Fisher, Edward 1838-1875

FISHER

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 4/19/2012 at 17:34:00

The Grinnell (IA) Herald; Dec. 8, 1931

WHAT AN OLD HERALD SAYS OF EDWARD FISHER

Below is a notice of the death of Edward Fisher, father of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, taken from a Grinnell Hearld, May 6, 1875.

Chester.--The town of Chester has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Edward Fisher. Born in Chester, Vt., in 1838, he removed to Chester, Ia., in the autumn of 1860. The following year on the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted and served sixteen months in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, going as far south as Helena, Ark. He was one of the original sixteen members constituting the Congregational church in Chester, and always felt a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, both by his means and personal effort helping forward every good work. For several years he filled the office of town clerk. A year ago some serious disease manifested itself in his lfeft lung, and steadily increased baffling all the skill of the physicians. He endured great suffering, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation, and finally sunk under his disease and died Friday morning, April 30. He leaves a wife and five children, and ten brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. In a circle of eleven brothers and sisters his was the first death in twenty-five years. A large concourse followed him to his burial, the services being conducted by Prof. Buck.