The Fisher Genealogy : Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony, and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1630-1640; compiled by Philip A. Fisher, ; Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Pub. Co., 1898, 474 pgs.
p.239, 240
424. REV. OTIS, son of Aaron and Hepzibah (Walker) Fisher, was b. in Wendell, Mass., June 16, 1808; m. 1st Lydia Osgood, who d. about autumn of 1843; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell, daughter of Rev. Ambrose and Sally (Spencer) Day, of Westfield, Mass., who was b. March 31, 1816, and d. at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 1, 1890. Rev. Otis Fisher was educated at Amherst College, and at Brown University, Providence. His life work was about equally divided between teaching and preaching. After leaving college he was associate principal of Franklin Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., his colleague being Rev. John Alden. At the close of his services there he was the recipient of a beautiful gold medal from the students. He removed to Granville, Illinois, to become the head of Granville Academy, then the most prominent school in Illinois. At the establishment of Judson College in Illinois, he became its president; for many years it was the most flourishing institution in the West, but is now extinct. He removed to Bureau County, Ills., in 1867; and thence to Chicago in 1874. His wife, Harriet Day Fisher, was a sister of Rev. Henry Day, D. D., of Indianapolis, Ind., and of Nathan Day, of New York City, founder of the house of Arnold, Constable & Company, his wife being Lizzie Arnold. Rev. Otis Fisher, in addition to his teaching, held many pastorates over Baptist churches in Illinois.
Notes on Family History from the memory of his granddaughter, Stella Fisher (Mrs. J. Stewart Burgess) July 1962
"He became an Illinois pioneer and founded the first secondary school in that state.
By his first wife two sons, the younger being Eugene Kincaid Fisher who later moved to Nebraska and was the father of educators there. (Albert Fisher, the second, I met at the University of Chicago in 1901.)
On the death of his first wife he went back to Shelburne Falls, Mass. And courted a former school frind (sic), become teacher - Harriet Day. Her brother, Charles Henry Day, a famous preacher in Indiana later, sold to the Government the piece of property in Indianapolis where the central Post Office is located.
... he had a daughter by his first wife, later Cornelia Fisher Gunn. Her two brothers were each named for early missionary heroes; one was Eugene Kincaid - and I cannot recall the second. The first son by the second wife - Charles Henry Day Fisher - born Nov. 8th, 1848 in Mt. Palatine, Ill., did, however carry out his father's hopes of having a missionary in the family. Graduate of Chicago University (much later University of Chicago) 1874, Chicago Baptist Seminary 1877; pastor in Geneseo, Ill, Duluth, Minn., went as missionary in 1882, first to Madras, India, Via Europe, then, because of a cable, on to Japan, where he served until his death in 1920. Otis and Harriet Fisher had Albert Judson (again a missionary name!), who in 1890 married Ada Ashard of Frech (sic) descent; childless. Then, a daughter Harriet who became Mrs. Jayne in 1921.
Otis Fisher died in 1880 in Englewood, Chicago. Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, is the burial place of him and his wife [Other places in her notes give his death year as 1880. He is found living in the 1880 census.]; Albert Judson (1853-1940?) and wife Ada: Harriet Jayne, husband and infant son. It was a point of pride with Albert Judson Fisher that he planned the park system of Chicago."
p.239, 240
424. REV. OTIS, son of Aaron and Hepzibah (Walker) Fisher, was b. in Wendell, Mass., June 16, 1808; m. 1st Lydia Osgood, who d. about autumn of 1843; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell, daughter of Rev. Ambrose and Sally (Spencer) Day, of Westfield, Mass., who was b. March 31, 1816, and d. at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 1, 1890. Rev. Otis Fisher was educated at Amherst College, and at Brown University, Providence. His life work was about equally divided between teaching and preaching. After leaving college he was associate principal of Franklin Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., his colleague being Rev. John Alden. At the close of his services there he was the recipient of a beautiful gold medal from the students. He removed to Granville, Illinois, to become the head of Granville Academy, then the most prominent school in Illinois. At the establishment of Judson College in Illinois, he became its president; for many years it was the most flourishing institution in the West, but is now extinct. He removed to Bureau County, Ills., in 1867; and thence to Chicago in 1874. His wife, Harriet Day Fisher, was a sister of Rev. Henry Day, D. D., of Indianapolis, Ind., and of Nathan Day, of New York City, founder of the house of Arnold, Constable & Company, his wife being Lizzie Arnold. Rev. Otis Fisher, in addition to his teaching, held many pastorates over Baptist churches in Illinois.
Notes on Family History from the memory of his granddaughter, Stella Fisher (Mrs. J. Stewart Burgess) July 1962
"He became an Illinois pioneer and founded the first secondary school in that state.
By his first wife two sons, the younger being Eugene Kincaid Fisher who later moved to Nebraska and was the father of educators there. (Albert Fisher, the second, I met at the University of Chicago in 1901.)
On the death of his first wife he went back to Shelburne Falls, Mass. And courted a former school frind (sic), become teacher - Harriet Day. Her brother, Charles Henry Day, a famous preacher in Indiana later, sold to the Government the piece of property in Indianapolis where the central Post Office is located.
... he had a daughter by his first wife, later Cornelia Fisher Gunn. Her two brothers were each named for early missionary heroes; one was Eugene Kincaid - and I cannot recall the second. The first son by the second wife - Charles Henry Day Fisher - born Nov. 8th, 1848 in Mt. Palatine, Ill., did, however carry out his father's hopes of having a missionary in the family. Graduate of Chicago University (much later University of Chicago) 1874, Chicago Baptist Seminary 1877; pastor in Geneseo, Ill, Duluth, Minn., went as missionary in 1882, first to Madras, India, Via Europe, then, because of a cable, on to Japan, where he served until his death in 1920. Otis and Harriet Fisher had Albert Judson (again a missionary name!), who in 1890 married Ada Ashard of Frech (sic) descent; childless. Then, a daughter Harriet who became Mrs. Jayne in 1921.
Otis Fisher died in 1880 in Englewood, Chicago. Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, is the burial place of him and his wife [Other places in her notes give his death year as 1880. He is found living in the 1880 census.]; Albert Judson (1853-1940?) and wife Ada: Harriet Jayne, husband and infant son. It was a point of pride with Albert Judson Fisher that he planned the park system of Chicago."
The Fisher Genealogy : Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony, and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1630-1640; compiled by Philip A. Fisher, ; Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Pub. Co., 1898, 474 pgs.
p.239, 240
424. REV. OTIS, son of Aaron and Hepzibah (Walker) Fisher, was b. in Wendell, Mass., June 16, 1808; m. 1st Lydia Osgood, who d. about autumn of 1843; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell, daughter of Rev. Ambrose and Sally (Spencer) Day, of Westfield, Mass., who was b. March 31, 1816, and d. at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 1, 1890. Rev. Otis Fisher was educated at Amherst College, and at Brown University, Providence. His life work was about equally divided between teaching and preaching. After leaving college he was associate principal of Franklin Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., his colleague being Rev. John Alden. At the close of his services there he was the recipient of a beautiful gold medal from the students. He removed to Granville, Illinois, to become the head of Granville Academy, then the most prominent school in Illinois. At the establishment of Judson College in Illinois, he became its president; for many years it was the most flourishing institution in the West, but is now extinct. He removed to Bureau County, Ills., in 1867; and thence to Chicago in 1874. His wife, Harriet Day Fisher, was a sister of Rev. Henry Day, D. D., of Indianapolis, Ind., and of Nathan Day, of New York City, founder of the house of Arnold, Constable & Company, his wife being Lizzie Arnold. Rev. Otis Fisher, in addition to his teaching, held many pastorates over Baptist churches in Illinois.
Notes on Family History from the memory of his granddaughter, Stella Fisher (Mrs. J. Stewart Burgess) July 1962
"He became an Illinois pioneer and founded the first secondary school in that state.
By his first wife two sons, the younger being Eugene Kincaid Fisher who later moved to Nebraska and was the father of educators there. (Albert Fisher, the second, I met at the University of Chicago in 1901.)
On the death of his first wife he went back to Shelburne Falls, Mass. And courted a former school frind (sic), become teacher - Harriet Day. Her brother, Charles Henry Day, a famous preacher in Indiana later, sold to the Government the piece of property in Indianapolis where the central Post Office is located.
... he had a daughter by his first wife, later Cornelia Fisher Gunn. Her two brothers were each named for early missionary heroes; one was Eugene Kincaid - and I cannot recall the second. The first son by the second wife - Charles Henry Day Fisher - born Nov. 8th, 1848 in Mt. Palatine, Ill., did, however carry out his father's hopes of having a missionary in the family. Graduate of Chicago University (much later University of Chicago) 1874, Chicago Baptist Seminary 1877; pastor in Geneseo, Ill, Duluth, Minn., went as missionary in 1882, first to Madras, India, Via Europe, then, because of a cable, on to Japan, where he served until his death in 1920. Otis and Harriet Fisher had Albert Judson (again a missionary name!), who in 1890 married Ada Ashard of Frech (sic) descent; childless. Then, a daughter Harriet who became Mrs. Jayne in 1921.
Otis Fisher died in 1880 in Englewood, Chicago. Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, is the burial place of him and his wife [Other places in her notes give his death year as 1880. He is found living in the 1880 census.]; Albert Judson (1853-1940?) and wife Ada: Harriet Jayne, husband and infant son. It was a point of pride with Albert Judson Fisher that he planned the park system of Chicago."
p.239, 240
424. REV. OTIS, son of Aaron and Hepzibah (Walker) Fisher, was b. in Wendell, Mass., June 16, 1808; m. 1st Lydia Osgood, who d. about autumn of 1843; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell, daughter of Rev. Ambrose and Sally (Spencer) Day, of Westfield, Mass., who was b. March 31, 1816, and d. at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 1, 1890. Rev. Otis Fisher was educated at Amherst College, and at Brown University, Providence. His life work was about equally divided between teaching and preaching. After leaving college he was associate principal of Franklin Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., his colleague being Rev. John Alden. At the close of his services there he was the recipient of a beautiful gold medal from the students. He removed to Granville, Illinois, to become the head of Granville Academy, then the most prominent school in Illinois. At the establishment of Judson College in Illinois, he became its president; for many years it was the most flourishing institution in the West, but is now extinct. He removed to Bureau County, Ills., in 1867; and thence to Chicago in 1874. His wife, Harriet Day Fisher, was a sister of Rev. Henry Day, D. D., of Indianapolis, Ind., and of Nathan Day, of New York City, founder of the house of Arnold, Constable & Company, his wife being Lizzie Arnold. Rev. Otis Fisher, in addition to his teaching, held many pastorates over Baptist churches in Illinois.
Notes on Family History from the memory of his granddaughter, Stella Fisher (Mrs. J. Stewart Burgess) July 1962
"He became an Illinois pioneer and founded the first secondary school in that state.
By his first wife two sons, the younger being Eugene Kincaid Fisher who later moved to Nebraska and was the father of educators there. (Albert Fisher, the second, I met at the University of Chicago in 1901.)
On the death of his first wife he went back to Shelburne Falls, Mass. And courted a former school frind (sic), become teacher - Harriet Day. Her brother, Charles Henry Day, a famous preacher in Indiana later, sold to the Government the piece of property in Indianapolis where the central Post Office is located.
... he had a daughter by his first wife, later Cornelia Fisher Gunn. Her two brothers were each named for early missionary heroes; one was Eugene Kincaid - and I cannot recall the second. The first son by the second wife - Charles Henry Day Fisher - born Nov. 8th, 1848 in Mt. Palatine, Ill., did, however carry out his father's hopes of having a missionary in the family. Graduate of Chicago University (much later University of Chicago) 1874, Chicago Baptist Seminary 1877; pastor in Geneseo, Ill, Duluth, Minn., went as missionary in 1882, first to Madras, India, Via Europe, then, because of a cable, on to Japan, where he served until his death in 1920. Otis and Harriet Fisher had Albert Judson (again a missionary name!), who in 1890 married Ada Ashard of Frech (sic) descent; childless. Then, a daughter Harriet who became Mrs. Jayne in 1921.
Otis Fisher died in 1880 in Englewood, Chicago. Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, is the burial place of him and his wife [Other places in her notes give his death year as 1880. He is found living in the 1880 census.]; Albert Judson (1853-1940?) and wife Ada: Harriet Jayne, husband and infant son. It was a point of pride with Albert Judson Fisher that he planned the park system of Chicago."
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