James Wilson Fisher (1833-1897)	Margaret (Long) Fisher (1835 - )
Clockwise from left: James Wilson Fisher, George Elmer Fisher Anna Martha Fisher, George Ross Fisher, Margaret Fisher 1887

D1 James Wilson Fisher, born May 17, 1833 in Bowerston, Harrison County, Ohio, died August 13, 1897. Married on March 26, 1858 Margaret Long, born 1835 in Ohio. Margaret's parents were George Long (born ca. 1808 in Pennsylvania) and Sarah _____ born ca. 1805 in Pennsylvania. James is buried in Adams Mills Cemetery, Adams Mills, Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. Four children.

James Wilson Fisher was a veteran of the Civil War. On April 20, 1861, he enlisted as a private for three months service in the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Guthrie Grays", Company A, at Camp Harrison, Ohio, by Captain Gordon Granger, U. S. Army (view Muster Roll). He was promoted to Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, on May 24, 1861.

In July of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 more troops for three years. Those in his regiment who chose not to reenlist for three years were mustered out on August 21, 1861 at Cincinnati, Ohio, by T. W. Walker, 1st Lieutenant 3rd Infantry, U. S. A. James (probably) mustered out with his company at this time. The official records of this mustering out have been lost.

Still, James paid a very high price due to that fact that his two only brothers, John H. Fisher and Joseph Fisher, were both killed in the War.

After the Civil War, James Wilson Fisher was the station agent at Adams Mills, Ohio (see map below), on the Panhandle Railroad, which he helped to build. A wonderful photograph exists of James Wilson Fisher and his Section Gang, also known as Gandy Dancers, taken by his son George Elmer Fisher, ca. 1890.

1866 Map of Cass Township, Preston (Adams Mills) Ohio Full Screen version of map

The Coshocton Age Friday August 27, 1897 James Fisher died last Friday after a several weeks illness of typhoid fever. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the home by Rev. York and interment was made in the cemetery near by.

Adams Mills Cemetery, Adams Mills, Ohio Photograph taken October 2007

E1 Eleanor J. ("Ella") Fisher, born December 8, 1858/63 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, died September 10, 1935. Buried Adams Mills Cemetery, Adams Mills, Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio; married William H. Crider November 10, 1897.

E2 Rosella Laura ("Rose") Fisher, born March 26, 1860/66 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, died October 2, 1937; married Don L. Ward. Buried Adams Mills Cemetery, Adams Mills, Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio.

E3 Clara Bell Fisher, born 1862/3 in Uhrichville, Ohio; married September 14, 1887 Samuel J. Ross in Muskingum County, Ohio. NFI.

E4 George Elmer Fisher, born October 1, 1864 in Adams Mills, Ohio, and died February 11, 1953 in Youngstown, Ohio; married February 26, 1885 Anna Martha Goff in Muskingum County, Ohio. Anna Martha was born March 24, 1864 in Frazeysburg, Ohio, and died June October 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio. Both are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Boardman, Ohio.