1915) married to James Polk Campbell
9. Henry Clay Fisher (1846-1919) married to Mary Alice Reeder
10. Hamlet Webb Fisher (1847-1923) married to Virgilla A Hunsaker
11. Abner Russell Fisher (1849-1935) married to Sarah M Browning
12. Priscilla Fisher (1852-1852)
13. Nancy Sarah Fisher (1854-1860)

On Feb 10, 1855, Charles Webb Fisher married Isabel Adaline Bowen (1836 - 1899) in Sangamon County, Illinois.

Children of Charles Webb Fisher and Isabel Adaline Bowen:

♡ Mary Evaline Fisher (1856-1945)
♡ Nancy Ellen Fisher (1857-1930)
♡ Elizabeth Catherine "Kate" Fisher (1859-1883)
♡ William Zaza Fisher (1860-1934)
♡ John Newton Fisher (1863-1949)

*On Jun 1863, "Charles Fisher" is identified along with his brother "Harrison Fisher" on "Schedule I Consolidated List of all persons of Class I, subject to do military duty in the Eight Congressional District consisting of the counties of Sangamon in the State of Illinois" signed by Captain Isaac Keys. Charles was 30 and Harrison was 21. Both were "Farmers" but both were listed as "Single", despite the fact that Charles was actually married with a family of 5 children. Charles disappeared from subsequent census records. However, Isabel is identified as a "Widow" on later census records. *Source: U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Record

Further, according to "Early Settlers of Sangamon County" page on John B Fisher and Family, Charles is noted as going to the state of Indiana and enlisting in the military in that state. This allegedly occurred after his marriage and birth of five children. Charles death and burial is unknown at this time.