Carroll-Franklin-Tippecanoe County IN Archives Biographies.....Fisher, Robert 1820 - 1894
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ROBERT FISHER.

   Robert Fisher departed this life at his residence in Tippecanoe township on
Saturday afternoon, February 17, 1894, after a very brief illness. He was born
in Franklin county, this state, January 23, 1820, and was aged at the time of
his death seventy-four years and twenty-four days. He, with his father's family,
came to Tippecanoe county, and resided near the Tippecanoe battleground in 1827.

   For over forty years Mr. Fisher was a resident of Tippecanoe township, this
county, and was a prosperous farmer. He was married to Catharine A. Walters,
with whom he lived more than fifty years. Several years since they celebrated
their golden wedding. His wife died about twenty years ago. Mr. Fisher left
surviving him three sons, one daughter and one brother, John Fisher, residing
near Battle Ground. Mr. Fisher's father came to this county from northern
Ireland. Mr. Fisher was an old settler of this county and was identified with
the Old Settlers' Society from its organization and was, in 1884, its president.
  He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pittsburg,
where he united with that denomination forty-one years ago and was a pillar and
its strongest support.

   Mr. Fisher was well and favorably known and was an upright man and honest in
all his dealings. He was a friend of every good cause and a warm supporter of
any measure calculated to advance the prosperity of our county. He held no
enmity against any person and died without an enemy. He lived the allotted time
for man to live in this life and he left an example, a rich legacy for all to
emulate. About 1844 he attended a meeting of a few survivors of the battle
fought by General Harrison against Tecumseh's brother, November 7, 1811, for the
purpose of collecting the bones of the fallen heroes and re-interring them and
was the only living witness who could point out the precise spot where they were
reburied, the place not being marked by a stone. He had a vivid recollection of
early events, and was a careful narrator of them.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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