Sally Comer Fisher

b. July 1870, d. 1952
  • Sally Comer Fisher was born in July 1870 in Texas.
  • She was known as Comer.
  • Horatio White Fisher and Sallie Comer Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas, and cousin William Tinsley, age 20, whose origins are ot yet known.. Other members of the household included Sally Comer Fisher, Marion Fisher, William Phillips Fisher, Emily Jane Fisher and Ella Lorenzo Fisher.
  • She married Austin Elliott Campbell on 30 May 1894 in Walker County, Texas.
  • Austin Elliott Campbell and Sally Comer Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Evergreen, San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Marion Campbell and Margaret Singleton Campbell. Also in the household was Austin's sister Ella Derby.
  • Austin Elliott Campbell and Sally Comer Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Margaret Singleton Campbell, Ella Campbell, Austin Elliott Campbell Jr. and Justine Campbell.
  • Austin Elliott Campbell and Sally Comer Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in New Waverly, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Austin Elliott Campbell Jr., Ella Campbell, Justine Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell.
  • The following appeared on 3 January 1929 in The Galveston News: The body of Mrs. Sallie C. Fisher, 82, who died at the home of her daughter, Miss Marion Fisher, 2928 Avenue N-1/2, Tuesday night, was forwarded yesterday morning to New Waverley, Tex., where funeral services and interment will be held.
         Mrs. Fisher had been in Galveston the last four years, residing with her daughter. She was the wife of the late Horatio W. Fisher and came to Texas in 1850.
         She is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham, women's political leader and a recent candidate for the senate; Miss Marion Fisher, a teacher in the Galveston schools; Mrs. R. M. Traylor and Mrs. A. E. Campbell, both of New Waverley.
  • Sally Comer Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in New Waverly, Walker County, Texas, enumerated next to her son Elliott and near her daughter Margaret Milikien.. In 1935 she was living in Galveston.
  • Sally Comer Fisher died in 1952.
  • She was interred at Hill Cemetery, New Waverly, Walker County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 12 Dec 2012

Family: Austin Elliott Campbell b. November 1861, d. 1927