From the "History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana"
in 1884 by the Goodspeed Brothers and Company in Chicago, Illinois:

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  James Fisher was born in Washington County, Indiana on 30 January 1822
and is the eldest of the ten children of John and Elizabeth (Walker) Fisher
who were natives respectively of Shelby County, Kentucky and Virginia.
Four sons of these parents went to do battle for the right in the late war,
all serving with distinction, two meeting soldiers deaths at the battle
of Champion Hills, and one dying in the hospital at Nashville.  The only
survivor of the four is a resident of the Lone Star State.  James Fisher
subject of this sketch, began for himself at the age of eleven years by
working around as a farm hand, which he continued until age twenty-six,
when Josephine Finley daughter of Jefferson and Miriam (Brooks) Finley on
20 January 1848 became his wife.  Six children blessed this union, named
Miriam E., Amanda, John F., Lydia, Laura and Clara J.  These children were
left motherless on 16 March 1868 and Mr. Fisher married for a second wife
Mrs. Amanda (Teagarden) Bishop daughter of Andrew Teagarden and widow of
D. Bishop.  Three children, Henry W., James M. and Orna D., were born to
this union.  Mr. Fisher by hard work has secured a fine farm of 286 acres
in Northeast Township.  In politics he was formerly a Whig, casting his
first vote for Henry Clay but is now a Republican.

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