On 30 October 1934, William Waller Fisher died in Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia. He was male; white; single; 76; occupation farmer and merchant; born in Essex County, Virginia; father John Waller Fisher, born in Essex County, Virginia; mother Martha Todd Smith, born in Essex County, Virginia; informant Miss Emma Fisher of Tappahannock, Virginia; burial at Ephesus Church on 31 October 1934; last seen by physician on 2 October 1934; “Died suddenly, death probably due to heart disease.” [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 23994.]