The Legacy of Herman and Lavina Fisher: A Family History Unveiled

Herman Fuller Fisher (c. 1790-1861)

Lavina Morse Andrews Fisher (1801-?)

Julia L. Fisher (1827-1828)

Herman Fuller Fisher was born sometime around 1790. On September 26, 1824, he married Lavina Morse Andrews. Lavina was born in 1801. Her parents were Joel Andrews and Lavina Morse Andrews. Both are interred in this lot 63.

Herman and Lavina Fisher had five children: Louisa M., born in 1825; Julia Lavina, born in 1827; Harriet, born in 1829; George, born in 1831; and Ellen, born in 1836.

Born in January, 1827, Julia L. Fisher died on September 3, 1828. She was interred in the family lot. Her handsome stone reads:

In memory of \ JULIA L.

daugh. Of Mr. Herman

 & Mrs. Lavina Fisher,

who died \ Sept. 3, 1828:

 Aet 1 year & 8 mo.

My friends be still and eye the rod,

And know the hand that struck was God.

It is believed that Herman Fuller Fisher died in 1861; the date of death of Lavina Morse Andrews Fisher is unknown. According to Old Parish Cemetery records, both are interred in this family lot alongside their daughter. Neither has a gravestone.