14 May 2013

Jesse Fisher - FGS - War of 1812 Veteran


By Pamela Pattison Lash

Name:      Jesse Fisher
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Birth:      14 Jul 1787      Franklin Co, PA
Death:      7 Mar/3Apr 1872      Defiance Co, OH
Burial:            Williams Center Cem, Center Twp, Williams Co, OH
Marriage:      1815
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Spouse:      Nancy Fowler
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Birth:      1793      PA
Death:      20 Apr 1861      Defiance Co, OH
Burial:            Williams Center Cem, Center Twp, Williams Co, OH
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Children
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1 F:      Sarah “Sally” Fisher
Birth:      Feb 1819      Millersburg, Holmes Co, OH
Death:            pos DeKalb Co, IN
Spouse:      James McDowell
Marriage:      11 Sep 1845      Defiance Co, OH
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2 F:      Lucretia Fisher
Birth:      1822      OH
Death:      aft 1880      pos Wauseon, Fulton Co, OH
Spouse:      Alfred Tracy
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3 M:      James Fisher
Birth:      1829      OH
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4 M:      Jesse Fisher
Birth:      29 Jul 1832      Holmes Co, OH
Death:      21 Jul 1913
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5 M:      William Fisher
Birth:      1835
Death:      aft 1860
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6 M:      David Fisher
Birth:      17 Feb 1837
Death:      4 Nov 1912
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7 F:      Samantha Fisher
Birth:      17 Mar 1844
Spouse:      Dr. James W Jennings
Marriage:      9 Feb 1866      Defiance Co, OH
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8 F:      Nancy Fisher
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9 M:      John Fisher
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10 M:      Archie Fisher
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11 M:      Philip Fisher
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12 M:      Conrad Fisher
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13 F:      Jennie Fisher


Notes for Jesse Fisher
History of Defiance Co, OH, p281
Union Presbyterian Church was organized in Farmer Township, September 2, 1848, by Rev. John M. Crabb, an itinerant missionary of Maumee Presbytery, old school, with Jesse Fisher and Arthur Cleland as Ruling Elders. Fourteen individuals constituted the membership. These were Jesse Fisher and Nancy, his wife, Arthur Cleland and Marc-, his wife, John Miller and Margaret, his wife, Isaac Miller and Nancy, his wife, William Cleland, William Cleland, Jr., Andrew Cleland, Joshua Hall and Mary, his wife, and Joshua Woodcox.

1820 Salt Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Page: 167; NARA Roll: M33_93; Image: 219.
Jesse Fisher
4m under 10
1m 26-44
1f 26-44

1830 Salt Creek, Holmes, Ohio; Page: 303; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 133; Family History Film: 0337944.
Jesse Fisher
1m under 5
2m 10-14
2m 15-19
1m 40-49
2f under 5
2f 5-9
1f 30-39

1840 Salt Creek, Holmes, Ohio; Roll: 404; Page: 218; Image: 440; Family History Library Film: 0020168.
Jesse Fisher
1m under 5
2m 5-9
1m 10-14
4m 20-29
1m 50-59
1f under 5
1f 5-9
1f 10-14
2f 15-19
1f 40-49

1850 Farmer, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M432_674; Page: 66B; Image: 646.
h/h 890/890 Fisher, Jesse 60 PA $3,000 farming
Nancy 53 PA
James 21 OH
Jesse 19 OH
William 15 OH
David 13 OH
Samantha 11 OH

1852 Mary Smith Culbertson produced witnesses, Jesse Fisher and William Ingram, to corroborate her facts in divorce from husband, Samuel Culbertson. Mary wanted a reasonable alimony.  A legal notice appeared in the newspaper, Equal Rights.

1860 Farmer, Defiance Co, OH
h/h Fisher, J 66 PA farmer
Nancy 58 PA

1870 Farmer, Defiance, Ohio; Roll: M593_1195; Page: 91A; Image: 185; Family History Library Film: 552694.
h/h 230/212 Fisher, Jesse 80 PA too old to work $10,000re/$445pp living with son Jesse 36 OH and his family

“Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana
Together with Biographies of Many Prominent Men of Northern Indiana and the Whole State, Both Living and Dead”, Goodspeed Brothers Publishers, Chicago, 1893

Samantha Fisher, who was born March 17, 1844, to Jesse and Nancy (Fowler) Fisher, the former of whom was born in Franklin county, Penn., of substantial Dutch stock, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. After a short residence in Franklin county, Penn., he removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where he was a pioneer, and made himself a good home. He was the fathter of twelve children: Conrad, John, Archie, Philip, Lucretia, Sallie, Nancy, James, Jennie, William, David and Samantha, all of whom lived to rear families.

Later in life Mr. Fisher settled in Defiance County, Ohio, on uncleared land, where he made a good home. He died April 3, 1872, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died April 30, 1864. Both were earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Republican, politically, was a warm Union man during the war, and one of his sons, David, served three years in an Ohio regiment, his principal duty being to guard rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island.



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