This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wh.2ADE/1776.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I believe there was probably two Moses Fishers, but as far as I can find, only one marriage to Lucy Shaver, as shown in the IL Marriage Index and the Union Co, IL marriage records. The book of "Cemetery Inscriptions of Pulaski County, Illinois" shows in the burials at Mt Pisgah Cemetery, Wetaug, Pulaski Co, IL, #286 Moses Fisher 18 Dec 1862 age 52-8-21. That would make his birthdate Mar 27, 1810. Moses and Lucy are shown in the 1850 Union Co, IL census as well as the 1860. The probate records of Union Co, IL shows he died 1 Dec 1862 and lists Lucy as the widow with seven children. I have traced most of the descendants to the present day. Some of them are related from both sides of my family. I have been unable to find what happened to Lucy at this time. I believe she remarried but I have not proved this as yet. In the 1850 census Moses and Lucy are living only 3 houses away from her family, Andrew Sheffer. The probate records for Andrew Sheffer/Shaffer shows Susannah, wife of Moses Fisher, as one of the heirs. Although she was referred to as Susannah in the probate, in most places she is listed as Lucy Ann. Andrew Sheffer is shown in the 18! 30 Union Co, IL census as Andrew Shaver. Land records shows as Shaffer and other places show Shafer/Schaeffer and Sheffer. I can send my notes if you want them. JRS