Tehama County CA Archives Biographies.....Fisher, John M. 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 6, 2007, 11:32 am Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) JOHN M. FISHER, one of the enterprising business men of Red Bluff, is a native of Upper Canada. He was born June 25, 1851, and is the son of John and Frances (Bishop) Fisher, natives of England. He is the oldest of a family of three children, and removed with his parents to Iowa when he was twelve years old. He received a good common-school education, and remained on the farm with his father until 1877. He then became a clerk in a grocery store in Austin, Minnesota. He afterward engaged in the business as a member of the firm and remained there eight years. In 1885 Mr. Fisher sold out and came to Red Bluff, California, where he clerked for two years for Van Sant& Eckert, after which he was Under Sheriff of the county for one year. Then he purchased Mr. Van Sant's interest in the business, the firm name being now Fisher & Eckert. Their trade extends out into the country for thirty-five miles, and they are doing a very successful general merchandise business. Mr. Fisher is full of business 'push and enterprise, and both he and his partner have the confidence and respect of their patrons in Red Bluff and Tehama County. Mr. Fisher was married in 1880, to Miss Adah Steuart, a native of New York. They have two children, born in Austin, Minnesota, namely, Steuart L. and Francis S. Mrs. Fisher is an active member of the Presbyterian Church. For a number of years she has sung in the church choir. Mr. Fisher is a Republican. He has passed all the branches of the I. O. O. F., and has been Captain of the Canton. Mr. Fisher is among the more recent acquisitions of Red Bluff, but he evinces a most commendable interest in the prosperity of the city. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. "A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents." – Macauley. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/tehama/bios/fisher679gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb