Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Fisher, John W. June 16, 1816 - 
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JOHN W. FISHER, one of the well-to-do and comfortably situated farmers of Mt.
Pleasant township, is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Barnhart) Fisher, and was
born on the farm on which he resides in Mt. Pleasant township, Westmorland
county, Pa., June 16, 1816. His paternal grandfather, John Fisher, was a native
of the above named township, in which he resided until bis dcath. His
great-great-grandfather was a blacksmith and followed farming for many years. He
was a democrat and a member of the Reformed church. He married Anna M. Butt and
they had four sons and four daughters. One of these sons was Henry Fisher, who
served in the late civil war. Abraham Barnhart, maternal grandfather, was a
native of Mt. Pleasant township, where he spent his life in farming. He married
Hannah Hughes, who bore him three children: Margaret, who married Isaac Shupe;
Hannah, wife of George Hartzell, and Elizabeth. Adam Fisher was born September
8, 1829, and has always followed farming. He is a democrat who has always
supported his party and has served his township as judge, clerk, auditor,
supervisor mid school director. He married Elizabeth Barnhart in 1845. They have
eight children: John W., Abraham, married Mary J. Crosby, and lives in Kansas
City, Mo.; Sarah A , wife of James Stairs, a blacksmith of Scottdale; David, a
farmer of Hempfield township, who married Lucinda Truxall; Hannah (deceased);
Daniel, married Emma Brown, of Latrobe, and resides in East Huntingdon township;
Amanda, married George F. Walker, who died in 1886; and Anna M., wife of Lincoln
Fisher, a farmer of Cook township.

    John W. Fisher was reared on a farm and attended the common schools of his
neighborhood. Leaving school he engaged in farming which he has pursued ever
since. Politically he is a democrat and always casts his ballot for the nominees
of that party. His mother’s farm, containing one hundred and eighteen acres, is
situated in the southern part of Mt. Pleasant township, which lies in the heart
of the great Connellsville coking region.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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