Fred W. Fischer,
1864
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2001
Surname: FISCHER, PHISTORIA, WAGNER, PETERS
----Source:
History of Clark County, Wisconsin (1918), by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge
Fred W. Fischer and Family
FRED W. FISCHER, a prosperous citizen of
Worden township, proprietors of a good farm in, 240 acres, on which he is
doing a good stock and dairying business, was born in Washington County, Wis.,
June 13, 1864, son of William and Jeanette (Phistoria) Fischer. His parents
were born in Germany and came to America in 1862. The father engaged in
farming in Sheboygan County, W7is., where he resided most of his life after
coming to this country. He died in 1910 at the age of 79 years, his wife dying
in 1913, at the age of 83. Their children were: Louisa, Jeanette, William,
Fred W. ,Kate, Chors, Mary and Henry. Fred W. Fischer first engaged in farming
in Sheboygan County, coming to Clark County in Mar., 1907, when he bought a
farm in sections I and 12, Worden Township, to which he has since added eighty
acres in section 31, Withee. His original place was partly improved, and he
has continued the improvements, the most marked of which -have been the
erection of a barn, 155 by 42 feet in size, with concrete floor, and
installing an electric light plant for the illumination of his house and
barns.
Mr. Fischer specializes in raising full-blooded Holstein cattle, having
a registered sire and milking thirty cows. He also raises full-blooded Percheron horses, four of those he owns being registered. His principal crops
are hay, corn and oats. He has served as treasurer of the local school board
for six years. He is a director in the Big 4 Canning Factory at Stanley, and
takes an active part in its progress.
Mr. Fischer was married, Jan. 27, 1891,
to Elizabeth Peters, who was born in Washington County, daughter of Michael
and Mary (Wagner) Peters. Her father was a farmer by occupation and, a
prominent citizen of that county, taking an active part in local affairs and
serving on the county board and also several terms as county treasurer. He
died in 1906 at the age of 67 years. His wife, who survived him, is still
living in Washington County. Their children were: Mary, Michael, Elizabeth,
Katile, John, Steven, Caroline, George, Frank and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer
are the parents of six children, who were born as follows: Alma, now the wife
of Frank Smith, of Worden, born Nov. 6, 1891; Leo, Aug. 25, 1893; Cardulia,
Mar. 3, 1897; Anton, Mar. 21, 1898; Charley, Feb. 24, 1904, and Jeanette,
April 18, 1908. The daughter, Alma, has two children: Raymond, born May 4,
1913, and Dorothy, Mar. 15, 1916.
The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church, in the local
congregation of which, Mr. Fischer is a member of the finance committee.
