Fisher, Samuel Reed – Fitch, Asa
Fisher, Samuel Reed
clergyman, author, was born June 2, 1810, in Norristown, Pa. He was a German reformed clergyman of Chambersburg, Pa.; and the author of Exercises in the Heidelberg Catechism; The Rum Plague, translation from Zschokke; The Family Assistant; and Heidelberg Catechism Simplified. He died June 5, 1881, in Tiffin, Ohio. a
Fisher, Samuel Sparks
soldier, lawyer, author, was born April 11, 1832, in St. Joseph county, Mich. He published six volumes of Reports of Cases Arising under Letters-Patent for Inventions in the Circuit Courts of the United States.
He died Aug. 14, 1874, in Luzerne county, Pa.
Fisher, Samuel Ware
clergyman, college president, author, was born April 5, 1814, in Morristown, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman and educator, who was president of Hamilton college in 1858-67. He was the author of Three Great Temptations of Young Men; and Occasional Sermons and Addresses. He died Jan. 18, 1874, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fisher, Spencer O
merchant, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 3, 1843, in Camden, Mich. He was mayor of West Bay City from 1881 to 1884. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1884; and in the same year was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-ninth congress, and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress.
Fisher, Sidney George
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 11, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of The Making of Pennsylvania; The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States; The Men, Women and Manners in Colonial Times; and other works.
Fisher, Theodore Welles
educator, physician, author, was born May 29, 1837, in Westboro, Mass. He is a physician, and since 1881 has been clinical instructor in mental disease at Harvard university. He is the author of Plain Talks About Insanity.
Fisher, Thomas
author, poet, was born Jan. 21, 1801, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He was a Philadelphia writer who published Dial of the Seasons; Song of the Sea Shells; and Mathematics Simplified and Made Attractive. He died Feb. 12, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Fisher, William Mark
painter, was born Dec. 15, 1841, in Boston, Mass.
He has painted landscapes from studies in the neighborhood of Paris, also genre paintings and cattle-pieces, including Noon; On the Cam; and The Meadows.
Fisk, Archie Campbell
soldier, capitalist, was born Oct. 18, 1836, in Steuben county, N. Y. He served through the civil war, and received the rank of adjutant-general. He is president of the Denver Land and Improvement Co.; the Fisk Real Estate and Improvement company; and the Denver Circle Real Estate company in Denver, Colo.
Fisk, Charles J
lawyer, jurist, was born March 11, 1862, in Whiteside county, Ill. This rising lawyer has served as judge of the district court of the first judicial district of North Dakota.
Fisk, Clinton Bowen
lawyer, soldier, merchant, reformer, statesman, was born Dec. 8, 1828, in York, N. Y. He served with distinction through the civil war; was promoted brigadier-general in 1862, and brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865. He actively aided in establishing the Fisk university of Nashville, Tenn., which was named for him. In 1886 he was the prohibition candidate for the governorship of New Jersey; and for sixteen years was president of the board of Indian commissioners. He died July 9, 1890, in New York city.
Fisk, Ezra
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 10, 1785, in Shelburne, Mass.
He became in 1813 pastor of the presbyterian church in Goshen, N. Y., where he remained twenty years. He published an oration, delivered at Williams college in 1825; a lecture on the Inability of Sinners. He died Dec. 5, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Fisk, Fidelia
missionary, author, was born May 1, 1816, in Shelburne, Mass.
In 1843 she went to Persia as a missionary among the Nestorians, where she labored fifteen years, much of the time as teacher in a female seminary. She was the first principal of the seminary at Oroomiah. She published Memorial of Mount Holyoke Seminary, and Woman and Her Savior in Persia, and at the time of her death was engaged in writing Recollections of Mary Lyon. She died Aug 9, 1864, in Shelburne, Mass.
Fisk, George Clement
manufacturer, was born March 4, 1831, in Hinsdale, N. H. He entered the office of T. W. Watson, car builder, as a bookkeeper; this firm was reorganized in 1862, and in 1871 he was elected president. He is president of two other companies, and proprietor of the Brightwood paper mills in New Hampshire.
Fisk, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born about 1762. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1805 to 1809, and from 1811 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the judges of the supreme court of Vermont. He was a senator in congress during the years 1817 and 1818, and resigned; and in 1812 was appointed judge of the territory of Indiana, and in 1817 collector of the port of Alburg, which office he held eight years. He died Dec. 1, 1844, in Swanton, Vt.
FISK. JONATHAN, lawyer, congress- He was a representative in conman. gress from New York from 1809 to 1811, and again from 1813 to 1815, when he was appointed United States attorney for the southern district of New York.
Fisk, Pliny
missionary. was born June 24, 1792, in Shelburne, Mass. After traveling extensively in Greece, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, he joined, in 1825, the mission already established at Beirût, and died there of fever in the following October. He died Oct. 23, 1842, in Syria.
Fisk, Samuel
soldier, clergyman, author, was born July 23, 1828, in Shelburne, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who served as a soldier in the federal army, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. He is the author of Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army. He died May 22, 1864, in Fredericksburg, Va.
Fisk, Wilbur
clergyman, college president, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 31, 1792, in Brattleboro, Vt. He was a methodist clergyman once famous as a pulpit orator, and the first president of Wesleyan university in 1831-39. He was the author of Calvinistic Controversy; Travels in Europe; and Sermons on Universalism. He died Feb. 22, 1839, in Middletown, Conn.
Fiske, John
naval officer, was born April 10, 1744, in Salem, Mass. He was master mariner during the revolutionary war, and fought in many conflicts. After the war he engaged in commerce; was made major-general of militia in 1792; and acquired fame and fortune. He died Sept. 28, 1797, in Salem, Mass.
Fiske, John
philosopher, lecturer, author, was born March 30, 1842, in Hartford, Conn. He is a philosopher and historian of Cambridge, who has lectured extensively upon American history, and is a thinker of the school of Darwin and Spencer. He is the author of Myths and Myth-Makers; Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy; The Unseen World; Darwinism and Other Essays; Tobacco and Alcohol; Excursions of an Evolutionist: The Destiny of Man; The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge; American Political Ideas from the Standpoint of Universal History; The Critical Period of American History, 1783-89; The Beginnings of New England; Civil Government in the United States; The War of Independence, a work for young readers; The American Revolution; The Discovery of America; United States History for Schools; Life of Edward L. Youmans; and Virginia and Her Neighbors.
Fiske, Lewis Ransom
clergyman, educator and college president, was born Dec. 24, 1825, in Albion, Mich. He received his education at the Michigan university, from which institution he received the degrees of A. B. and A. M., and subsequently the degree of LL. D. The degree of D. D. was conferred by the Albion college. During 1875-77 he was editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate.
In 1850-53 he was professor of natural science at Albion college; in 1853-56 filled the same chair in the Michigan State Normal school; and during 1856-63 was professor of chemistry at the Michigan State Agricultural college. During 1863- 77 he was pastor of churches in Jackson, Ann Arbor and Detroit; and since 1877 has been president of Albion college.
Fiske, Nathan
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 9, 1733, in Weston, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Brookfield, Mass., who was a prolific author of essays and addresses. Beside separate sermons, his published works include Sermons; and The Moral Monitor, a collection of essays once very popular as a school reader. He died Nov. 24, 1799, in Brookfield, Mass.
Fiske, Nathan Welby
educator, clergyman, author, was born April 17, 1798, in Weston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, and professor at Amherst college in 1824-47. He was the author of Manual of Classical Literature; Sermons; Young Peter's Tour Around the World; and Story of Aleck, or the History of Pitcairn's Island. He died May 27, 1847, in Jerusalem, Palestine.
Fiske, Oliver
soldier, physician, author, was born Sept. 2, 1762. He served in the army during the revolutionary war.
He began practice in Worcester, Mass., in 1790, and in 1803 was appointed special justice of the court of common pleas. He died in 1836 in Boston, Mass.
Fitch, Asa
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1811 to 1813.
Fitch, Asa
naturalist, agriculturist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1809, in Salem, N. Y. He was made New York state entomologist in 1854, and for many years published annual reports on insects injurious to vegetation. He died April 8, 1878, in Salem, Mass.