For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 26
JACOB FISCH. Jacob Fisch, whose demise occurred in Muscatine on the 27th of February, 1907, was long numbered among the most prominent and prosperous residents of the city and was for many years actively identified with business interests as the proprietor of a hardware store. His birth occurred in Hessen-Cassel, Germany, on the 23d of November, 1835, his parents George and Elizabeth ( Mark ) Fisch, who were likewise natives of that country. The father, who was a wagon-maker by trade, followed that occupation in Germany. About 1843 he brought his family to the new world, locating on a tract of government land near Wilton, Muscatine county, Iowa. There he successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder of his life, dying of typhoid fever when past middle age. A few days later his wife also died of the same disease. They reared a family of four sons: John, Conrad, Michael, and Jacob.The last named grew to manhood on his father's farm in this country and attended the country schools in the acquirement of an education. After his father's demise he came to Muscatine and secured employment as a clerk in the hardware store of Mr. Moore. Subsequently he embarked in business as a hardware merchant on his own account and conducted an enterprise of that character for many years, enjoying an extensive and profitable trade. His straight-forward business methods and reliability won him the unqualified confidence of his fellowmen and he was widely recognized as one of the substantial and respected citizens of Muscatine.
On the 22d of October, 1855, Mr. Fisch was joined in wedlock to Miss Margaret Huckey, who was born in Germany on the 2d of May, 1839, her parents being Jacob and Catharine ( Dibble ) Huckey. Her paternal grandfather, George Huckey, was a farmer by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in Germany. Their children were as follows: John, who is deceased; Jacob; Conrad; Elizabeth; and Martha. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Fisch followed farming as a life work and died in Germany.
The parents of Mrs. Fisch crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1844, when she was a little maiden of five years, locating near Wilton, Muscatine county, Iowa, where her father devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He was about seventy-two years old when called to his final rest, while his wife, who survived him, lived to attain the age of seventy-eight. They were the parents of three sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to maturity, namely: Catharine, the wife of Barney Biel; Adam; Martha, the widow of Jacob Fisch; John; Conrad; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of John Schaumberg, who has passed away; and Mary, the wife of James Smith, of Nebraska. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fisch were born five children as follows: Charles A., who wedded Miss Charlotte A. Parr; Henry W., who married Miss Vera Stribbling; George B., who made Miss Tillie Feustel his wife; Emma Elizabeth, who gave her hand in marriage to Thomas Cherry, a shoe merchant of Muscatine; and Carrie Lilly, the wife of David Bogard, a clothier of Muscatine.
Mr. Fisch acted as a deacon in the German Evangelical church, of which he was a devoted and consistent member and to which his widow also belongs. On the 27th of February, 1907, he departed this life. He had gained an extensive acquaintance during the long period of his residence here and his demise was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. His widow, who still survives him and has now lived within the borders of Muscatine county for two-thirds of a century, resides at No. 201 East Fourth street and has a host of warm friends in this community.
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