BIO:  FISHER, Capt. Norman, s/o William & Mary (Whitten) Fisher

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

FISHER   WHITTEN   GOODALL   WADE   HELFRIECH   GEIGER
	
History of Pike & Dubois counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1885
Dubois County, Patoka Twp, page 624

CAPT. MORMAN FISHER, Huntingburghs's efficient postmaster, was born in Dubois
County, Ind., on Christmas day, 1833.  William Fisher, his father, was born
in Ohio Aug. 9, 1791, and when a youth moved with his parents to Kentucky.
He participated in the Indian war of 1812.  In 1817 he settled on a farm 
five miles southeast of the present site of Huntingburgh, but five years
later moved to Vermillion County, this state, where he resided a year.  From
that time until his death his home was in Patoka Township, this county.  He
was very fond of hunting, and many deer, bear and other wild game were killed
by him in this county.  He was twice married; first to Sarah Goodall, who
died in 1825 after bearing a large family of children, four of whom yet live.
In 1832 he wedded Mary Whitten, our subject's mother, who, with five children
yet survive him.  Morman Fisher, the immediate subject of this sketch,
secured a limited education in youth from the primitive schools of his
boyhood days.  He was engaged in farming until 1860, and from that time to
1863 was engaged in photography at Huntingburgh, and looking after his farm 
and filling the office of justice of the peace.  In the latter year he 
organized Company M, Tenth Indiana Cavalry, of which he served as captain
until the close of the war.  Returning home he resumed the management of his
farm, although living at Huntingburgh, and being admitted to the bar of
Dubois County, has turned considerable of his attention to the legal
profession.  Since the war he has served twelve years as trustee of Patoka
Township and two terms in the lower house of the State Legislature.  In
politics he is Democratic and is a member of the Masonic and G.A.R.
fraternities.  In 1856 he married Mary A. Wade, who bore him two children,
only one--James Lewis--now living.  The wife died June 27, 1859, and
December 14, 1865, Capt. Fisher wedded Wilhelmina Helfrich, granddaughter
of Jacob Geiger, the founder of Huntingburgh.  To this marriage four sons
and one daughter, all living, have been born.  Capt. Fisher is one of the
county's most honored and respected citizens.  In 1885 he was appointed
postmaster by President Cleveland.
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