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Born 1846
From History of Crawford County and Ohio (1881)
DAVID E. FISHER, merchant, Bucyrus; was born in Manslield, Ohio, March 24, 1846, where the first fourteen years of his life were spent in attending the, schools of that place. In the fall of 1800, he came to Bucyrus to live with an uncle, INIr. C. W. Fisher, assisting him on his farm and attending school one year. In July, 1862, he enlisted in the 131st 0. V. I., from which, after five months' service, he was honorably discharged. He then began clerking in his uncles store, filling a position there until the 136th O. N. G. marched to the defense of the National Capital. At the expiration of the term of his enlistment, he was again discharged from the service, and resumed his duties in the store with his uncle, C. W. Fisher, until 1869, at which time the firm was changed to Fisher & ]jack; he, however, remaining with that firm until 1873, when he entered into a partnership with his brother, J. J. Fisher. He was married Nov. 3, 1869, to Miss Maggie Hoovei, by whom he has three children — Bessie M., Jay C. and infant son. He is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Sunday school, holding, in the last-named organization, a responsible position.
As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: J. J. Fisher (b. 1837)
Their biographies name David E. Fisher: William Hoover (b. 1816) Christian Hoover (b. 1844)
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