To Mark Jefferson (wisjeff@mags.net) and other FISHER researchers. I found the following references to that surname in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." On page 886, in the Biographical Sketch section for Hayfield Township: "James Smith, farmer, PO Rundell's, was born in Hayfield Township, this county, April 7, 1821; son of Nelson and Polly (West) Smith, who came from Greene County, NY, and settled in what is now Hayfield Township, this county, in 1816; both were natives of New York. Nelson was a son of Elijah Smith, and settled on the farm now owned by our subject in 1816, which, with the assistance of his sons, he cleared and improved. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, a homeopathic physician, a blacksmith, and shoe-maker. In an early days he did all the blacksmithing and shoe-making in his vicinity. He was a man adapted to all kinds of work and when anything was needed to be done for himself or neighbors he generally found a way to accomplish it. He died in 1868 at the age of seventy-seven, and his widow in 1871 aged seventy-nine. They had eleven children: Emeline (wife of Rev. I.O. FISHER), John E., Nelson, Jesse, Ephraim, James, Betsey (Mrs. J.B. McDowell), Ensign H. (deceased), George W.S., May A. (deceased) and Irus H. (deceased). The subject of this sketch has been thrice married. His first wife was Adeline J., daughter of John McDowell of Dicksonburg, to whom he was married February 1, 1849, and by whom he had three children: Emelissa (deceased), M. Adell (Mrs. Edward Rogers), and Homer J. (deceased). His second wife was Sarah, daughter of Robert McCoy of Spring Township, this county, to whom he was married June 9, 1864, and by this union there was one child - Sarah (deceased). His present wife is Lydia D., daughter of William Rundel, of Spring Township, this county, to whom he was married February 8, 1870. Mr. Smith resides on the old homestead, where he was born and raised. He is one of the representative farmers of this county, everything about his farm indicating thrift and enterprise. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican." On page 1013, in the Bio Sketch section for Spring Township: "Charles S. Booth, farmer, PO Conneautville, was born in Steuben County, NY, June 6, 1821; son of Prosper A. and Lois (Fisher) Booth, who came to this county in 1835, with nine children, settling on 160 acres of woodland in this township. Of this they cleared, first year, thirty acres, and following year raised 600 bushels of wheat on the thirty acres. Prosper A. Booth's wife died in 1836; he then married Mary G Dow, who bore him four children. She died in 1843, and Mr. Booth married Mrs. Penelope Chidister, widow of E. Chidester. By her there was no issue. He died in April, 1865. When nineteen years of age he joined the Presbyterian Church and was a consistent member to the day of his death. Our subject, who is second in the family, was married October 5, 1843, to Jane Foster, a native of Ohio and who has lived in Spring Township until the present time, and a daughter of Robert Foster, an early settler of this section and a noted hunter. By this union were born six children, three now living: Alice I., wife of D.M. Bole Jr.; Stanley F.; and Dayton F. Our subject and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an Elder twenty years. He is owner of seventy acres of land, amassed by honest, hard work and economy, not by speculation. After his marriage, he learned the carpentering and blacskmithing trades without an instructor, and has worked at these trades in connection with farming every since. He has also been in the lumber and stave business. Mr. Booth has held several township offices. In politics he is a Republican, formerly a Whig." One more post to follow on FISHER! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net