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Peter Fisher
Birth: 	1826
Death: 	Aug. 23, 1883

New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 about Peter Fisher
Name: Peter Fisher
Birth Date: abt 1826
Birth Place: United States
Death Date: 23 Aug 1883
Death Place: Delaware, Hunterdon, New Jersey
Death Age: 57 years
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Birth Place: United States
Mother Birth Place: United States
FHL Film Number: 589836

1880 Census - Delaware, Hunterdon, NJ
Peter Fisher 54 - head
Ann Fisher 52 - wife
Annabelle Fisher 22 - daughter
William E. Fisher 24 - son
Hervey Fisher 14 - son

Family links: 
 Parents:
  William Peter Fisher (1793 - 1876)
  Sarah Wilson Fisher (1802 - 1845)

 Spouse:
  Ann Holcombe Fisher (1827 - 1919)*

 Children:
  Hervey S. Fisher (1866 - 1887)*

 Siblings:
  Alice Fisher Mathews (1823 - 1912)*
  James J Fisher (1824 - 1897)*
  Peter Fisher (1826 - 1883)
  Martha W Fisher Mathews (1827 - 1875)*
  John Fisher (1830 - 1920)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Union Cemetery
Ringoes
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Ellen Johnson
Record added: Jul 30, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 114624522

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Hunterdon County Democrat
Flemington, NJ
1838-1888

August 28, 1883, Forty-Sixth Volume, No. 2
A Sad Fatality
As the noon train on the Flemington Railroad was nearing Barber's Station
last Tuesday, engineer Cooley saw a man on the track walking toward
the train. He promptly blew the whistle as loud as the alarm could be
sounded, and brakeman Schenk immediately put on the brake as tight as it
was possible to get them. The man paid no attention to the warning note
of the whistle but kept on the track. The train could not be stopped in
time to avoid striking him and he was hurled to one side of the track. As
soon as the train could be brought to a halt engineer Cooley reversed his
engine and ran back to where the man was lying, finding him in a unconscious
condition and terribly injured. He was put on the train and conveyed to the
station, and Dr. Larison, Dr.  Robbins and the Railroad Company's physician
summoned. The unfortunate man proved to be Mr. Peter Fisher, a well-known
and highly respected farmer living near Ringoes.... It is evident that
his mind was slightly impaired. Whether he deliberately walked upon the
track for the purpose of committing suicide, or whether his mind had no
controlling influence in the matter at all is known only to his Maker.

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