Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - William Fisher
WILLIAM FISHER
William Fisher, a farmer, was born in 1827, and is a son of Enoch and
Elizabeth (Stevens) Fisher, the former a life-long farmer, and one of
the early settlers of Ohio. Our subject was raised on a farm, and
received a common school education. When of suitable age, be
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until fifty years of
age. He came to this county in 1837, and settled in Richwood,
where he married Margaret Graham, by whom he has had eight children,
viz.: Sarah L., Harriet M., wife of Elijah Lester; Martha C., wife of
H. C. Moffitt; Margaret A., wife of Charles N. Biddle; Thomas B.,
Samuel P., Benjamin and John. Mrs. Fisher died January 23, 1880;
she was a member of the M. E Church, and a consistent Christian
woman. Mr. Fisher is also a member of the Methodist Church.
He is a Republican in politics, and now owns eighty-nine acres of
choice land, on which he resides.