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Born 1801
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882)
ELIAS FISHER, deceased, a son of Thomas and Margaret McKey Fisher, natives of Frederick County, Va., was born August 31, 1801. Thomas and Margaret Fisher had the following children: Berick, Elizabeth, Robert, John, Thomas, Elias, Joseph, Jonathan, Samuel, Louis, Mary, Margaret and Sarah. The subject of our sketch was married to. Margaret, daughter of Joshua and Margaret Nesbit Mercer, on New Year’s Eve, 1826. Moved to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1828, and located in Vernon Township, where they remained seven years. In 1836, he purchased 140 acres in Washington Township, where he and his estimable wife lived the rest of their days. They had seven children — Mary, Margaret, Ellen, Hannah, Jonathan (deceased), Parker and Ruth (deceased). Mr. Fisher was an excellent farmer, and had a nice home. He departed this life August 22, 1880. Mrs. Fisher was born October 10, 1804, and died March 2, 1877. Joshua and Margaret Mercer were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married, afterward emigrating to Frederick County, Va. They were the parents of the following children: Daniel, John, William, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Margaret, Lydia, Nancie, and one who died in infancy.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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