Cornelius Fisher ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LY7S-BZB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in , Braxton, WV, USA. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Nicholas B. Fisher, farmer, 30, living with wife Martha Ann, 28; Leonard, 11; Gibson A., 8; Agnus J., 6; Polly, 3; Emaline, 2; and "Not Named", a boy 1 month old when the census was recorded 9 Jul 1860. Also in the home were Nicholas' mother and siblings: Maria Fisher, 50; Henry Monks Fisher, 16; Cornelius Fisher, 12; and Isaac Fisher, 25. All were born in Virginia.
Living on the same page: Martha Ann Fisher's parents, Wm. W. Williams, farmer, 63; Rebecca, 55; Thomas, 23; James, 21, and Agnus P., 17. All were born in Virginia.

2. Census in 1870 in Clay Township, Braxton, WV, USA. ⁵ The 1870 census recorded in Clay Township: Cornelius Fisher, laborer, 21, living in the household of Adison McLaughlon, salt maker, 62, with Adison's family.
On the previous page are Cornelius brothers:
Isaac Fisher, farming, 27, and his wife Mary J., 26. (Mary's father, John Benjamin Conrad, appears 3 pages later in this census.)
Henry Fisher, farm laborer, 23, living with wife Sabina, 22; Sampson, 3; William H., 2 and Sally, 8 months old when the census was recorded on 30 Jul 1870.
Their other brother, Nicholas Fisher, is also in Clay Township but 23 pages earlier so not as close. Nicholas
Also listed as neighbors are the families of Benjamin W. Williams, 41; James M. Williams, 30; Josiah K. Williams, 45, sons of William Williams (1796-1869) whose daughter Martha Ann married Nicholas Fisher.
The post office was Saltlick Bridge.

Cornelius married Phebe Elizabeth Williams on 24 May 1875 in , Braxton, WV, USA.^{1 2}