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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   REV. ANDREW J. FISH, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Findlay, was
born near Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, October 26, 1840, son of John and
Justina (Myres) Fish, the former of whom, a native of Bremen, Germany, and a
stone-cutter by trade, came to this country in 1834, he being then twenty-one
years of age. He eventually settled near Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, where he
was favorably known in connection with important contracts for public road
building, and prominently may be mentioned the National road between Springfield
and Columbus, Ohio. His original name was "Fiersch," which for convenience he
changed to "Fish." The Myres family come of a long line of German ancestry in
Adams County, Penn. Rev. Andrew J. Fish, the subject of this sketch, is to a
great extent self-made in his profession. In his earlier years he taught school
and by this means furthered his education. At the age of twenty-three he entered
the church, and when twenty-seven years of age he took charge of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Quincy, Ohio, his successive charges being Elida, Delphos,
Greenville, Defiance, Van Wert, Toledo, coming to Findlay, this county, in the
fall of 1884. He married, in Springfield, Ohio, Lusetta, daughter of the late
Philip and Mahalah (Shockey) Kiplinger, and they have three daughters and two
sons: Jessie May, Lou Anna, Samuel Roberts, Henry Wagoner and Aurelia Veda. Rev.
Andrew J. Fish is an earnest and indefatigable church worker, and an ardent
temperance advocate. During his pastorate in Ohio he has dedicated seventeen
churches for his own and sister denominations. In connection with the Central
Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference he instituted the "Preacher's Aid Society,"
which has raised a fund of $22,000, has served as conference missionary
treasurer for twelve years and has been usually accepted as a leader in his
profession. He is a worthy member of the Masonic fraternity and of the United
Order of Honor. Besides his very active professional works Rev. Andrew J. Fish
has given some attention to accumulating a competency for the better rearing and
education of his little family, and has been eminently successful in this
particular. His musical attainments should be remarked, he being a graduate in
composition, and he has produced some very fine arrangements in music.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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