Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Fisher, Jacob April 19, 1827 - February 5, 1878
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 JACOB FISHER (deceased). The late Jacob Fisher was one of the reliable citizens
and substantial farmers of Mt. Pleasant township. He was a son of John and Mary
(Butt) Fisher and was born on the farm on which his widow now resides in Mt.
Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, Pa., April 19, 1827.

    Jacob Fisher was of German descent. His entire life was spent in farming.
His opportunities for an education were only such as the district schools of
that period afforded, but he so improved them that he was well qualified to
transact all ordinary business and to converse intelligently upon all subjects
of general interest. He always resided upon the farm on which he
Died and where ho was successfully engaged for many years in grain-raising and
stock-dealing. By economy and good management he had accumulated quite an amount
of property and at the time of his death had fair prospects for acquiring
considerable wealth. His farm of one hundred acres of land is situated two miles
from Mt. Pleasant and he had made many improvements upon it which have been
continued by his widow, who is a woman of intelligence and good management. This
farm is partly underlaid with coal and other valuable minerals and is in a good
state of cultivation.

   Jacob Fisher was married on October 13, 1857, to Esther Fulkwerth, daughter
of Joseph and Esther (Stauffer) Fulkwerth. To Jacob and Esther Fisher were born
nine children, six sons and three daughters: John, born September 15, 1858,
married to Catherine Silliman and is engaged in farming in Fayette county Pa.;
Elizabeth, born January 27, 1860, and wife of John Ritter, who resides at
Ridgway and is a farmer; William, born February 8, l86l, married Mary A.
Nicholls and engaged in farming; George, born December 26, 1862, (deceased);
Christian, born July 25, 1864, married Emma Hough and is a farmer of South
Huntingdon township; Anna Mary, born January 26, 1866; David, born November 25,
1867; Abram, born March 19, 1870; and Margaret, born April 5, 1874. Mrs. Fisher
has been very successful in the management of the farm since her husband's death.

   In politics ho was a pronounced democrat and active in the interests of his
party. He was a consistent member of the Reformed church. In the midst of an
active and useful life Jacob Fisher was stricken down by the hand of death and
passed away on February 5, 1878.


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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