Biographical Sketch of Nathan Fisher, Johnson County, Missouri
Grover Township

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

NATHAN FISHER,

farmer and stone and brick mason.  P.O. Knobnoster.  The subject of this
sketch was born April 2, 1827, in Pettis county, Mo.  His father came to
Cooper county in 1821, and remained there during the winter.  He then
moved to Pettis county, and remained there until 1850, when he went to
California in search of gold, and then came to Johnson county, where he
lived until 1854, then he went to Texas, where he died in 1865.  The
subject of this sketch was married, Dec. 18, 1849, to Miss Martha
Marshall, and this union has blessed them with four children: Lucy M.,
Harriet S., Benjamin F., Richard C.  They lost two, Mary A. and George
L.  When our country was involved in war he joined the Union cause, and
enlisted in 1862, company E., 7th Missouri cavalry, and served until
Dec. 9, 1862, when he was discharged on account of inability to serve.
He has a farm of 40 acres, and is a consistent member of M.E. church.


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