Edward Fisher was 23, and living in Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, when he enlisted as a Private in Co. E of the 4th Iowa Cavalry on Sept 24, 1861. He was mustered into federal service on Nov 23, 1861.
He was discharged for disability on Aug 27, 1862, in St. Louis.
WHAT AN OLD HERALD SAYS OF EDWARD FISHER
Below is a notice of the death of Edward Fisher, father of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, taken from a Grinnell Herald, May 6, 1875.
Chester.--The town of Chester has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Edward Fisher. Born in Chester, Vt., in 1838, he removed to Chester, Ia., in the autumn of 1860. The following year on the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted and served sixteen months in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, going as far south as Helena, Ark. He was one of the original sixteen members constituting the Congregational church in Chester, and always felt a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, both by his means and personal effort helping forward every good work. For several years he filled the office of town clerk. A year ago some serious disease manifested itself in his left lung, and steadily increased baffling all the skill of the physicians. He endured great suffering, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation, and finally sunk under his disease and died Friday morning, April 30. He leaves a wife and five children, and ten brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. In a circle of eleven brothers and sisters his was the first death in twenty-five years. A large concourse followed him to his burial, the services being conducted by Prof. Buck.
[The Grinnell (Iowa) Herald, December 8, 1931]
He was discharged for disability on Aug 27, 1862, in St. Louis.
WHAT AN OLD HERALD SAYS OF EDWARD FISHER
Below is a notice of the death of Edward Fisher, father of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, taken from a Grinnell Herald, May 6, 1875.
Chester.--The town of Chester has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Edward Fisher. Born in Chester, Vt., in 1838, he removed to Chester, Ia., in the autumn of 1860. The following year on the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted and served sixteen months in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, going as far south as Helena, Ark. He was one of the original sixteen members constituting the Congregational church in Chester, and always felt a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, both by his means and personal effort helping forward every good work. For several years he filled the office of town clerk. A year ago some serious disease manifested itself in his left lung, and steadily increased baffling all the skill of the physicians. He endured great suffering, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation, and finally sunk under his disease and died Friday morning, April 30. He leaves a wife and five children, and ten brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. In a circle of eleven brothers and sisters his was the first death in twenty-five years. A large concourse followed him to his burial, the services being conducted by Prof. Buck.
[The Grinnell (Iowa) Herald, December 8, 1931]
Edward Fisher was 23, and living in Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, when he enlisted as a Private in Co. E of the 4th Iowa Cavalry on Sept 24, 1861. He was mustered into federal service on Nov 23, 1861.
He was discharged for disability on Aug 27, 1862, in St. Louis.
WHAT AN OLD HERALD SAYS OF EDWARD FISHER
Below is a notice of the death of Edward Fisher, father of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, taken from a Grinnell Herald, May 6, 1875.
Chester.--The town of Chester has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Edward Fisher. Born in Chester, Vt., in 1838, he removed to Chester, Ia., in the autumn of 1860. The following year on the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted and served sixteen months in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, going as far south as Helena, Ark. He was one of the original sixteen members constituting the Congregational church in Chester, and always felt a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, both by his means and personal effort helping forward every good work. For several years he filled the office of town clerk. A year ago some serious disease manifested itself in his left lung, and steadily increased baffling all the skill of the physicians. He endured great suffering, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation, and finally sunk under his disease and died Friday morning, April 30. He leaves a wife and five children, and ten brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. In a circle of eleven brothers and sisters his was the first death in twenty-five years. A large concourse followed him to his burial, the services being conducted by Prof. Buck.
[The Grinnell (Iowa) Herald, December 8, 1931]
He was discharged for disability on Aug 27, 1862, in St. Louis.
WHAT AN OLD HERALD SAYS OF EDWARD FISHER
Below is a notice of the death of Edward Fisher, father of Miss Elizabeth Fisher, taken from a Grinnell Herald, May 6, 1875.
Chester.--The town of Chester has sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr. Edward Fisher. Born in Chester, Vt., in 1838, he removed to Chester, Ia., in the autumn of 1860. The following year on the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted and served sixteen months in the Fourth Iowa cavalry, going as far south as Helena, Ark. He was one of the original sixteen members constituting the Congregational church in Chester, and always felt a deep interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, both by his means and personal effort helping forward every good work. For several years he filled the office of town clerk. A year ago some serious disease manifested itself in his left lung, and steadily increased baffling all the skill of the physicians. He endured great suffering, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation, and finally sunk under his disease and died Friday morning, April 30. He leaves a wife and five children, and ten brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. In a circle of eleven brothers and sisters his was the first death in twenty-five years. A large concourse followed him to his burial, the services being conducted by Prof. Buck.
[The Grinnell (Iowa) Herald, December 8, 1931]
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