Biographical Sketch of Joseph Fisher, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Joseph Fisher.  In a humble, low roofed cabin, near the spot where
the Blacksnake Creek empties its bluish waters in the Missouri, re-
sides the subject of this sketch.  Mr. Fisher was born in a small
village in Germany, and emigrated to America in 1830, landing at
the Crescent City, which was at the time sorely stricken with the
Asiatic Cholera.  Taking a boat, he ascended the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers, and disembarked at Evansville, Indiana.  After remain-
ing here for several years, he removed to Vincennes, Indiana, where
he married Cerilda Brown, having by this union one daughter.  He
shortly afterwards settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and finally moved
to St. Louis, Missouri, from which place he came to St. Joseph in
March, 1843.  Here he has lived for thirty eight years, being one
of the earlieset pioneers of St. Joseph.  He has lead a quiet, un-
obtrusive life, at all times, earning his bread by the sweat of
his brow.  He is respected by all who know him, as a kind neighbor,
and as an industrious and honest man.

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