. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. r \ - 3% Vol. XI JANUARY, 1910 No. 1 ._ s I . f I , 4 > .<?• £ •»— 1^ ... JENRY I,. FISHER The Career of Henry Lee Fisher By Dr. I. H. Betz, York, HE death of Henry LeeFisher of York, Pa., oc-curred on Monday even-ing, November 5th, 1909,at No. 612 West Kingstreet from the infirmi-ties of age after an acuteillness extending oversome days. Mr. Fisher had recentlycompleted his eighty-seventh birth-day. Fie had through life
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. r \ - 3% Vol. XI JANUARY, 1910 No. 1 ._ s I . f I , 4 > .<?• £ •»— 1^ ... JENRY I,. FISHER The Career of Henry Lee Fisher By Dr. I. H. Betz, York, HE death of Henry LeeFisher of York, Pa., oc-curred on Monday even-ing, November 5th, 1909,at No. 612 West Kingstreet from the infirmi-ties of age after an acuteillness extending oversome days. Mr. Fisher had recentlycompleted his eighty-seventh birth-day. Fie had through life possesseda rugged constitution and it was onlyduring recent years that he began toshow signs of failure from his usualcondition. Henry L. Fisher was born nearQuincy, in Franklin county, Pa., in1822. On his paternal side he wasdescended from his grandfather Fred-erick Fisher who was born in Ger-many in 1746 and came to Philadel-phia in 1764. Fie learned the trade ofa blacksmith in Philadelphia and af-terwards went to Lancaster county,Pa., where he was married and re-mained engaged at his trade for sev-eral years when • in 1773 he removedwith his family to what later becameWashington township, Fianklincounty, Pa. near Quincy, but thentermed the Conochocheague Settle-ment in the Cumberland Valleywhere he prospere
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