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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES (w ho married John Fcnsterm acher), Bcbbie (w ho married Philip F cg ley), Nancy (who married Samuel K crch er), Susan (who m ar­ ried Conrad Bredbenner), and M ary (who married Jacob Ilintcrliter). John Fisher, son o f IIenr>‘ Fisher, w as a native o f Berks county, and w as brought to Columbia county by his parents. H e operated the F'isher homestead until his death. He married Ju d a K iefer, a daughter o f Daniel K iefer, o f Berks county, and both arc buried in the Fisher Church cemetery in Main town­ ship. They had the following children: Dan­ iel. WiUiam S ., Jam es, Henry. Catherine (who married Daniel M iller), Eliza (w ho ntarricd William M ostcller), Esther (who married John Sh ip c), and M ary (who married M arlin N uss). William S. Fisher received his educational training tn the private schools o f his neigh­ borhood and in the Dickinson - and Millville Seminaries. F o r a few years following the completion o f his studies M r. Fisher taught school, but later dcx'Otcd all o f his time to farm ing in Main township. He was a L u ­ theran In religious faith and an active worker in his church. He serx-cd a s clerk of the church and Sunday school superintendent fo r twenty-five years and w as instrumental in the erection of the present church edifice at M ainville. A talented musician, he w as for many years the leader of the church choir, and during his leisure hours also taught sing­ ing school. A man o f more than usual abil­ ity. he led an upright Christian life and sought to use his talents for the benefit o f others. Politically he was a Democrat, and served as school director o f his district fo r years. In il<6i he married M ary Margaret Brcisch, o f Columbia county, who survives him and lives at N o. 370 East street, Hloomsburg. P a. Mr. F'isher died Jan. 26. 19 12 . aged seventy-five years, and is buried in the Fisher cemetery. M r. and M rs. Fisher hatl the following ehil«lrcn: George /.: Horace M .; John L .; Fmierson T ., who died at the age o f nineteen y e a rs: William C .: Fannie, who married W. C. Stevenson and resides in Berwick. P a .; Sa'Iic R ., who died unm arried; Pearl T., who m arried Hurley Sidler and lives in Pniladelnhia; Irene, who married Roy Beaver and lives in Main township; and Bertha, who married John Rccdy and resides in WtlkesHarrc, Pennsylvania. G korge A. F is u e k. o f Hartsville, Pa., son o f WiUiam S ., w as bom on the homestead in Main townslyp on Jan. 14, 1862. He ob­ tained his education in the schools o f his dis­ trict and at the Bloomsburg State Normal 30

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School. A fte r graduating in the elementary course in 1884 he taught school in Main and Beaver townships fo r three years. H e was married Dec. 27, 1887, to Hcttic Hartzel, a daughter o f Joscph and Matilda Hartzel, of Main township. Following his marriage he took up farm ing in Main township for three years, moving thcncc to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the dairy bu.sincss for ten years. Subsequently he purchased a dairy and poul­ try farm near H artsville, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, where he now resides and is en­ gaged ill high-grade dairy and poultry farming. H o r .x c e M. F i s h e r, o f Plainfield, N. J ., son o f William S ., was bom on the homestead in Main township on Ju ly 14. 1863. He ob­ tained his education in the common schools of his district and became a telegraph operator in the serx’icc of the Philadelphia & Reading Railw ay Company. In the year 1883 he resigned and look a course at the Bloomsburg State Normal School and a commercial course at a Philadelphia business college. C>n leaving school he entered the service of the G iesa(>cake & Ohio Railroaoted to chief clerk. He remained with this com |any until the road was sold to the New Y o rk Central System, when he was appointed auditor of the R. W. & O. F'ast F'reight Line in Boston, Mass. In the meantime Mr. Emerson took charge of the traffic department of the Central Vermont railroad at St. Alhans, V t., and al once sent fo r M r. F'isher to take charge of the claim department o f that road. In 1894 M r. Em er­ son resigned to accept the .appointment o f general traffic manager of the South Carolina & Georgia railroad, in Charleston, S. C.. and telegraphed M r. F'isher to join him there, placing him ultimately In charge o f both claim and traffic departments. H e remained with Mr. Emerson in Charleston until 1899, when the road was sold to the Southern R ail­ way System. .Although offered a position with that company in Washington, D. C ., he de­ clined. and came to New Y o rk City, accepting a position as private secretary to Hon. .August Belmont, banker and capitalist. On Sept. 12, 1899. M r. Fisher married Ellen Chapman Black, o f Charleston, S. C .. daugh­ ter o f Samuel Chapman and M ary Jenkins