1849 - 1932 (82 years)
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Name |
William Righter Fisher |
- Listed as a lawyer on the 1880 Census.
William Righter Fisher was born on June 24, 1849 to William A. and Sarah P. Anderson Fisher in Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion County, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Hasting's Academy in Philadelphia and entered Dickinson College in 1867. After his gaduation in 1870, Fisher worked as an instructor in Natural Science at Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In 1871, he traveled overseas to study in Germany, and studied at both the University of Heidelberg and the University of Munich until1874. Upon his return to the United States, Fisher became Professor of Modern Languages at Dickinson, a position he held for two years. On January 4, 1876 Fisher married Mary Wager, and the couple's son, Wager, was born on May 14, 1877.
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Born |
24 Jun 1849 |
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
17 Feb 1932 |
Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
Person ID |
I6686 |
Grow |
Last Modified |
11 Jan 2012 |
Father |
William A. Fisher, b. 24 Mar 1824, Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Mar 1903, Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Pennypacker Anderson, b. 26 Mar 1821, Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania , d. 6 Mar 1879, Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 57 years) |
Married |
Abt 1846 |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Family ID |
F2106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary Wager, b. Nov 1848, New York , d. 1915, Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 66 years) |
Married |
4 Jun 1876 |
Pennsylvania |
Children |
| 1. Wager Fisher, b. May 1877, Lower Merion Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania , d. 1967, Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 89 years) |
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Last Modified |
11 Jan 2012 |
Family ID |
F2107 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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