Samuel Fisher

Samuel Fisher - was born in Richland county, Ohio, May 25, 1822; his parents being Jacob and Catharine (Davis) Fisher; his mother died in Ohio in 1833, and his father in Iowa in 1872. Mr. Fisher’s first wife was Julia A., daughter of John and Julia A. (Hobletzell) French. The children by this marriage are: Christina, born January 20, 1846; William W., September 16, 1848; John W., April 19, 1852; Rebecca E., August 25, 1854; Lafayette R., August 10, 1857; Lurie V., September 20, 1861. Mr. Fisher’s first marriage took place in Crawford county, January 4, 1845. His second marriage occurred in Van Wert county, Ohio, June 24, 1878, his wife being Esther A. (Ferguson) McCullough, who was born in Maryland in October 1829. Her father, John Ferguson, died in that State. Mrs. Fisher’s first husband, John F. McCullough was killed at Dallas, Georgia, when in an engagement under General W. T. Sherman. Mr. Fisher was a member of the 132d Ohio, being engaged around Washington at the time of General Early’s raid. The birthplace of his parents was Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Fisher first settled in Defiance county in 1851, and moved to Paulding county in 1855. Business; farming and blacksmithing. He is still a resident of Brown township, Charloe, Paulding county, Ohio.