This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fisher Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2363 Message Board Post: 1842-1904 Obituary - Tuesday March 8,1904 - Daily Democrat Joseph Fisher, old resident of Davenport, prominent in lodge and union circles, died of pneumonia early last Monday morning at Granite City, Ill., where with his family, he was residing temporarily until the completion of a contract on which he was engaged. The body will be brought to Davenport for burial and will arrive tomorrow evening. No hour has been set as yet for the funeral. Mr. Fisher is survived by his wife and two daughters, both married, all of whom were at his bedside when death came, and by his son, William Fisher of Davenport, who is foreman in the tin shop of George F. Armil, 1407 Harrison street. Mr. Fisher was born in Pennsylvania, 62 years ago. He was a veteran of the civil war and a member of the August Wentz post of the G. A. R. He had been president of the Carpenters and Joiners Union No 554 and of Olive Lodge No 43, Knights and Ladies of the Golden Precept. His residence in Davenport had been in the Petersen block. Six months ago he removed temporarily to Granite City to construct a glucose plant, and was engaged in this work when he contracted his fatal illness.