Person:P Fisher (1)

{geni:about_me} P Lewis Fisher, druggist, Crawfordsville, was born November 28 1852 in Aurora Indiana. His father Peter Fisher was a native of Alsace France and came to America in 1840 and his mother Catharine Miller Fisher was born in Bavaria and came to America in 1847. Lewis attended school until twelve years old In 1865 he came with his parents to Crawfordsville. Here he harbered for a time then became clerk in the drug store of EJ Binford fe Brother with whom he stayed three years then worked one year with James Patterson in the jewelry business. Leaving the jewelry he returned to his former position in the drug store remaing some ten years. Here he received a thorough and practical education in his branch of trade and being quite competent to manage business for himself he became associated with JB Breaks Jr in the drug business. The partnership continued one and a half years when Mr Fisher became sole proprietor. He is now doing a trade of about $12,000 per year Mr Fisher is yet a young man but has made a good start in the world by his own eiforts and should be encouraged. He is careful and proficient in his business and keeps emphatically the peoples store He was married November 23 1876 to Mary Sullivan daughter of Daniel and Catharine O Conner Sullivan. She was born November 9 1854 in La Fayette Indiana. They have one child Walter G born December 23 1878 in Crawfordsville. Both are Catholics. Mr Fisher owns his store, stock, and dwelling

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History of Montgomery County, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic ... Sources By Hiram Williams Beckwith, P. S. Kennedy, Davidson, Thomas Fleming, Thomas Fleming Davidson