Fisher Family Genealogy
FISHER John W.
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Name FISHER John W. Birth 28 Oct 1858 New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA 
[1] CENSUS 05 Jul 1860 Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA [2] 
Census: 1860 U.S. - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA, Roll M653_1127; Page: 33; Image: 37; Family History Library Film: 805127 CENSUS 13 Jun 1870 Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA [3] - John actually about 12 years of age in this census not 10.
Census: 1870 U.S. - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA; Roll: M593_1360; Page: 26B; Image: 56; Family History Library Film: 552859 Person ID I1046 Main Last Modified 3 Feb 2010
Father FISHER Abel, b. 1 Feb 1814, Pennsylvania d. 9/10 Sep 1891, Iola, Allen Co., KS (Age 77 years) Relationship Birth Mother GIBSON, Mary, b. Abt 1816 d. Nov 1858, Neshannock Township, Lawrence Co., PA (Age 42 years) Relationship Birth Marriage Pennsylvania [4] Notes - From this union seven daughters and five sons were born... [5]
Family ID F352 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SWAN, Linnie Marriage 1886 Colona, Henry Co., IL [6] Family ID F380 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Feb 2009
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Birth - 28 Oct 1858 - New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA 
CENSUS - 05 Jul 1860 - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA CENSUS - 13 Jun 1870 - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA 
Marriage - 1886 - Colona, Henry Co., IL = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - John W. Fisher
One of the best known and most successful hotel men is John W. Fisher, who was formerly in the hotel business at Galveston, for a number of years was manager and proprietor of the Sheldon Hotel at El Paso, and is still engaged in the business as proprietor of the Fisher Hotel, at the corner of West San Antonio and El Paso Streets. Mr. Fisher is a popular landlord, and succeeded in the business because he made a thorough study of the requirements and of all of the intricate service involved in successful management of a hotel. His career has been one of steady progress from small beginning, and when he left home a young man he had only fifty dollars in money and on arriving in Illinois, in which state he began his practical career, he possessed but seventeen dollars. John W. Fisher was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1858. He was the youngest of twelve children, born to Abel and Mary (Gibson) Fisher, his mother having died two weeks after his birth at the age of forty-two. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and of English descent, and the mother was of a Quaker family. The father was a merchant, who acquired a moderate degree of success during his career. He died in 1891 at Iola, Kansas, where he had resided from the spring of 1880. He was seventy-seven years of age at the time of his death. The mother was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, also of English descent. Three of the older sons in the family, Abel, Frank and Gilbert, served as soldiers in the Civil war.
Up to the time he was twelve years of age, John W. Fisher attended the primary schools of Pennsylvania, and had some schooling and much practical experience in his father's store from the time of the removal to Kansas until he was twenty years of age. His first regular position in the business world was as traveling salesman for the Walter A. Wood Harvesting Company of Chicago, and he was on the road selling farm machinery for four years. He then opened a farm brokerage business in Chicago, in 1895, but soon afterward moved to Galveston, where he entered the hotel business. He was owner and manager of the Washington Hotel, which at the time was one of the leading hostelries of Galveston. A year later he sold out and moved to El Paso and in September. 1896. opened the Pearson Hotel, which was then the favorite public house of entertainment in El Paso. After four years he opened in 1900 the Sheldon Hotel which until recently was the largest and most commodious equipped hotel of El Paso. He was sole proprietor and manager of the popular institution for ten years, at the end of that time selling out to a stock com- panv On November 15, 1910. Mr. Fisher became proprietor and manager of the Hotel Fisher, with forty-two miest rooms and excellent equipment and service.
In politics Mr. Fisher is a Republican as to national affairs and locally is independent. For four years he served as vice president of the El Paso Fair Association. He is a life member of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, is a member of the T. P. A. and the El Paso Country Club and belongs to the Presbyterian church. In 1886 in Henry county, Illinois, at Colona, he married Miss Linnie Swan, a daughter of Pitt Swan, a native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have seven children and three grandchildren. The family home is at 1430 Boulevard, where he owns a very beautiful residence. [7]
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Sources - [S163] Frank W Johnson, Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler, A History of Texas and Texans, (Chicago : American Historical Society, 1916. 5 v.), 1914, 1200 (Reliability: 2).
John W. Fisher was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1858. - [S90] Census: 1860 U.S. - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA, (Ancestry.com), 05 Jul 1860, Roll M653_1127; Page: 33; Image: 37; Family History Library Film: 805127 (Reliability: 2).
- [S89] Census: 1870 U.S. - Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA, (Ancestry.com), 13 Jun 1870, Roll M593_1360; Page: 26B; Image: 56; Family History Library Film: 552859 (Reliability: 2).
- [S39] New Castle Democrat, (The Democrat, New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA), 17 Sep 1891, 3 (Reliability: 2).
He...was married to Mary Gibson, daughter of Francis Gibson, early in manhood. - [S39] New Castle Democrat, (The Democrat, New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA), 17 Sep 1891, 3 (Reliability: 2).
- [S163] Frank W Johnson, Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler, A History of Texas and Texans, (Chicago : American Historical Society, 1916. 5 v.), 1914, 1200 (Reliability: 2).
In 1886 in Henry county, Illinois, at Colona, he married Miss Linnie Swan, a daughter of Pitt Swan, a native of New York. - [S163] Frank W Johnson, Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler, A History of Texas and Texans, (Chicago : American Historical Society, 1916. 5 v.), 1914, 1200 (Reliability: 2).
- [S163] Frank W Johnson, Francis White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler, A History of Texas and Texans, (Chicago : American Historical Society, 1916. 5 v.), 1914, 1200 (Reliability: 2).