. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . y greatly assisted him in his work of farming. James Fisher was bornMarch 6. 1803, and on the 29th of March, 1839, he wedded Mary Douglas, whose birthoccurred August 12, 1817. He was an engineer by trade and spent ten years in theemploy of Lord Earan in Ireland, running a steamboat. While residing in that coun-try two of his children were born: Elizabeth, whose birth occurred August 14, 1846;and Margaret, born December 8, 1848. At length they started for the new world andwere six weeks on the water before arriving at New York on the 29th of
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . y greatly assisted him in his work of farming. James Fisher was bornMarch 6. 1803, and on the 29th of March, 1839, he wedded Mary Douglas, whose birthoccurred August 12, 1817. He was an engineer by trade and spent ten years in theemploy of Lord Earan in Ireland, running a steamboat. While residing in that coun-try two of his children were born: Elizabeth, whose birth occurred August 14, 1846;and Margaret, born December 8, 1848. At length they started for the new world andwere six weeks on the water before arriving at New York on the 29th of March, their way across the country to Iowa, they were living in that state when thefirst handcart company started for Utah. The Fishers continued to reside in Iowa forsix years and in 1862 Mr. Fisher purchased an ox team and wagon and he, too, startedfor Utah, establishing his home in the Ogden valley. It was there that Mr. and were married, after which Mr. Short carried on farming for ten years at Liberty inthe Ogden I
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