FISHBACK, Thomas L.

Date of birth:  28 May 1828 – Virginia
Date of death: 30 Jan 1883 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 2, 1883,
Volume XXIII Number 31, page 3 column 1

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Thomas Fishback, a former citizen of this county, died at Indianapolis last Wednesday.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 4, 1899,
Volume XL Number 4, page 6 column 2

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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AMITY.

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The remains of Thos. Fishback that were laid in the Norris [sic Morris] cemetery some 18 or 20 years ago, were exhumed by parties from Indi­anapolis last Friday and interred in the Hopewell cemetery.

Link to Thomas L. Fishback’s grave

Notes: Johnson County, Indiana.; Marriage Records 1851–1875 Valume 2, D. A. R., transcribed by Edna Thompson Bice, records on page 26 that Thomas L. Fishback married Rachel Burgett 9 Oct 1867.

The 1880 US Federal Census for Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana records fifty-three-year-old, Virginia-born carpenter Thomas L. Fishback, his thirty-seven-year-old, Indiana-born wife Rachael and their Indiana-born children, twelve-year-old Mattie, ten-year-old Lorinda, eight-year-old Nettie, six-year-old Cordelia and five-year-old Maggie.

Morris Cemetery is located in Franklin Township, Marion County, Indiana.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson