History of Idaho, A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests; Hiram T. French, M. S.; Volume II; Illustrated; The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York; 1914; Pages 586 & 587:
GEORGE H. FISHER. In southern Idaho, particularly in and about the flourishing center of Bancroft, the name Fisher, as borne by father and son, has been synonymous with many of the most important influences and forces at work for the business and industrial development of this section, and has been equally noted in political and church affairs.
George H. Fisher was born at Richmond, Utah, December 5, 1872, a son of William F. and Millennium (Andrus) Fisher. His father, who was a distinguished pioneer of southern Idaho, and for many years has taken a large part in business and political affairs, was born in Woolich, England, at the age of fourteen came to America, and soon afterwards became a member of a company crossing by wagon the plains to Salt Lake and Pleasant Valley in Utah. In the early days he became well known over a large section of the west as a daring pony rider, among the trained and expert staff employed by the Wells Fargo Company in the operation of the famous "pony express." In this occupation he encountered many dangers, but lived through them all and is perhaps the only survivor now living who was one of the express riders of that early day.
In 1878 William F. Fisher became an early settler of Idaho, and gained a special distinction in politics, having helped to organize the Democratic party in southern Idaho. It is said of him that he did more to organize that party in those primitive days than did any other man in the state. William F. Fisher was made assessor of what was then Oneida county, a county whose territorial boundaries included a district since divided into Bannock county, Bingham county, Fremont county and Oneida county. His home was established at Oxford, and for many years he has been engaged in the supervision of his extensive enterprises as a stock farmer and merchant. On that property he still lives, being now seventy-three years of age. His wife, Millennium Andrus Fisher, is living at the age of sixty-seven, and she was born at the old Mormon settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, whence she came as a girl to Utah. The children born to William F. Fisher and wife were eleven in number, eight sons and three daughters.
The sixth in order in this family, George H. Fisher, as a boy attended the schools of his home district, near Oxford, and afterwards went to Utah, and had a commeercial course in the Brigham Young College at Logan. He also took a course in agriculture, in that state. During the intervals of his school attendance he assisted his father in conducting a store at Oxford. Mr. Fisher became a range rider at an age when he was yet too small to saddle his own horse. Developing expert horsemanship, he acquired a knowledge and fondness of horses, which later led to the enterprise in which he and his brother were successfully engaged for a number of years. Leasing their father's ranch, they established themselves in the business of raising blooded horses. In a few years, Mr. Fisher became known throughout the state as the owner of some of the best known thoroughbred race horses in the northwest.
From very early years, Mr. Fisher has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1893, seven weeks after his marriage, he left his home on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where for three years he labored in the interest of the natives, and where after a short time he was joined by his wife, who became a teacher in the government schools. While iin the Hawaiian islands Mr. Fisher visited the leper settlement on the island of Molokai. After this experience in the service of humanity, Mr. Fisher returned home, and joined his brother in the stock business, which they continued together until 1898. His growing influence and activity in politics then caused him to leave the stock ranch. He was offered the Republican candidacy for the state legislature, but declined it. The Democratic committee then offered him the same honor, which he accepted, and was elected by the largest majority ever polled by a candidate for this office in this district. He served in the fifth legislature after which he returned to private life. During 1900 Mr. Fisher was principal of the Woodruff high school at Logan, Utah, and since that time his varied business affairs have occupied his attention.
Mr. Fisher was for some time one of the agents of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, and resigned to take a similar post with the Stevens Implement Company, for whom his field of work assigned was the territory from Logan, Utah, to Southern Idaho. It was this business which brought him to Bancroft, and here his acquaintance soon led to his taking the position of manager in the Dolbeer Store. From that he became manager for Ira Call, and his successful work as store manager soon convinced him of his ability to run a business for himself as well as for others. Buying the Dolbeer store, he conducted it for a time under the name of Fisher and Titus, and it has since been the Fisher & Alley Mercantile Company. Mr. Fisher has been increasingly successful, owning at the present time not only his extensive business interest, but also a commodious home, a fine two-story brick structure, a splendid dry farm, and other property in Bancroft. He has done much to make the town what it is today. It was through his efforts that the money was raised and labor furnished to construct in Bancroft one of the finest amusement halls in the state of Idaho.
It is needless to emphasize Mr. Fisher's loyalty to the Democratic party, which he so creditably served in the capacity of State Senator from Bannock county. He was also appointed a delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1912, but was unable to serve on account of sickness in the family.
On September 20, 1893, he married Laura L. Lewis, of his old home town. Mr. Fisher is a daughter of Bishop N. R. Lewis of Oxford, Idaho, and was a well known teacher both before and after her marriage. They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta, who was married May 24, 1911, to George Alley. They have one daughter Phyllis Alley, born June 6, 1912.
An energetic churchman, George H. Fisher has not only fulfilled the mission above described but has also become a prominent church official in Idaho. He is bishop of the Latter Day Saints Church for the Bancroft ward. When the ward was organized on August 11, 1907, Mr. Fisher was ordained a bishop by Apostle George F. Richards of Salt Lake, and is still prominent in that office. Mr. Fisher was chairman of the first Board of Trustees of the Village of Oxford and is now a member of the Board at Bancroft. His varied experience in business and in public life has matured his judgment to the extent that his opinion and advice are sought by many, and as a public speaker he is recognized as among the best in the state.
GEORGE H. FISHER. In southern Idaho, particularly in and about the flourishing center of Bancroft, the name Fisher, as borne by father and son, has been synonymous with many of the most important influences and forces at work for the business and industrial development of this section, and has been equally noted in political and church affairs.
George H. Fisher was born at Richmond, Utah, December 5, 1872, a son of William F. and Millennium (Andrus) Fisher. His father, who was a distinguished pioneer of southern Idaho, and for many years has taken a large part in business and political affairs, was born in Woolich, England, at the age of fourteen came to America, and soon afterwards became a member of a company crossing by wagon the plains to Salt Lake and Pleasant Valley in Utah. In the early days he became well known over a large section of the west as a daring pony rider, among the trained and expert staff employed by the Wells Fargo Company in the operation of the famous "pony express." In this occupation he encountered many dangers, but lived through them all and is perhaps the only survivor now living who was one of the express riders of that early day.
In 1878 William F. Fisher became an early settler of Idaho, and gained a special distinction in politics, having helped to organize the Democratic party in southern Idaho. It is said of him that he did more to organize that party in those primitive days than did any other man in the state. William F. Fisher was made assessor of what was then Oneida county, a county whose territorial boundaries included a district since divided into Bannock county, Bingham county, Fremont county and Oneida county. His home was established at Oxford, and for many years he has been engaged in the supervision of his extensive enterprises as a stock farmer and merchant. On that property he still lives, being now seventy-three years of age. His wife, Millennium Andrus Fisher, is living at the age of sixty-seven, and she was born at the old Mormon settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, whence she came as a girl to Utah. The children born to William F. Fisher and wife were eleven in number, eight sons and three daughters.
The sixth in order in this family, George H. Fisher, as a boy attended the schools of his home district, near Oxford, and afterwards went to Utah, and had a commeercial course in the Brigham Young College at Logan. He also took a course in agriculture, in that state. During the intervals of his school attendance he assisted his father in conducting a store at Oxford. Mr. Fisher became a range rider at an age when he was yet too small to saddle his own horse. Developing expert horsemanship, he acquired a knowledge and fondness of horses, which later led to the enterprise in which he and his brother were successfully engaged for a number of years. Leasing their father's ranch, they established themselves in the business of raising blooded horses. In a few years, Mr. Fisher became known throughout the state as the owner of some of the best known thoroughbred race horses in the northwest.
From very early years, Mr. Fisher has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1893, seven weeks after his marriage, he left his home on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where for three years he labored in the interest of the natives, and where after a short time he was joined by his wife, who became a teacher in the government schools. While iin the Hawaiian islands Mr. Fisher visited the leper settlement on the island of Molokai. After this experience in the service of humanity, Mr. Fisher returned home, and joined his brother in the stock business, which they continued together until 1898. His growing influence and activity in politics then caused him to leave the stock ranch. He was offered the Republican candidacy for the state legislature, but declined it. The Democratic committee then offered him the same honor, which he accepted, and was elected by the largest majority ever polled by a candidate for this office in this district. He served in the fifth legislature after which he returned to private life. During 1900 Mr. Fisher was principal of the Woodruff high school at Logan, Utah, and since that time his varied business affairs have occupied his attention.
Mr. Fisher was for some time one of the agents of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, and resigned to take a similar post with the Stevens Implement Company, for whom his field of work assigned was the territory from Logan, Utah, to Southern Idaho. It was this business which brought him to Bancroft, and here his acquaintance soon led to his taking the position of manager in the Dolbeer Store. From that he became manager for Ira Call, and his successful work as store manager soon convinced him of his ability to run a business for himself as well as for others. Buying the Dolbeer store, he conducted it for a time under the name of Fisher and Titus, and it has since been the Fisher & Alley Mercantile Company. Mr. Fisher has been increasingly successful, owning at the present time not only his extensive business interest, but also a commodious home, a fine two-story brick structure, a splendid dry farm, and other property in Bancroft. He has done much to make the town what it is today. It was through his efforts that the money was raised and labor furnished to construct in Bancroft one of the finest amusement halls in the state of Idaho.
It is needless to emphasize Mr. Fisher's loyalty to the Democratic party, which he so creditably served in the capacity of State Senator from Bannock county. He was also appointed a delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1912, but was unable to serve on account of sickness in the family.
On September 20, 1893, he married Laura L. Lewis, of his old home town. Mr. Fisher is a daughter of Bishop N. R. Lewis of Oxford, Idaho, and was a well known teacher both before and after her marriage. They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta, who was married May 24, 1911, to George Alley. They have one daughter Phyllis Alley, born June 6, 1912.
An energetic churchman, George H. Fisher has not only fulfilled the mission above described but has also become a prominent church official in Idaho. He is bishop of the Latter Day Saints Church for the Bancroft ward. When the ward was organized on August 11, 1907, Mr. Fisher was ordained a bishop by Apostle George F. Richards of Salt Lake, and is still prominent in that office. Mr. Fisher was chairman of the first Board of Trustees of the Village of Oxford and is now a member of the Board at Bancroft. His varied experience in business and in public life has matured his judgment to the extent that his opinion and advice are sought by many, and as a public speaker he is recognized as among the best in the state.
History of Idaho, A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests; Hiram T. French, M. S.; Volume II; Illustrated; The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York; 1914; Pages 586 & 587:
GEORGE H. FISHER. In southern Idaho, particularly in and about the flourishing center of Bancroft, the name Fisher, as borne by father and son, has been synonymous with many of the most important influences and forces at work for the business and industrial development of this section, and has been equally noted in political and church affairs.
George H. Fisher was born at Richmond, Utah, December 5, 1872, a son of William F. and Millennium (Andrus) Fisher. His father, who was a distinguished pioneer of southern Idaho, and for many years has taken a large part in business and political affairs, was born in Woolich, England, at the age of fourteen came to America, and soon afterwards became a member of a company crossing by wagon the plains to Salt Lake and Pleasant Valley in Utah. In the early days he became well known over a large section of the west as a daring pony rider, among the trained and expert staff employed by the Wells Fargo Company in the operation of the famous "pony express." In this occupation he encountered many dangers, but lived through them all and is perhaps the only survivor now living who was one of the express riders of that early day.
In 1878 William F. Fisher became an early settler of Idaho, and gained a special distinction in politics, having helped to organize the Democratic party in southern Idaho. It is said of him that he did more to organize that party in those primitive days than did any other man in the state. William F. Fisher was made assessor of what was then Oneida county, a county whose territorial boundaries included a district since divided into Bannock county, Bingham county, Fremont county and Oneida county. His home was established at Oxford, and for many years he has been engaged in the supervision of his extensive enterprises as a stock farmer and merchant. On that property he still lives, being now seventy-three years of age. His wife, Millennium Andrus Fisher, is living at the age of sixty-seven, and she was born at the old Mormon settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, whence she came as a girl to Utah. The children born to William F. Fisher and wife were eleven in number, eight sons and three daughters.
The sixth in order in this family, George H. Fisher, as a boy attended the schools of his home district, near Oxford, and afterwards went to Utah, and had a commeercial course in the Brigham Young College at Logan. He also took a course in agriculture, in that state. During the intervals of his school attendance he assisted his father in conducting a store at Oxford. Mr. Fisher became a range rider at an age when he was yet too small to saddle his own horse. Developing expert horsemanship, he acquired a knowledge and fondness of horses, which later led to the enterprise in which he and his brother were successfully engaged for a number of years. Leasing their father's ranch, they established themselves in the business of raising blooded horses. In a few years, Mr. Fisher became known throughout the state as the owner of some of the best known thoroughbred race horses in the northwest.
From very early years, Mr. Fisher has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1893, seven weeks after his marriage, he left his home on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where for three years he labored in the interest of the natives, and where after a short time he was joined by his wife, who became a teacher in the government schools. While iin the Hawaiian islands Mr. Fisher visited the leper settlement on the island of Molokai. After this experience in the service of humanity, Mr. Fisher returned home, and joined his brother in the stock business, which they continued together until 1898. His growing influence and activity in politics then caused him to leave the stock ranch. He was offered the Republican candidacy for the state legislature, but declined it. The Democratic committee then offered him the same honor, which he accepted, and was elected by the largest majority ever polled by a candidate for this office in this district. He served in the fifth legislature after which he returned to private life. During 1900 Mr. Fisher was principal of the Woodruff high school at Logan, Utah, and since that time his varied business affairs have occupied his attention.
Mr. Fisher was for some time one of the agents of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, and resigned to take a similar post with the Stevens Implement Company, for whom his field of work assigned was the territory from Logan, Utah, to Southern Idaho. It was this business which brought him to Bancroft, and here his acquaintance soon led to his taking the position of manager in the Dolbeer Store. From that he became manager for Ira Call, and his successful work as store manager soon convinced him of his ability to run a business for himself as well as for others. Buying the Dolbeer store, he conducted it for a time under the name of Fisher and Titus, and it has since been the Fisher & Alley Mercantile Company. Mr. Fisher has been increasingly successful, owning at the present time not only his extensive business interest, but also a commodious home, a fine two-story brick structure, a splendid dry farm, and other property in Bancroft. He has done much to make the town what it is today. It was through his efforts that the money was raised and labor furnished to construct in Bancroft one of the finest amusement halls in the state of Idaho.
It is needless to emphasize Mr. Fisher's loyalty to the Democratic party, which he so creditably served in the capacity of State Senator from Bannock county. He was also appointed a delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1912, but was unable to serve on account of sickness in the family.
On September 20, 1893, he married Laura L. Lewis, of his old home town. Mr. Fisher is a daughter of Bishop N. R. Lewis of Oxford, Idaho, and was a well known teacher both before and after her marriage. They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta, who was married May 24, 1911, to George Alley. They have one daughter Phyllis Alley, born June 6, 1912.
An energetic churchman, George H. Fisher has not only fulfilled the mission above described but has also become a prominent church official in Idaho. He is bishop of the Latter Day Saints Church for the Bancroft ward. When the ward was organized on August 11, 1907, Mr. Fisher was ordained a bishop by Apostle George F. Richards of Salt Lake, and is still prominent in that office. Mr. Fisher was chairman of the first Board of Trustees of the Village of Oxford and is now a member of the Board at Bancroft. His varied experience in business and in public life has matured his judgment to the extent that his opinion and advice are sought by many, and as a public speaker he is recognized as among the best in the state.
GEORGE H. FISHER. In southern Idaho, particularly in and about the flourishing center of Bancroft, the name Fisher, as borne by father and son, has been synonymous with many of the most important influences and forces at work for the business and industrial development of this section, and has been equally noted in political and church affairs.
George H. Fisher was born at Richmond, Utah, December 5, 1872, a son of William F. and Millennium (Andrus) Fisher. His father, who was a distinguished pioneer of southern Idaho, and for many years has taken a large part in business and political affairs, was born in Woolich, England, at the age of fourteen came to America, and soon afterwards became a member of a company crossing by wagon the plains to Salt Lake and Pleasant Valley in Utah. In the early days he became well known over a large section of the west as a daring pony rider, among the trained and expert staff employed by the Wells Fargo Company in the operation of the famous "pony express." In this occupation he encountered many dangers, but lived through them all and is perhaps the only survivor now living who was one of the express riders of that early day.
In 1878 William F. Fisher became an early settler of Idaho, and gained a special distinction in politics, having helped to organize the Democratic party in southern Idaho. It is said of him that he did more to organize that party in those primitive days than did any other man in the state. William F. Fisher was made assessor of what was then Oneida county, a county whose territorial boundaries included a district since divided into Bannock county, Bingham county, Fremont county and Oneida county. His home was established at Oxford, and for many years he has been engaged in the supervision of his extensive enterprises as a stock farmer and merchant. On that property he still lives, being now seventy-three years of age. His wife, Millennium Andrus Fisher, is living at the age of sixty-seven, and she was born at the old Mormon settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois, whence she came as a girl to Utah. The children born to William F. Fisher and wife were eleven in number, eight sons and three daughters.
The sixth in order in this family, George H. Fisher, as a boy attended the schools of his home district, near Oxford, and afterwards went to Utah, and had a commeercial course in the Brigham Young College at Logan. He also took a course in agriculture, in that state. During the intervals of his school attendance he assisted his father in conducting a store at Oxford. Mr. Fisher became a range rider at an age when he was yet too small to saddle his own horse. Developing expert horsemanship, he acquired a knowledge and fondness of horses, which later led to the enterprise in which he and his brother were successfully engaged for a number of years. Leasing their father's ranch, they established themselves in the business of raising blooded horses. In a few years, Mr. Fisher became known throughout the state as the owner of some of the best known thoroughbred race horses in the northwest.
From very early years, Mr. Fisher has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1893, seven weeks after his marriage, he left his home on a mission to the Sandwich Islands, where for three years he labored in the interest of the natives, and where after a short time he was joined by his wife, who became a teacher in the government schools. While iin the Hawaiian islands Mr. Fisher visited the leper settlement on the island of Molokai. After this experience in the service of humanity, Mr. Fisher returned home, and joined his brother in the stock business, which they continued together until 1898. His growing influence and activity in politics then caused him to leave the stock ranch. He was offered the Republican candidacy for the state legislature, but declined it. The Democratic committee then offered him the same honor, which he accepted, and was elected by the largest majority ever polled by a candidate for this office in this district. He served in the fifth legislature after which he returned to private life. During 1900 Mr. Fisher was principal of the Woodruff high school at Logan, Utah, and since that time his varied business affairs have occupied his attention.
Mr. Fisher was for some time one of the agents of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, and resigned to take a similar post with the Stevens Implement Company, for whom his field of work assigned was the territory from Logan, Utah, to Southern Idaho. It was this business which brought him to Bancroft, and here his acquaintance soon led to his taking the position of manager in the Dolbeer Store. From that he became manager for Ira Call, and his successful work as store manager soon convinced him of his ability to run a business for himself as well as for others. Buying the Dolbeer store, he conducted it for a time under the name of Fisher and Titus, and it has since been the Fisher & Alley Mercantile Company. Mr. Fisher has been increasingly successful, owning at the present time not only his extensive business interest, but also a commodious home, a fine two-story brick structure, a splendid dry farm, and other property in Bancroft. He has done much to make the town what it is today. It was through his efforts that the money was raised and labor furnished to construct in Bancroft one of the finest amusement halls in the state of Idaho.
It is needless to emphasize Mr. Fisher's loyalty to the Democratic party, which he so creditably served in the capacity of State Senator from Bannock county. He was also appointed a delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1912, but was unable to serve on account of sickness in the family.
On September 20, 1893, he married Laura L. Lewis, of his old home town. Mr. Fisher is a daughter of Bishop N. R. Lewis of Oxford, Idaho, and was a well known teacher both before and after her marriage. They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta, who was married May 24, 1911, to George Alley. They have one daughter Phyllis Alley, born June 6, 1912.
An energetic churchman, George H. Fisher has not only fulfilled the mission above described but has also become a prominent church official in Idaho. He is bishop of the Latter Day Saints Church for the Bancroft ward. When the ward was organized on August 11, 1907, Mr. Fisher was ordained a bishop by Apostle George F. Richards of Salt Lake, and is still prominent in that office. Mr. Fisher was chairman of the first Board of Trustees of the Village of Oxford and is now a member of the Board at Bancroft. His varied experience in business and in public life has matured his judgment to the extent that his opinion and advice are sought by many, and as a public speaker he is recognized as among the best in the state.
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