Ezra Timothy Taft Fisher was born in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of The Rev. Ezra Fisher and his wife Lucy Taft. He came to Oregon with his parents in 1845. He married Hannah Stout, daughter of the Rev. Ezra Stout, in 1856, near Oregon City. He served in the Oregon Legislature in 1862. He was a verteran of the Cayuse war of 1855-56. He moved to Linn couty in 1867 and lived on a large farm outside of Albany. He was elected county surveryor in 1884. He was a man universally respected. He and Hannah had 10 children: Ralph Wilcox, Willie Eugene, Harriett Josphine, Clara, Ada Laura, Norah Ione, Hugh Gaylord, Fred Douglas, Orpha Lulu, Earl Lewis.
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Suggested edit: "Ezra, the father, was a graduate of Amherst in 1828 and Newton Theological Seminary in 1830, and became an ordained Baptist Minister in 1830. Ezra Sr. soon affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society and was assigned to Indiana,where Ezra T.T. was born. Ezra Sr. preached all over the Midwest until the spring of 1845 when he was assigned to Oregon, and began the trip over the Oregon Trail. He was joined by Rev.Hezekiah Johnson, the father of USDS Hezekiah Johnson on the trip, with Johnson Sr. also receiving a Baptist Mission appointment.
"Ezra Sr. preached in the Willamette Valley and in Clatsop County until 1849, whenhe went to California to earn some money. Ezra Sr. returned to Oregon City and bought a Claim with his earnings, and then set up the Oregon City College on his claim,the predecessor to Linfield College. The family moved to Santiam in 1855 after Mrs.Fisher died in 1854. Ezra T. T. served as a Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office of Charles Gardner in 1854. Ezra T. T. was a veteran of the Indian War, 1855-56, and married Hannah Stout near Oregon City in 1856, producing a number of children.
"Lafayette Cartee hired Ezra T. T. in 1853 as part of his survey crew for Claim Contract 5. He grew in responsibility to compassman, including the survey of the exteriors of T1N R3E in Washington, and then surveyed Contracts on his own in Oregon after 1855. He was a crewman for David Thompson near Klamath Falls in 1858. From 1856-59, he received 5 Claim Contracts in the Willamette Valley and one regular Contract near Klamath Falls on his own.
"Ezra Sr. moved to The Dalles in 1861, but Ezra T. T. mostly stayed in Linn County until his death. In 1862 he was in the State Legislature, from 1863-66 was Clackamas County Surveyor, and then moved to a large farm North of Albany at Syracuse in 1867. Ezra served as Linn County Surveyor from 1884-1899. He was a Mineral Surveyor in Clackamas County in the Bald Mountain Mining District in 1890. Ezra died of erysipelas, a streptococcus infection, while in office after an illness of only three days. There are papers of his on file at the Oregon Historical Society. Source: USGS.
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Suggested edit: "Ezra, the father, was a graduate of Amherst in 1828 and Newton Theological Seminary in 1830, and became an ordained Baptist Minister in 1830. Ezra Sr. soon affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society and was assigned to Indiana,where Ezra T.T. was born. Ezra Sr. preached all over the Midwest until the spring of 1845 when he was assigned to Oregon, and began the trip over the Oregon Trail. He was joined by Rev.Hezekiah Johnson, the father of USDS Hezekiah Johnson on the trip, with Johnson Sr. also receiving a Baptist Mission appointment.
"Ezra Sr. preached in the Willamette Valley and in Clatsop County until 1849, whenhe went to California to earn some money. Ezra Sr. returned to Oregon City and bought a Claim with his earnings, and then set up the Oregon City College on his claim,the predecessor to Linfield College. The family moved to Santiam in 1855 after Mrs.Fisher died in 1854. Ezra T. T. served as a Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office of Charles Gardner in 1854. Ezra T. T. was a veteran of the Indian War, 1855-56, and married Hannah Stout near Oregon City in 1856, producing a number of children.
"Lafayette Cartee hired Ezra T. T. in 1853 as part of his survey crew for Claim Contract 5. He grew in responsibility to compassman, including the survey of the exteriors of T1N R3E in Washington, and then surveyed Contracts on his own in Oregon after 1855. He was a crewman for David Thompson near Klamath Falls in 1858. From 1856-59, he received 5 Claim Contracts in the Willamette Valley and one regular Contract near Klamath Falls on his own.
"Ezra Sr. moved to The Dalles in 1861, but Ezra T. T. mostly stayed in Linn County until his death. In 1862 he was in the State Legislature, from 1863-66 was Clackamas County Surveyor, and then moved to a large farm North of Albany at Syracuse in 1867. Ezra served as Linn County Surveyor from 1884-1899. He was a Mineral Surveyor in Clackamas County in the Bald Mountain Mining District in 1890. Ezra died of erysipelas, a streptococcus infection, while in office after an illness of only three days. There are papers of his on file at the Oregon Historical Society. Source: USGS.
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Ezra Timothy Taft Fisher was born in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of The Rev. Ezra Fisher and his wife Lucy Taft. He came to Oregon with his parents in 1845. He married Hannah Stout, daughter of the Rev. Ezra Stout, in 1856, near Oregon City. He served in the Oregon Legislature in 1862. He was a verteran of the Cayuse war of 1855-56. He moved to Linn couty in 1867 and lived on a large farm outside of Albany. He was elected county surveryor in 1884. He was a man universally respected. He and Hannah had 10 children: Ralph Wilcox, Willie Eugene, Harriett Josphine, Clara, Ada Laura, Norah Ione, Hugh Gaylord, Fred Douglas, Orpha Lulu, Earl Lewis.
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Suggested edit: "Ezra, the father, was a graduate of Amherst in 1828 and Newton Theological Seminary in 1830, and became an ordained Baptist Minister in 1830. Ezra Sr. soon affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society and was assigned to Indiana,where Ezra T.T. was born. Ezra Sr. preached all over the Midwest until the spring of 1845 when he was assigned to Oregon, and began the trip over the Oregon Trail. He was joined by Rev.Hezekiah Johnson, the father of USDS Hezekiah Johnson on the trip, with Johnson Sr. also receiving a Baptist Mission appointment.
"Ezra Sr. preached in the Willamette Valley and in Clatsop County until 1849, whenhe went to California to earn some money. Ezra Sr. returned to Oregon City and bought a Claim with his earnings, and then set up the Oregon City College on his claim,the predecessor to Linfield College. The family moved to Santiam in 1855 after Mrs.Fisher died in 1854. Ezra T. T. served as a Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office of Charles Gardner in 1854. Ezra T. T. was a veteran of the Indian War, 1855-56, and married Hannah Stout near Oregon City in 1856, producing a number of children.
"Lafayette Cartee hired Ezra T. T. in 1853 as part of his survey crew for Claim Contract 5. He grew in responsibility to compassman, including the survey of the exteriors of T1N R3E in Washington, and then surveyed Contracts on his own in Oregon after 1855. He was a crewman for David Thompson near Klamath Falls in 1858. From 1856-59, he received 5 Claim Contracts in the Willamette Valley and one regular Contract near Klamath Falls on his own.
"Ezra Sr. moved to The Dalles in 1861, but Ezra T. T. mostly stayed in Linn County until his death. In 1862 he was in the State Legislature, from 1863-66 was Clackamas County Surveyor, and then moved to a large farm North of Albany at Syracuse in 1867. Ezra served as Linn County Surveyor from 1884-1899. He was a Mineral Surveyor in Clackamas County in the Bald Mountain Mining District in 1890. Ezra died of erysipelas, a streptococcus infection, while in office after an illness of only three days. There are papers of his on file at the Oregon Historical Society. Source: USGS.
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Suggested edit: "Ezra, the father, was a graduate of Amherst in 1828 and Newton Theological Seminary in 1830, and became an ordained Baptist Minister in 1830. Ezra Sr. soon affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society and was assigned to Indiana,where Ezra T.T. was born. Ezra Sr. preached all over the Midwest until the spring of 1845 when he was assigned to Oregon, and began the trip over the Oregon Trail. He was joined by Rev.Hezekiah Johnson, the father of USDS Hezekiah Johnson on the trip, with Johnson Sr. also receiving a Baptist Mission appointment.
"Ezra Sr. preached in the Willamette Valley and in Clatsop County until 1849, whenhe went to California to earn some money. Ezra Sr. returned to Oregon City and bought a Claim with his earnings, and then set up the Oregon City College on his claim,the predecessor to Linfield College. The family moved to Santiam in 1855 after Mrs.Fisher died in 1854. Ezra T. T. served as a Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office of Charles Gardner in 1854. Ezra T. T. was a veteran of the Indian War, 1855-56, and married Hannah Stout near Oregon City in 1856, producing a number of children.
"Lafayette Cartee hired Ezra T. T. in 1853 as part of his survey crew for Claim Contract 5. He grew in responsibility to compassman, including the survey of the exteriors of T1N R3E in Washington, and then surveyed Contracts on his own in Oregon after 1855. He was a crewman for David Thompson near Klamath Falls in 1858. From 1856-59, he received 5 Claim Contracts in the Willamette Valley and one regular Contract near Klamath Falls on his own.
"Ezra Sr. moved to The Dalles in 1861, but Ezra T. T. mostly stayed in Linn County until his death. In 1862 he was in the State Legislature, from 1863-66 was Clackamas County Surveyor, and then moved to a large farm North of Albany at Syracuse in 1867. Ezra served as Linn County Surveyor from 1884-1899. He was a Mineral Surveyor in Clackamas County in the Bald Mountain Mining District in 1890. Ezra died of erysipelas, a streptococcus infection, while in office after an illness of only three days. There are papers of his on file at the Oregon Historical Society. Source: USGS.
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