Peter S Fisher Sr.
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Parents
Paul Fisher
Paul Fisher
1773 - 1823
Maria Schmitt
Maria Schmitt
1793 - 1855
Spouse
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Elizabeth Pool
Elizabeth Pool
1832 - 1862
Children

1857


Age: 39y

1860


Age: 42y

residence


Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ⇓
Peter Fisher bought land from the U.S. Government in 1860. This 40 acre purchase was in Section #31 of the Sharon Township (top of map, 2nd from right side).
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1860 • While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike.
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 January Uprising: The Polish insurgent army is defeated by the Russians near Gudiškis.

1864


Age: 46y
1864 • American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander in chief of all Union armies.

1867


May
Age: 49y
1867 • First public performance of Cox and Box by Francis Burnand and Arthur Sullivan, at the Adelphi Theatre, London.

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y
1868 The City of New York grants Mount Sinai Hospital a 99-year lease for a property on Lexington Avenue and 66th Street, for the sum of $1.00.

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • The Deutsche Bank is founded in Berlin.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 • Indian wars]]: U.S. Army Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie leads his force of 600 men on the successful raid of the last sanctuary of the Kiowa, Comanche and Cheyenne Indian tribes, a village inside the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas, and carries out their removal to the designated Indian reservations in Oklahoma. Frances H. Kennedy, American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008) p168

1876


Age: 58y
1876 • In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly wiped out.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 • The Naval Battle of Angamos is fought during the naval stage of the War of the Pacific.

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older Grand Orient de France.

1894


Nov
1894 • Oil is discovered on the Osage Indian reservation, making the Osage the "richest group of people in the world".

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