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Sabina Cheney was born 3 Jan 1877 in Manchester, New Hampshire to George and Martha [Henderson] Cheney. Her father George was a finish carpenter who followed the Gold Rush to California. At the time of research, no details were uncovered regarding the death of Sabina’s mother and a remarriage date and place for her father. We pick up the family’s trail in Redding, Shasta, CA when Sabina’s sisters Nora and Barbara were born in 1884 and 1886, respectively. 

The family emigrated to Oregon in the 1890s. Her father had taken a finish carpentry job for the State of Oregon building custom furniture for the Oregon Supreme Court building in 1897. Sabina and sisters found work at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in the weaving department. It was here that Sabina met her future husband Jacob “Jake” Fisher. 

The couple married on 24 Sep 1902 in Glendale, Oregon. The marriage took place in the Hotel Kennedy and was performed by Pastor J. Edward Blair of the Presbyterian Church. Sabina’s sister Nora was a witness. Following their marriage the couple returned to Salem and their work at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill.  

By 1910 the couple moved to Douglas County, OR where they purchased the property of Sabina’s grandfather Charles Cheney, five miles out Cow Creek Rd near Azalea, OR. He lived with them until his death. The couple remained on the farm until their deaths. Sabina’s sister Nora also moved to Azalea to homestead with her husband Henry Gaedecke. 

Sabina died 16 Nov 1959 in Azalea, OR. She was buried in the Glendale Memorial Cemetery. She died suddenly at home, at age 82 from cardiac decompensation. Her husband Jake died 10 Dec 1968 in Canyonville, OR. His death certificate records burial as the Masonic Cemetery in Glendale, OR. 

1896 Cheney George O, carpenter, res 486 High 

1905 Fisher Jacob, bds 402 15th  

1895 Marion County Census – Vina [Bina] Cheney. Born: NH. Height: 5’2”. Weight: 115#. Complexion: light. Occupation: student. Sex: female. Age: 19. Additional household members: George O. Cheney (father), Kate Cheney (stepmother), and sisters. 

1900  Sabua [Sabina] Cheney. Age: 24. Birth Date: Jun 1875 in New Hampshire. Home in 1900: North High St. Salem Ward 1, Marion, OR. Single, daughter to HOH. Additional household members: George O. Cheney, age 56 (father), Kate G. Cheney, age 36 (mother), Nora H. Cheney, age 15 (sister), Barbra Cheney, age 14 (sister). 

1910  Sabina Fisher. Age: 33. Birth Date: 1877 in New Hampshire. Home in 1910: Cow Creek, Douglas, OR. Married, granddaughter to HOH. Additional household members: Charles Chaney, age 86 (grandfather), Jake Fisher, age 32 (husband). 

1920  Sabina Fisher. Age: 42. Birth Date: abt 1878 in Massachusetts. Home in 1920: Cow Creek, Douglas, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: Jacob Fisher, age 42 (husband), Charles Cheney, age 94 (grandfather), Edna E. Williams, age 23 (boarder). 

1930  Sabina Fisher. Age: 52. Birth Year: abt 1878 in New Hampshire. Home in 1930: Cow Creek, Douglas, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: Jake Fisher, age 52 (husband). 

1940  Bina Fisher. Age 62. Birth Year: abt 1878 in New Hampshire. Home in 1940: Cow Creek, Douglas, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household member: Jacob Fisher, age 62 (husband). 

1950  Sibina Fisher. Age: 72. Birth Date: abt 1878 in New Hampshire. Home in 1950: Cow Creek, Douglas, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household member: Jacob Fisher, age 72 (husband). 

Weekly Rogue River Courier (Grants Pass, OR) 2 Oct 1902, p. 3 – Marriage, Fisher-Cheney 

News Review (Roseburg, OR) 17 Nov 1959, p. 2 – Death Notice, Sabina 

News Review (Roseburg, OR) 18 Nov 1959, p. 2 – Obituary, Sabina 

The World (Coos Bay, OR) 11 Dec 1968, p. 2 – Death Notice, Jake