... Mr. Fisher was married March 12, 1874, to Sarah E. Long, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Poorbaugh) Long, of Jasper county, Iowa, and to this union have been born six children: Earl V., who first married Ivy Ganser, and after her death, Abbie Pixley, and has two children, George and Iva May; Warren C., who first married Rose Ross and after she died in 1905, he married Lucile Gardner and has two children, Legrand and Harriett E.; to the first marriage were born two children; Muriel and Leslie D., deceased; Hoyt S. married Bernice Gingery, and has one child, Ellarde; Sanford J., who married Daisy McClain, and has three children, Bernice, Floyd and Ruth; Harry, who married June Poling; Grace, the wife of James Jensen, and the mother of one child, Leo.
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.
![Gideon Fisher and wife, Sarah E (Long) Fisher, of Shelby county, Iowa. [Photo source: White, Edward Speer. Past and present of Shelby County, Iowa (1915). (Indianapolis, Indiana: B.F. Bowen, 1915), p 848-850]](/wiki/Image:Gideon_Fisher_and_Sarah_%28Long%29_Fisher.jpg)
