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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Prof. P. A. Fisher was born at Covington, November, 1839; was one of nine children, four still living. The parents were C. G. and Elizabeth V. Fisher. The father was born in Vermont, in 1800, and came to Covington in 1824, and was a physician by profession, and one of much prominence; was widely known, and formed a partnership with Drs. Green and Hall, the firm being known as Fisher, Green & Hall. He died in 1879. The mother’s maiden name was Dussham, born at Nashville, in 1810, and died January, 1886. Our subject was raised chiefly at Covington, Tenn. At the age of twenty he commenced teaching, and except during the war has since followed the work. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army in the Tipton Rifles, under Col. Neily and Capt. J. H. Maley, but was afterward transferred to the Artillery Guards of Memphis, where he remained a year, then joined Forrest’s cavalry, where he stayed until the war closed, under Col. W. L. Duckworth, being second lieutenant. Prof. Fisher was married in Mississippi, in 1867, to Miss Kate, daughter of D. A. and Fannie Ridgway. Mrs. Fisher is a native of Columbus, Ga., born in 1847. She was educated at Columbus, Ga., and Sardis, Miss. They have five children: Drury, Fannie, Vergie, Kate and Allan. After the war Prof. Fisher went to Missouri and taught in that State eleven years, ten of them near Lexington. He then returned to Covington to care for his mother, his father having died. Ho has always possessed a great deal of energy and perseverance, and ranks high among the educators of Tennessee. He is a Democrat, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in the book,  The History of Tipton County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Tipton County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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