Nearly century-old estate returns to court
GALVESTON -- Dr. Frederick Fisher died nearly 100 years ago, but his estate was back in a Galveston courtroom Monday where the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston sought to determine the fate of about $1.6 million in oil and gas royalties.
With a probate judge’s approval, the money will go to local charities serving needy children.
Fisher was born in 1852 in Matagorda County. He moved to Galveston in 1886 with his wife, Lucy Adelaide Fisher, where he worked as a doctor and quarantine officer. He died in February 1920. A plaque remains at the home the Fishers lived in near the corner of 35th Street and Avenue P in Galveston.
Much of his estate was left to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Galveston, with instructions in the will that the money benefit sick or orphaned children. The estate was initially litigated in March 1920.
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