A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . nk of colonel andafterward to brigadier general. He won glory and renown at the battle ofGettysburg by capturing Little Round Top, and he continued in active serv-ice until the cessation of hostilities, being discharged as brigadier general, arank which had been \\on by meritorious service. Later he went to Wyom-ing, spending his last days there, and enjoying distinction as one of the mosteminent members of the bar of
A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . nk of colonel andafterward to brigadier general. He won glory and renown at the battle ofGettysburg by capturing Little Round Top, and he continued in active serv-ice until the cessation of hostilities, being discharged as brigadier general, arank which had been \\on by meritorious service. Later he went to Wyom-ing, spending his last days there, and enjoying distinction as one of the mosteminent members of the bar of the west. He was appointed to the positionof chief justice and presided over that court of last resort in a manner whichreflected credit upon its judicial history. Pie died in 1901, at the advancedage of eighty-six years. In early manhood he married Miss ElizabethR. Shearer, a daughter of Major James Shearer, who won his title in thewar of 1812. Eight children were born of this marriage, our subject beingthe only one on the coast. Colonel Fisher pursued his education in the public schools of his nativecounty and was only fifteen years of age when he enlisted in the Fifth. ; \ r
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