Henry Fisher was the son of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher. He was reared in the vicinity of Harmony Township, now Warren County, N. J., where his educational training was obtained. Soon after his marriage, in the spring of 1791, he removed to Northumberland County, Pa., and located in Shamokin Township, near where his father's estate was situated, where he purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest, upon which he resided until the spring of 1801. Subsequently he purchased the " Red Tavern," a hostelry situated near the present hamlet of Paxinos, on the old Reading turnpike, where he resided until 1804.
Later he sold that property and he removed to the vicinity of Numedia, in Columbia County, where he erected a gristmill, on Roaring Creek. He resided there until 1813, when he disposed of that mill, and returned to Shamokin Township, locating near Bear Gap. There he purchased a sawmill and a tavern. In 1816 he erected a large gristmill on Roaring Creek, and afterward purchased a distillery and several tracts of land in the same neighborhood. In the spring of 1824 he erected a large stone residence at Bear Gap. The old taxable list of Shamokin Township, in 1823, the last assessment prior to his death: "Henry Fisher, assessed for a saw mill, distillery, grist mill and tavern. Occupation: Innkeeper. Tavern excellent, located on Centre turnpike, on Roaring Creek"
He also owned four tracts of land, containing about thirty-two hundred acres, located in what was then known as Shamokin Township. A large portion of it was adapted for cultivation, and is at the present time in the possession of his descendants. The remaining portion was mountainous land, and was considered of so little value that the administrators of his estate allowed it to be sold for taxes. Subsequently coal was discovered upon this land, and there are now two of the largest coalmines in the Shamokin region, in the vicinity of Locust Gap, located upon this land. The title to this property is still claimed by his heirs.
He was a man of good business ability, and displayed excellent judgment in the management of his property. His sons also rendered him great assistance in the different branches of his business. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 100, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bloomsburg, Pa. He had the honor of entertaining prominent members of the Grand Lodge of his State at his home on a number of occasions.
The compiler was informed that immediately after his return from a visit to Reading Lodge he contracted an illness, which caused his death. Being caught in a rainstorm he took cold which developed into pneumonia, the effects of which proved sudden and fatal on September 9th, 1824. He was buried in the Presbyterian burial ground near Elysburg, Pa. In his will, which was dated September 8th, 1824, he appointed his sons, Caleb, John and Clotworthy S. Fisher, as his executors.
Henry married Magdalene Farlee before 1790. She was the daughter of Caleb and Catharine Gray Farley, who was born and reared in New Jersey, where her parents resided. Caleb Farley, her father, was a great-great-grandson of the George Farley of Warwickshire, England, who arrived at Roxbury, Mass., about the year 1689, and was a Puritan of considerable prominence at Woburn and Billerica, Mass., where he resided. Her father, Caleb Farlee, removed to Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pa., in 1791, where he died in the year 1802, at the age of ninety-three years. Magdalene died in September, 1823, at Bear Gap, Pa., and was buried in the Blue Hill Presbyterian burial ground, near Elysburg, Pa.
Together, they had 6 children:
(1)Joseph (not posted here because we don't know when/where he died but we think it was after 1886), b. 1790-?; m. Elizabeth Smink;
(2)Caleb, b. Sept., 1791; m. Sarah Irvin;
(3)Jacob Farlee, b. Jan. 20th, 1795; m., first, Elizabeth Parkes; m., second, Sarah C. Parkes (Elizabeth's sister);
(4)Sarah, b. May 20th, 1797; m. James Bird;
(5)John, b. Sept. 20th, 1800; m. Hannah Yocum; and
(6)Clotworthy S., b. April 10th, 1802; m., first, Catharine E. Pitner; m., second, Rebecca Fisher (a cousin).
Information Source: Excerpts from the Book "Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and his Descendants and of the Allied Families of Farley, Farlee, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman" by Clarence Woodward Fisher, published in New York, September 1890.
Later he sold that property and he removed to the vicinity of Numedia, in Columbia County, where he erected a gristmill, on Roaring Creek. He resided there until 1813, when he disposed of that mill, and returned to Shamokin Township, locating near Bear Gap. There he purchased a sawmill and a tavern. In 1816 he erected a large gristmill on Roaring Creek, and afterward purchased a distillery and several tracts of land in the same neighborhood. In the spring of 1824 he erected a large stone residence at Bear Gap. The old taxable list of Shamokin Township, in 1823, the last assessment prior to his death: "Henry Fisher, assessed for a saw mill, distillery, grist mill and tavern. Occupation: Innkeeper. Tavern excellent, located on Centre turnpike, on Roaring Creek"
He also owned four tracts of land, containing about thirty-two hundred acres, located in what was then known as Shamokin Township. A large portion of it was adapted for cultivation, and is at the present time in the possession of his descendants. The remaining portion was mountainous land, and was considered of so little value that the administrators of his estate allowed it to be sold for taxes. Subsequently coal was discovered upon this land, and there are now two of the largest coalmines in the Shamokin region, in the vicinity of Locust Gap, located upon this land. The title to this property is still claimed by his heirs.
He was a man of good business ability, and displayed excellent judgment in the management of his property. His sons also rendered him great assistance in the different branches of his business. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 100, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bloomsburg, Pa. He had the honor of entertaining prominent members of the Grand Lodge of his State at his home on a number of occasions.
The compiler was informed that immediately after his return from a visit to Reading Lodge he contracted an illness, which caused his death. Being caught in a rainstorm he took cold which developed into pneumonia, the effects of which proved sudden and fatal on September 9th, 1824. He was buried in the Presbyterian burial ground near Elysburg, Pa. In his will, which was dated September 8th, 1824, he appointed his sons, Caleb, John and Clotworthy S. Fisher, as his executors.
Henry married Magdalene Farlee before 1790. She was the daughter of Caleb and Catharine Gray Farley, who was born and reared in New Jersey, where her parents resided. Caleb Farley, her father, was a great-great-grandson of the George Farley of Warwickshire, England, who arrived at Roxbury, Mass., about the year 1689, and was a Puritan of considerable prominence at Woburn and Billerica, Mass., where he resided. Her father, Caleb Farlee, removed to Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pa., in 1791, where he died in the year 1802, at the age of ninety-three years. Magdalene died in September, 1823, at Bear Gap, Pa., and was buried in the Blue Hill Presbyterian burial ground, near Elysburg, Pa.
Together, they had 6 children:
(1)Joseph (not posted here because we don't know when/where he died but we think it was after 1886), b. 1790-?; m. Elizabeth Smink;
(2)Caleb, b. Sept., 1791; m. Sarah Irvin;
(3)Jacob Farlee, b. Jan. 20th, 1795; m., first, Elizabeth Parkes; m., second, Sarah C. Parkes (Elizabeth's sister);
(4)Sarah, b. May 20th, 1797; m. James Bird;
(5)John, b. Sept. 20th, 1800; m. Hannah Yocum; and
(6)Clotworthy S., b. April 10th, 1802; m., first, Catharine E. Pitner; m., second, Rebecca Fisher (a cousin).
Information Source: Excerpts from the Book "Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and his Descendants and of the Allied Families of Farley, Farlee, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman" by Clarence Woodward Fisher, published in New York, September 1890.
Henry Fisher was the son of Joseph and Catharine Mineger Fisher. He was reared in the vicinity of Harmony Township, now Warren County, N. J., where his educational training was obtained. Soon after his marriage, in the spring of 1791, he removed to Northumberland County, Pa., and located in Shamokin Township, near where his father's estate was situated, where he purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land, the greater portion of which he cleared of its original forest, upon which he resided until the spring of 1801. Subsequently he purchased the " Red Tavern," a hostelry situated near the present hamlet of Paxinos, on the old Reading turnpike, where he resided until 1804.
Later he sold that property and he removed to the vicinity of Numedia, in Columbia County, where he erected a gristmill, on Roaring Creek. He resided there until 1813, when he disposed of that mill, and returned to Shamokin Township, locating near Bear Gap. There he purchased a sawmill and a tavern. In 1816 he erected a large gristmill on Roaring Creek, and afterward purchased a distillery and several tracts of land in the same neighborhood. In the spring of 1824 he erected a large stone residence at Bear Gap. The old taxable list of Shamokin Township, in 1823, the last assessment prior to his death: "Henry Fisher, assessed for a saw mill, distillery, grist mill and tavern. Occupation: Innkeeper. Tavern excellent, located on Centre turnpike, on Roaring Creek"
He also owned four tracts of land, containing about thirty-two hundred acres, located in what was then known as Shamokin Township. A large portion of it was adapted for cultivation, and is at the present time in the possession of his descendants. The remaining portion was mountainous land, and was considered of so little value that the administrators of his estate allowed it to be sold for taxes. Subsequently coal was discovered upon this land, and there are now two of the largest coalmines in the Shamokin region, in the vicinity of Locust Gap, located upon this land. The title to this property is still claimed by his heirs.
He was a man of good business ability, and displayed excellent judgment in the management of his property. His sons also rendered him great assistance in the different branches of his business. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 100, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bloomsburg, Pa. He had the honor of entertaining prominent members of the Grand Lodge of his State at his home on a number of occasions.
The compiler was informed that immediately after his return from a visit to Reading Lodge he contracted an illness, which caused his death. Being caught in a rainstorm he took cold which developed into pneumonia, the effects of which proved sudden and fatal on September 9th, 1824. He was buried in the Presbyterian burial ground near Elysburg, Pa. In his will, which was dated September 8th, 1824, he appointed his sons, Caleb, John and Clotworthy S. Fisher, as his executors.
Henry married Magdalene Farlee before 1790. She was the daughter of Caleb and Catharine Gray Farley, who was born and reared in New Jersey, where her parents resided. Caleb Farley, her father, was a great-great-grandson of the George Farley of Warwickshire, England, who arrived at Roxbury, Mass., about the year 1689, and was a Puritan of considerable prominence at Woburn and Billerica, Mass., where he resided. Her father, Caleb Farlee, removed to Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pa., in 1791, where he died in the year 1802, at the age of ninety-three years. Magdalene died in September, 1823, at Bear Gap, Pa., and was buried in the Blue Hill Presbyterian burial ground, near Elysburg, Pa.
Together, they had 6 children:
(1)Joseph (not posted here because we don't know when/where he died but we think it was after 1886), b. 1790-?; m. Elizabeth Smink;
(2)Caleb, b. Sept., 1791; m. Sarah Irvin;
(3)Jacob Farlee, b. Jan. 20th, 1795; m., first, Elizabeth Parkes; m., second, Sarah C. Parkes (Elizabeth's sister);
(4)Sarah, b. May 20th, 1797; m. James Bird;
(5)John, b. Sept. 20th, 1800; m. Hannah Yocum; and
(6)Clotworthy S., b. April 10th, 1802; m., first, Catharine E. Pitner; m., second, Rebecca Fisher (a cousin).
Information Source: Excerpts from the Book "Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and his Descendants and of the Allied Families of Farley, Farlee, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman" by Clarence Woodward Fisher, published in New York, September 1890.
Later he sold that property and he removed to the vicinity of Numedia, in Columbia County, where he erected a gristmill, on Roaring Creek. He resided there until 1813, when he disposed of that mill, and returned to Shamokin Township, locating near Bear Gap. There he purchased a sawmill and a tavern. In 1816 he erected a large gristmill on Roaring Creek, and afterward purchased a distillery and several tracts of land in the same neighborhood. In the spring of 1824 he erected a large stone residence at Bear Gap. The old taxable list of Shamokin Township, in 1823, the last assessment prior to his death: "Henry Fisher, assessed for a saw mill, distillery, grist mill and tavern. Occupation: Innkeeper. Tavern excellent, located on Centre turnpike, on Roaring Creek"
He also owned four tracts of land, containing about thirty-two hundred acres, located in what was then known as Shamokin Township. A large portion of it was adapted for cultivation, and is at the present time in the possession of his descendants. The remaining portion was mountainous land, and was considered of so little value that the administrators of his estate allowed it to be sold for taxes. Subsequently coal was discovered upon this land, and there are now two of the largest coalmines in the Shamokin region, in the vicinity of Locust Gap, located upon this land. The title to this property is still claimed by his heirs.
He was a man of good business ability, and displayed excellent judgment in the management of his property. His sons also rendered him great assistance in the different branches of his business. He was a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 100, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bloomsburg, Pa. He had the honor of entertaining prominent members of the Grand Lodge of his State at his home on a number of occasions.
The compiler was informed that immediately after his return from a visit to Reading Lodge he contracted an illness, which caused his death. Being caught in a rainstorm he took cold which developed into pneumonia, the effects of which proved sudden and fatal on September 9th, 1824. He was buried in the Presbyterian burial ground near Elysburg, Pa. In his will, which was dated September 8th, 1824, he appointed his sons, Caleb, John and Clotworthy S. Fisher, as his executors.
Henry married Magdalene Farlee before 1790. She was the daughter of Caleb and Catharine Gray Farley, who was born and reared in New Jersey, where her parents resided. Caleb Farley, her father, was a great-great-grandson of the George Farley of Warwickshire, England, who arrived at Roxbury, Mass., about the year 1689, and was a Puritan of considerable prominence at Woburn and Billerica, Mass., where he resided. Her father, Caleb Farlee, removed to Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pa., in 1791, where he died in the year 1802, at the age of ninety-three years. Magdalene died in September, 1823, at Bear Gap, Pa., and was buried in the Blue Hill Presbyterian burial ground, near Elysburg, Pa.
Together, they had 6 children:
(1)Joseph (not posted here because we don't know when/where he died but we think it was after 1886), b. 1790-?; m. Elizabeth Smink;
(2)Caleb, b. Sept., 1791; m. Sarah Irvin;
(3)Jacob Farlee, b. Jan. 20th, 1795; m., first, Elizabeth Parkes; m., second, Sarah C. Parkes (Elizabeth's sister);
(4)Sarah, b. May 20th, 1797; m. James Bird;
(5)John, b. Sept. 20th, 1800; m. Hannah Yocum; and
(6)Clotworthy S., b. April 10th, 1802; m., first, Catharine E. Pitner; m., second, Rebecca Fisher (a cousin).
Information Source: Excerpts from the Book "Genealogy of Joseph Fisher and his Descendants and of the Allied Families of Farley, Farlee, Fetterman, Pitner, Reeder and Shipman" by Clarence Woodward Fisher, published in New York, September 1890.
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