Samuel Henry FISHER (*)
Page last updated 24 January 2026.
Birth: 17 August 1852
Christened: 1 July 1866 in Saint John’s Parish, Broad Creek, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: April 1878 in Maryland (Potomac River)
Burial: Old Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Prince George’s County, Maryland cemetery (now also known as Chapel Hill Cemetery).
Headstone Text: Headstone no longer there or visible.
Parents: Robert FISHER and Martha FISHER (m. PATTERSON)
Parents' Children:
- Charles P. FISHER
- Sarah A. FISHER
- Julia Washington FISHER
- Susan E. FISHER
- Samuel Henry FISHER
- Frances Rose FISHER
- Andrew Jackson FISHER
Knocked overboard by a swinging boom on his sailboat traveling from Washington D.C. to his home near Fort Washington, Maryland. The tug “Mary Lewis” saw it happen and threw him a rope, but he was unable to grab it and drown.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Samuel is not shown on the “new” cemetery plot map, so it is assumed that he was buried in the older cemetery. A letter sent to the church in 1996 alerted us of this burial.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#291872955), FamilySearch website (#MTRS-1RS), GenealogyBank, and church records.
Documents Include: Evening Star -- death article.
Abbreviation Key:
m. = maiden name
(*) = This person was included while working with the cemetery; no evidence yet that we are related.
