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FISHER, Theodore Willis, physician, was born at Westboro, Mass., May 29, 1837; sou of Milton Metcalf and Eleanor (Metoalf) Fisher; grandson of Willis and Caroline (Fairbanks) Fisher, and of Luther and Lydia ( Jeuks) Metcalf, and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Fisher, who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. He was graduated from Harvard medical school iu 1861, and after a few months' service as resi- dent physician of the city institutions in Boston harbor he entered the voliuiteer army as sui'geon. In 1863 he became assistant superintendent of the Boston lunatic hospital and continued as such until 1870, when he devoted his attention to pri- vate practice. In 1867 and again in 1890 he visited Europe and made an extensive study of foreign hospitals for the insane. The insane hos- pitals at Boston and Danvers, Mass. , were planned by him, and he was superintendent of the former, 1881-95. He was clinical instructor in mental diseases, 1884-88, and lecturer, 1888-98, in Har- vard medical school. He was married in 18.58, to Maria Caroline Brown of Jledway, Mass. , and iu 1873 to Ella Gertrude Richardson of Boston, Mass. He was elected councillor of the Massa- chusetts medical society, a member of the Amer- ican medical society, and of other scientific organizations, and was a member of the Interna- tional medical congresses of 1887 and 1890. He published Plain Talks about Innanity (1873), and numerous medical papers.

FISHER, William Arms, editor, was born in San Francisco, Cal., April 27, 1861; son of Luther Paine and Katherine Bruyn (Arms) Fisher; grandson of the Rev. Jesse Fisher, and of the Rev. Hiram P. Arms, and a descendant of An- thony Fisher of Dedham and Dorchester, Mass. (1.591-1673), and of William Arms of Deerfield, Mass. (1654-1731). He was educated in the pub- lic schools of California and studied music, har- mony and the organ under John P. Morgan of Oakland, Cal. He removed to New York in 1890 and studied counteriioint, canon and fugue under Horatio W. Parkov, and composition under An- ton Dvofilk. He visited London, 1892, and studied singing with William Shakespeai'e. He became editor for the Oliver Ditson company iu 1897. He is the author of numerous anthems and songs, a volume of fifteen songs for children, and an Ehgie for violin and piano. He was elected a member of the Manuscript society of New York.

FISK, Archie Campbell, soldier, was born in Steuben county. New York. Oct. 18, 1836; son of Samuel A. and Margaret (.Tack) Fisk; grandson of John B. Fisk, and a descendant of the Rev. James Fisk. In 1838 he removed with his parents to Lorain coimty, Ohio, where he attended the public schools of Eh'ria in winter and worked at farming in the summer. In 1853 he found em-

ploj-ment as a dry goods clerk, and at the open- ing of the civil war he raised a company of volunteers and was mustered into the 23(1 Ohio regiment. He became 2d lieutenant, June 1, 1861, and was for some time on the staff of Gen- eral Rosecrans in western Virginia. In 1862 he was commissary of subsistence of the Kanawha division. He took joart in the battles of Carnifex Ferry, .Seconil Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam. and in December, 1862, was / j on the staff ^of Gen.;

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bayou to the relief of the gunboat fleet under Porter; was at the demonstration against Haines Bluff; went with the army to Jackson, Miss.; was at the battle of Champion's Hill, and participated in the assaults and siege of Vicks- burg. He went with .Sherman to Jackson after the fall of Vicksburg; was with that general at CoUierville in October, 1863, and participated in the battle of Missionarj- Ridge. He went with .Sherman to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville in November, 1863, and accompanied Sherman's army on the campaign against Atlanta as assist- ant adjutant-general, second division, 15th army corps. He was assistant adjutant-general under Gens Hugh Ewing, Lightburn, Hazen and Mor- gan L. Smith. He became assistant adjutant- general of the department of the Mississippi in November, 1864, and in the following January entered into negotiations with the Confederate exchange agent for the excliange of prisoners of war, and during the next few months released from Confederate jirisons over 8000 captives. At the final surrender he signed the paroles and furnished transportation to about seventj-five tliousand Confederate soldiers. At the close of the war he began business in Vicksburg. He was a delegate to the Republican national con- vention in 1868, and a member of the Republican national executive committee, 1868-72. In 1873 he removed to Denver, Col., and became promi- nently identified with the growth of that city. He engaged iu real estate, mining, stock growing and banking, and was elected a member of the various commercial organizations of Denver. He was made president of a number of business cor- porations; originated the Trans-Mississippi cou-