thanks..........oh well........i guess i will put him away for a while.......brick wall aint coming down anytime soon.........great information though on those other Fishers.....!!! jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng@suscom.net> To: <FISHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [FISHER] Samuel Davis Fisher > > hi....is this the same Samuel Fisher that's the son of Jacob and Catherine > > (Davis) Fisher? If so PLEASE contact me......I am so stuck on his parents > I > > am about to put them away for a bit..........thanks jackie > > > Sorry to disappoint you, but those were not his parents. Here is what I > know, all in relation to his service with 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. > > Fisher, Samuel Davis, Pvt Co F; mustered Sep 25, 1861; in 1862, assigned as > telegraph operator at Piedmont, Maryland; captured at Carter's Woods, > deserted Camp Parole, and returned to the regiment October 12, 1863; wounded > May 13, 1864 at Spotsylvania; discharged Jun 29, 1865; a stone cutter from > Oxford Township, Adams County; 5' 6", brown hair, gray eyes; born @1841/42, > the son of John & Barbara Fisher; siblings: John, Sarah, and Mary; married > Francisca E. Middlemoser December 31, 1867, in Gettysburg; in 1872, lived in > Lewis, Cass County, Iowa; died in Curwensville, Clearfield County, > Pennsylvania, grave site unknown; the widow Frances later remarried a Sandoe > and lived in Holt County, Nebraska > > While I'm at it, here are the other Fishers who served with the 87th > Pennsylvania Infantry. > > 1) Fisher, Richard M. (a.k.a. Falls, Richard M.), Pvt Co H; mustered Aug 3, > 1864, as a substitute for Henry Horst; left the hospital November 3, 1864, > but overstayed his furlough and was arrested December 2 in Williamsport, > Pennsylvania; court-martialed, and found guilty but only of absent without > leave; wounded at Petersburg April 2, 1865; discharged Jun 21, 1865; a > laborer from Watsontown, Northumberland County; 5' 8", sandy hair, blue-gray > eyes; born @1827/28; listed Christian Fisher as next of kin; buried ? > > 2) Fisher, Silas, Pvt Co B; drafted Jun 3, 1864; shot in the back of the > neck at 3rd Winchester and in the hospital through December 1864; discharged > Jun 29, 1865; a farmer from Fulton County; 5' 10", light hair, gray eyes; > born @1842/43, the son of Ludwig Fisher; married Susanna Strait February 18, > 1866; children: Simon Albert (b. 04/16/69), Anna Malinda (b. 08/13/72), and > Anna Bell "Billie" (b. 03/30/85); died May 21, 1900; buried in Methodist > Cemetery, Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania > > 3) Fisher, James C., Pvt Co I; mustered Sep 12, 1861; sick in hospitals in > New Creek, Grafton, and York from July/August 1862 for the next year; > appeared to return to active duty for a month or so, and then succumbed > again, dying of "chronic diarrhea" Oct 26, 1863 in Columbian Hospital, > Washington DC; born @1832/33; a miller from New Oxford, Adams County; 5' 9", > sandy hair, gray eyes; married Louisa ?; children: Anna (b. @1857) and > Louisa (b. @1859); in 1860, worked for well digger Joseph Martin in Oxford > Township, Adams County; probably buried in the Military Asylum Cemetery, > Washington DC > > > > > > ==== FISHER Mailing List ==== > ----------------- > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > mailto:FISHER-L-request@rootsweb.com > Click below for the digest list: > mailto:FISHER-D-request@rootsweb.com > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > ----------------- >