Clayton-Jackson-Allamakee County IA Archives Obituaries.....Fisher, Maturin L. February 10, 1879
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Jackson Sentinel, Feb. 13, 1879
Hon. Maturin L. Fisher ( -1879) 
Jackson Sentinel 
February 13, 1879 

Hon. Maturin L. Fisher, father of Mrs. L. M. Fisher, of Maquoketa, died at his 
home in Farmersburg, Clayton County, on Wednesday, and was buried today. Mr. 
Fisher had been ill for several weeks. He leaves two children. The deceased 
was one of the pioneers of Clayton County and northern Iowa. From 1840 to 1860 
he was one of the most prominent men in the State, and served terms in the 
General Assembly, and filled other positions of trust and honor. He ever had 
been an earnest friend of popular education: in 1858 he was elected State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was the last Democratic State 
official elected in Iowa. Since the commencement of the Insane asylum at 
Independence, he has been one of the Commissioners of that institution. The 
Dubuque Herald says, “He was a man of broad and liberal views, which with his 
scholarly attainments, made him a man to be admired and looked up to by the 
great masses of people, his private library is said to have been the largest 
and choicest of any in the State. His death was not unlooked for, he having 
passed the allotted period of life, and for the last two or three years he had 
become quite feeble physically.” – Davenport Democrat. 





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