J. Calisher
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 331

J. Calisher, who owns a conducts a dry goods and men's 
furnishing goods store in Douglas, has been engaged in 
business for fifteen years.  He was born in Nevada in 
1864 and there passed his boyhood.  The family removed 
to Anaheim California where the father engaged in the 
mercantile business for twelve years.  He then removed 
to Florence Arizona and continued in the same line of 
business for two years.  He then went to Tombstone where 
he engaged in commercial pursuits for some years but 
subsequently returned to California and there lived 
retired until his death in 1897.  He was survived by 
the mother until 1910.

Reared at home, after completing his schooling, J. 
Calisher engaged in business with his father until 
the latter's death.  In 1901 he came to Douglas and 
established a dry goods store which is one of the 
foremost commercial enterprises in the community.  
It was the second store established in Douglas.  Of 
recent years, Mr. Calisher has extended the scope of 
his activities by founding a clothing store here and 
has prospered.

Mr. Calisher was married in 1906 to Miss Mary Wood, 
who was born and reared in Kentucky, where her mother 
still resides and is the second in order of birth in a 
family of five children.



USGenWeb Project NOTICE: 
In keeping with our policy of providing free information on 
the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as
long as this message remains on all copied material. These 
electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for
profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. 

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for 
purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written
permission from the author, or the submitter and from the 
listed USGenWeb Project archivist.