A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ock boards;,which are still in use on a barn then belonging to hisfather. Such was his desire to fit himself for a life of use-fulness and distinction that he studied night after nighttill past the hour of twelve. Afterwards, he engaged as alaborer on the Wabash and Erie Canal. Here, too, aftertoiling all day, he would pore over his books a part ofthe night, civil engineering being his chief study. Atlast his diligence and faithfulness were
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ock boards;,which are still in use on a barn then belonging to hisfather. Such was his desire to fit himself for a life of use-fulness and distinction that he studied night after nighttill past the hour of twelve. Afterwards, he engaged as alaborer on the Wabash and Erie Canal. Here, too, aftertoiling all day, he would pore over his books a part ofthe night, civil engineering being his chief study. Atlast his diligence and faithfulness were rewarded in hisbeing elevated to the position of assistant civil ejigineer,which he held until the canal was completed. He wasthen made superintendent, and held that office until thecanal passed into the hands of the English afterward superintended the survey of the WabashValley Railroad. When this was concluded, he retiredto his farm, four miles west of the village of Wabash;and this with his limestone quarry occupied his atten-tion for many years. In 1855 Mr. Fisher was elected amember of the state Board of Agriculture, and subse-. ?Aii jij-^^ri^livj iSA^u^JiAi^IJ^yc Nsstern RiogI
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