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Fishback, William Meade – Fisher, George Judson

Fishback, William Meade

lawyer, legislator, governor, was born Nov. 5, 1831, in Culpeper county, Va. He graduated from the university of Virginia, and soon obtained a good reputation as an able lawyer of Arkansas. He was a member of the Arkansas legislature during two constitutional conventions; was elected United States senator in 1864 by the union legislature, but declined to In 1895 he was elected governor of Arkansas and served with distinction. serve.

Fishburn, William

soldier, state legislator, was born in 1760. He was on the staff of Gen. Anthony Wayne, to whom he was aide-de-camp at the capture of Stony Point, and afterward attained the rank of major-general. He died Nov. 3, 1819, in Walterborough, S. C.

FISHER, ALEXANDER METCALF, educator, journalist, was born in 1794 in Franklin, Mass. He became professor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy in Yale. He died April 22, 1822.

Fisher, Alvan

artist, was born Aug. 9, 1792, in Needham, Mass. In 1814 he began as a portrait-painter, and soon afterward undertook barn-yard scenes, winter landscapes, and cattle-pieces. One of his best works is a portrait of Spurzheim, painted after death, from recollection, in 1832. He died Feb. 16, 1863, in Dedham, Mass.

Fisher, Carmon

poet. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and his poems have been incorporated in several standard collections.

Fisher, Charles

state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1789, in Rowan county, N. C. He commenced public life by going into the state senate in 1818; and in 1819 was elected to congress from North Carolina. In 1821 he was again elected to the state legislature, where he served almost continuously until 1836.

From 1839 to 1841 he was again a representative in congress. He died May 7, 1849, in Hillsborough, Miss.

Fisher, Charles

actor, was born in 1816 in England. In 1872 he joined the company of Augustin Daly, playing Old Dorton and Falstaff as his first parts. He continued with this company until his retirement from the stage in 1890. He died June 11, 1891, in New York city.

Fisher, Charles Harris

physician, was born June 30, 1822, in Killingly, Conn. He served in the state senate in 1869-70 and 1877-79. He prepared the annual reports of the vital statistics of Rhode Island from 1878 to 1885, and those of the state board of health since 1879.

Fisher, Daniel W

clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 17, 1838, in Arch Spring, Pa. He has filled pastorates in the presbyterian churches at Madison, Ind.; Wheeling, W. Va.; New Orleans, La.; and Allegheny City, Pa. Since 1879 he has been president of Hanover college.

Fisher, David

clergyman, congressman, was born Dec. 3, 1794, in Somerset county, Pa. He was elected to the legislature of Ohio; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847. He died May 7, 1886, near Mount Holly, Pa.

Fisher, Ebenezer

clergyman, college president, author, was born Feb. 6, 1815, in Charlotte, Maine. He was a universalist clergyman who was the first president of the theological seminary at Canton, N. Y. He is the author of The Christian Salvation. He died Feb. 21, 1879, in Canton, N. Y.

Fisher, George

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1830; and a member of the New York assembly from Tioga county in 1835.

Fisher, George Judson

physician, author, was born Nov. 27, 1825, in North Castle, N. Y. He was a physician, for many years medical director at Sing Sing prison; and the author of Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Physicians of Westchester County, N. Y.; Animal Substances Employed as Medicines by the Ancients; and Diploteratology.