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    1. Re: [PACENTRE] Major Jarod B. Fisher
    2. Following is what I have on Jared B. Fisher . . . . 1870 census, Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA, Spring Mills P.O., p 17, lines 2-12, 124/128, census taken 1860: "Jared B. Fisher 30, merchant, value of real estate $5000, value of pers. est. $12,000 ; Sarah L. Fisher 30; Clara M. Fisher 5; Ella S. Fisher 3; Adam C. Fisher 1; Margaret Weaver 55, value of real estate $1500, value of pers. est. $3000; Mary Long 22, servant; Israel Grenoble 14, servant; John S. Houtz 21, no real est., value of pers. est. $140; Jeremiah Grove 21, no real est., value of pers. est. $145." All born PA. 1880 census, Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA, Nat'l Archives Film #T9-1112, p 367D, LDS Family History Library Film #1255112: "J. B. Fisher 50, merchant; Sarah E. Fisher 50, wife, keeping house; Clara Fisher 24, dau., at home; Ellen Fisher 22, dau., at home; Calvin Fisher 21, son, laborer; Mary Fisher 19, dau., at home; Franklin Fisher 14, son, laborer; Charles Fisher 14, son, laborer; Margaret Weaver 78, mother-in-law, keeping house; Calvin Weaver 21, other, clerks in store." All persons and their parents b PA. >From the CENTRE REPORTER of 2 Jan 1896 (abstracted/condensed?): "Maj. J. B. Fisher died at Penns Valley Sat., Dec. 28, 1895 of dysentery. He was born in Berks County Oct. 3, 1829. His ancestors were Palatine from Germany who moved to America in 1714, through the dense forest to Schoharie. Found their way to Susquehanna, down in canoes and settled in Lower Heidelberg township, Berks County, in 1729. In 1756 Peter Fisher occurs in assessment of Heidelberg township. He was the great-grandfather of Major. Fisher and in the graveyard of Haines churchyard by where they settled. Maj. Fisher came with his father Adam Fisher to Penn Hall, then called Centreville in 1842. Maj. Fisher married 1854 to Sarah L. Weaver, only dau. of Geo. Weaver of Haines Twp. and has a family of 3 sons, 3 daughters. One son and a married dau. are dead." Ref.: "Centre Hall Reporter, Centre County, PA, 1891-1900, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, School Records, etc." (c Apr 2001) by Gerri L. Aitkin, p 64. ======================= >From the CENTRE REPORTER of 9 May 1905 (abstracted/condensed?): "Sarah Louisa Fisher, 75, died at her home at Penn Hall Wed., widow of Maj. J. B. Fisher and only daughter of George Weaver, an old settler of Haines Twp. She married Maj. Fisher in 1854. Children: Charles, Frank, Mary, Mrs. Luther Snyder. She was buried Salem Ref. Cem." Ref.: "Centre Hall Reporter, Centre Hall, PA, 1901-1909, Obits, Marriages, Births, People Moving, School Records, Military Records, Divorces, etc." (c 2002) by Gerri L. Aitkin, p 90. NOTE: Date of above publication, or date of below publication, must be incorrect as the newspaper was not published with any two-day intervals. >From the CENTRE REPORTER of11 May 1905 (abstracted/condensed?): "Sarah Louisa Weaver Fisher died and those who attended her funeral were: George Weaver, E. G. Mingle and daughter Nellie, Thomas Weaver and mother, Ralph Stover, A. S. Stover, Mrs. Roush and Mrs. Annie Detwiler. She [the deceased] was 75 years old and the widow of Maj. J. B. Fisher of Penn Hall. She was a native of Haines Township, born in the vicinity of St. Paul's Church, mar'd in 1854 at Penn Hall. Mr. Fisher died in 1895. Children are: Clara, wife of T. B. Ulrich, Calvin dead. Living: Ella, wife of M. L. Snyder, Charles W., Franklin M. and Miss Mary. Buried Salem Ref. Cem." Ref.: "Centre Hall Reporter, Centre Hall, PA, 1901-1909, Obits, Marriages, Births, People Moving, School Records, Military Records, Divorces, etc." (c 2002) by Gerri L. Aitkin, p 90.

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