McLemoreStrong
Genealogy
Strong - McLemore History and Ancestry
First Name:  Last Name: 
[Advanced Search]  [Surnames]

Judge Joseph Jefferson Fisher, Sr.

Male 1910 - 2000  (90 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Joseph Jefferson Fisher  [1
    Prefix Judge 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 16 Apr 1910  Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Jun 2000  Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Joseph Jefferson Fisher (April 16, 1910 ? June 19, 2000) was a United States federal judge.
      Born in Bland Lake, Texas, Fisher received an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1936. He was a county attorney of San Augustine County, Texas from 1937 to 1939, and then a district attorney of First Judicial District of Texas from 1939 to 1946. He was in private practice in Jasper, Texas from 1946 to 1957. He was a judge on the First Judicial District of Texas from 1957 to 1959.

      On September 7, 1959, Fisher was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated by Lamar Cecil. Fisher was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. He served as chief judge from 1967 to 1980. He assumed senior status on January 30, 1984 and served in that capacity until his death, in Beaumont, Texas.

      From Wikipedia
    Person ID I41158  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2012 

    Family Kathleen A. Clark,   b. 8 Oct 1908, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 2008, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1930  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Family ID F12400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Apr 1910 - Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jun 2000 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 7012110 (Reliability: 3).