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FISHER, ANDREW MACK

Surnames: FISER, RIDGEWAY, HAYES, LEWIS, BOWMAN, BRATTON, GRAVES

Andrew Mack Fiser, b. September 10, 1850 in Henry County, Tennessee, was a son of Willis A. and Offa (Ridgeway) Fiser, natives of Tennessee. His grandparents were Henry and Anna Marie (Hayes) Fiser of North Carolina, and James and Anna (Lewis) Ridgeway of Virginia.

Andrew lived with his parents at Mooreville, Falls County, Texas after the family moved there in late 1865 from Kansas. On October 17, 1874, he married Lenora Bowman-a daughter of John Lewis and Matilda Bowman-who died September 11, 1875 at the birth of their son, Arthur Lee Fiser, who later attended Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas.

In 1889, Andrew Mack Fiser married second to Ophelia Bratton, a daughter of Calvin W. and Sarah (Graves) Bratton. In 1891, Andrew Mack and Ophelia moved to Robinson, McLennan County, where he farmed. They had one daughter, Clara Lucille Fiser, b. in 1891.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 155, column 1.

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