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Mary Theodoshia "Doshia" ASHER

Mary Theodoshia "Doshia" ASHER

Female 1880 - 1915  (34 years)

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  • Name Mary Theodoshia "Doshia" ASHER 
    Born 28 May 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1911  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1904, 1911  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died CA 1915 
    Person ID I96077  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2020 

    Father Hiram Jackson ASHER,   b. May 1858 
    Mother Rosalee GEORGE,   b. 28 Dec 1857,   d. 16 May 1934  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F27061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harry Herbert FISHER,   b. 31 Dec 1875, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1944, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1904  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Divorced Y  [3
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Dosha Fisher, 29, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), occupation servant (working out), married 4 [sic, should be 6] yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Chalkley, 5, b. WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa); dau Xenia, 3, father b. Pa, mother b. WVa.

      For the 1910 Census, Harry Fisher, white male, 40 [sic], b. Pennsylvania (both parents b. Pa.), occupation platter in whip factory, married 6 yrs, was enumerated as one of many prisoners at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, Marshall County, where he was serving a sentence for the 1908 murder of his brother-in-law William Frank Asher. Harry was releasedin He was released sometime prior to January 1916, when he was residing in Clarksburg married his second wife, Edna Lightner. Doshia remarried in 1911.
    Children 
     1. Chalkley Harry FISHER,   b. 26 Mar 1905, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1967, San Bernardino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Xenia Teoditia FISHER,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1944, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Documents
    96078_Harry-H-Fisher_Accuses-Wife-of-Bigamy_Dec1913.jpg
    96078_Harry-H-Fisher_Accuses-Wife-of-Bigamy_Dec1913.jpg
    96077_MaryTheodoshieAsherFisher_Charged-with-Bigamy_Mar1914.jpeg
    96077_MaryTheodoshieAsherFisher_Charged-with-Bigamy_Mar1914.jpeg
    Family ID F41528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Stewart R. COBB,   b. 23 Apr 1888, Warren Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [4
    Married 20 Feb 1911  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Clarence Cecil COBB,   b. 13 Oct 1915, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1975, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Documents
    96076_StewartRCobb_DoshieAsher-Fisher_MarriageRecord_20Feb1911.jpg
    96076_StewartRCobb_DoshieAsher-Fisher_MarriageRecord_20Feb1911.jpg
    Family ID F41530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 107, Line 4 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2607953&Type=Birth.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.