... Mr. Fisher was married March 12, 1874, to Sarah E. Long, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Poorbaugh) Long, of Jasper county, Iowa, ...
... Mrs. Fisher's parents were born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and located early in Elkhart county, Indiana, and there Mrs. Fisher was born. They came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1856, where Mr. Long got government land and lived until his death in 1901. His widow died in 1907. Mr. Long was a farmer. They lived on the farm fifty years and there were no deaths in the family until the father died. Mr. and Mrs. Long were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They reared eight children: Henry, Mary, Sarah Ellen, Martha, William, Louisa, Julia and Charles.
