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

1856


Age: 38y

1860


Age: 42y

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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 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
1862 • First railway opens in New Zealand, by Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company.
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 Hector Berlioz's opera Les Troyens debuts at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

1864


Age: 46y
1864 • The judicial reform of Alexander II is launched in the Russian Empire.

1867


May
Age: 49y
1867 • In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established as the first dental school in the United States.

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared. Empress Eugénie flees to England with her children.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis.

1876


Age: 58y
1876 • The United States celebrates its centennial.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 • American Christian Restorationist Charles Taze Russell publishes the first issue of the monthly Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence which, as The Watchtower, will become the most widely circulated magazine in the world.

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • Major Republican landslide in the United States House of Representatives elections, which sets the stage for the decisive presidential election of 1896.

1894


Nov
1894 • April 23 - St. George's Day - Howard Ruff founded the Royal Society of St George to foster the love of England and to strengthen England and the Commonwealth by spreading the knowledge of English History, Traditions and Ideals.

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