David Fisher ^{2,47,101,103,104,108}

   General Notes:

David Fisher, Jr.

-- History of Upper Ohio Valley, Vol. 2, page 377 (from Marjorie Kientz, undated)

David Fisher was born September 4, 1833. He was one of ten children, five of whom are living, born to David and Sarah (Wherry) Fisher. The surviving children are: Samuel, Sarah J., Millian, David and Nancy. The father was born August 3, 1794; the mother, September 27, 1793. They were married September 3, 1819, and removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio shortly after.

David Fisher enlisted in the war of 1812, but peace was declared before his arrival at the "front."

He was the son of Samuel Fisher, who was an officer in the war for American Independence. David, Sr., settled on the farm where our subject now lives, and built a log cabin in the woods. After much hard labor and many hardships he succeeded in ridding the land of timber. He lived to be ninety-three years old, and died in the faith of his fathers, having been reared in the Presbyterian church.

His son was brought up after the fashion of those times. In the winter he was permitted to attend the pioneer school-houses, and in the summer detained at home to help in the general work on the farm. After walking two or three miles from school he was obliged to attend to his chores and in the morning, before going to school, the same performance was gone through with.

Mr. Fisher has never married. He had been blessed by the presence of his sister, Millian, in his home since the old farm came into his keeping. The property which his father bought has never changed hands but still remains in the family, a splendid monument to the departed one's heroism in overcoming the difficulties attending the life of a pioneer.

[Note: David, Jr., traveled to Kansas in 1871, to oversee disposal of his late brother James' estate. James, the first settler of Chase County, Kansas, had been murdered, bequeathing his holdings -- about $3,000 -- to his father, David, Sr.]

   Marriage Information:

David married Sarah Wherry, daughter of James Wherry and Sarah McConnell, on September 3, 1819 ^101,102. (Sarah Wherry was born on September 27, 1793 and died on February 6, 1870.)

   Marriage Notes:

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