Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Fisher, J. H. 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 July 26, 2009, 10:10 am Author: Hardin & Willard Fisher, J. H., Ohio, was born in Germany in 1827, a son of John and Barbara Fisher. He was reared on a farm and received a good common school education. At the age of twenty he came with his parents to this country, and in 1848 he married Rachel Hafer, a native of Germany, and they had eight children; Celia, May, Christina, Amelia, Caroline, Frank. Ann and Emma. In 1851 Mr. Fisher made a trip to California, remaining three years. lie is now one of the leading farmers of Herkimer county, and keeps one of the largest dairies. He is a Democrat in politics, and has been assessor twelve years, highway commissioner three years, and supervisor two terms. He and his wife are Lutherans. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/fisher1101gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb