It's becoming evident that the name William Fisher is almost as common as John Smith!! Talk about a brick wall: I have a William P. Fisher born circa 1801. Probably VA, although I have no proof. He married a woman with the surname Frazer (or Frazier, Frasier, Fraiser!) circa 1826. My hunch is that this woman is Fanny Frazer, daughter of Thomas Frazer and Polly Crist of Augusta Co, then Greenbrier Co, VA - because she married a William Fisher in November of 1826. But, again, I have no proof. The only true fact I have is that William P. Fisher and Miss Frazer (Frazier, Frasier, Fraiser) gave birth to a daughter - Susan Ann Fisher - on 30 October 1827 in Wood Co, VA (now WVA). I have a hunch (based on an 1830 census for a William P. Fisher in Wood Co) that they gave birth to a son the following year or two. I DO know about Susan Ann Fisher. She married first Daniel Pendleton of Maryland in 1849 and lived in St. Louis, MO in 1850. They had at least 2 children, one of whom died young, the other being Ida Pendleton born circa 1852 who married Richard Penney in Missouri in 1873. Susan Ann Fisher married second Simon Bolivar Marye of VA in St. Louis in 1859. They had at least 4 children: Sydney Thomas Marye b. 1860 Vicksburg, MS; Alice Virginia Marye b. 1862 Vicksburg, MS; Clifford Parke Marye b. 1865 Mobile, AL; and Paul Augustus Marye b. 1866 Vicksburg, MS. But who is William P. Fisher? From whom is he descended? Who was his wife - the mysterious Miss Frazer (Frazier, Frasier, Fraiser)? And is he the "newly discovered" William P. Fisher of VA who died in Warren Co, MO in 1866 and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis? (I've just written Bellefontaine to see if their records can help.) Any ideas for me?! India Penney