Multnomah-Wasco County OR Archives Biographies.....Fisher, George H. 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 627 - 628
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     GEORGE H. FISHER.  As one of the officers of the Carbolinium Wood 
Preserving Company, George H. Fisher plays an important part in the commercial 
life of Portland and worthily represents one of its old and honored families. 
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and his father, H. J. Fisher, who was a 
native of Germany, came to the Pacific northwest with a number of men brought 
here by Henry Villard, becoming master painter for the Oregon Railroad & 
Navigation Company. Mr. Fisher remained with that corporation until about 
1888, maintaining his headquarters at The Dalles, and then located in 
Portland. Here he opened a retail store, handling paint, oil and varnish, and 
afterward entered the manufacturing field and the wholesale paint trade. About 
1902 he formed the Carbolinium Wood Preserving Company. The undertaking 
prospered from the start but during the World war he was obliged to suspend 
operations, as he was unable to secure raw material. After the close of the 
conflict he resumed business under the same name and about 1921 opened a plant 
for treating lumber at Springfield, Oregon. Mr. Fisher was an exceptionally 
capable business man and created an industry of large proportions. His talents 
were exerted as readily for the general good as for his own aggrandizement and 
as a member of the state legislature for one term he established an enviable 
record. He was a Mason and a worthy representative of the order. His life was 
long, upright and useful and was brought to a close February 29, 1928.

     George H. Fisher was a youth of fifteen when the family settled at The 
Dalles and in 1886 he came to Portland, entering the employ of the Oregon 
Railroad & Navigation Company. For about two years he was at the Ash street 
docks and afterward worked on one of the steamboats of the same corporation, 
with which he remained for about six years. On the expiration of that period 
he joined his father and diligently applied himself to the task of learning 
the business, with which he has since been identified. He advanced through the 
various departments and is now vice president and treasurer of the Carbolinium 
Wood Preserving Company. The firm also manufactures industrial paints in the 
Portland factory, making them principally on special orders. Fifteen persons 
are employed in both plants, which are completely equipped and efficiently 
operated. Like his father, Mr. Fisher has the mature judgment, the mental 
alertness and unfailing energy of the true executive and his well directed 
labors have constituted a vital force in the development of the industry.

     In 1900 Mr. Fisher married Miss Abbie Nelson, who went to Goldendale, 
Washington, when five years old with her parents. Two children were born of 
this marriage: Grace, who is the wife of C. Hoyt Barnett, a journalist and has 
one child, Pat Fisher; and Minnie Mildred, at home. Mr. Fisher is a member of 
the East Side Commercial Club and earnestly cooperates in movements for the 
growth and betterment of his city and state. He has a wide acquaintance in 
Portland and the respect accorded him is well deserved.

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