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

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 • Spanish victory (under General Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuanat) at the Battle of Tétouan, In the 1880s the first world war began.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
1862 • Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) extemporises the story that becomes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for the 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters on a rowboat trip on The Isis from Oxford to Godstow.
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes the poem "Christmas Bells", or, as it is better known "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day".

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 Clarke School for the Deaf in Western Massachusetts opens its doors for the first time, becoming the first school for the deaf in the United States to teach its children how to communicate using the "oral method".

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y
1868 • The Yangzhou riot in China targets a station of the China Inland Mission, and nearly leads to war between Britain and China.

1870


Age: 52y

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 Charles Taze Russell and the Bible Student movement claim this year marks the invisible return of Jesus Christ to earth.

1876


Age: 58y
1876 • British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli rejects the Berlin Memorandum.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War.

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • Britain establishes a Protectorate over Uganda.

1894


Nov
1894 Dreyfus affair: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.

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