James Fisher

    James Fisher was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, June 9, 1840, and is a son of William and Nancy (Fitzsimons) Fisher, natives of New York and Maryland respectively. The former was killed in 1840, by the falling of a tree, and in 1845, his mother moved with her family to this county, afterward marrying Barney Donohue, and residing in the county until her death in 1874. She was the mother of ten children -nine by Mr. Fisher and one by Mr. Donohue.

    James Fisher is the youngest child of his father's family. He came with his mother and has since resided in this county. October 17, 1859, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel R. and Mary J. Black, and born October 17, 1838. After his marriage, Mr. Fisher located in this township, of which he is a worthy citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have nine children -William, Mary A., Ellen, Francis, Lawson, Ida E., Alice B., Jennie and Minnie. Mr. Fisher was a soldier of the late war, having enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, and served from February, 1864, until the end of the war.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.