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Henry Fisher, farmer and poultry fancier, was born on the same farm where he now lives in Marrs township, Posey county, Indiana, on September 11, 1865, son of Valentine and Barbara (Soellner) Fisher, father a native of Hesse, Germany, and the mother a native of Bavaria. Valentine Fisher was reared in Posey county, coming here with his parents when but eight years of age. He engaged in farming and stock raising until his death in 1895. Although very prominent in the Democratic party, he never sought or accepted office. The mother died in 1910. Henry Fisher attended school at St. Philips for seven years and then entered the college of Effingham, Ill., remaining two years. Upon finishing his education he returned home and worked on the farm. For one year he was bookkeeper in a grocery house in Evansville. Aside from this he spent his entire time until thirty-three years of age on the Valentine Fisher farm. In 1898 he was elected county treasurer and in 1899 removed to Mt. Vernon, where he lived during his term of office. He served four years in this capacity and for one year was secretary of the E. B. Schenk Hardware Company. He then engaged in the insurance business. In 1906 he returned to his farm, where he has since remained. He has a fine herd of stock and a valuable flock of thorough bred chickens. The Valentine Fisher farm contains 220 acres, has the best of improvements and among other things has one of the largest barns in the county. The house is of brick and modern in every respect. On November 21, 1894, Mr. Fisher married Clara Ledvina. The ceremony took place at Trinity Church in Evansville, Father E. B. Ledvina, a brother, officiating. She is the daughter of George E. Ledvina, a native of Bohemia, who is now a civil engineer in New York City. Her mother was born in Tell City, Ind. Mrs. Fisher was born in St. Louis, where she was educated. She came to Evansville to help an aunt who was a fashionable dressmaker, and remained here until her marriage. They have eight children: Victoria, Olivia, Erma, Arthur, Charles, Margaret, Helen Louise and Joseph. All of the children live at home with their parents and received their education in the schools of St. Philip and Mt. Vernon. The family are members of the Catholic church, the father having been trustee in the church at St. Philips for two years and trustee for three years in the church of Mt. Vernon. In politics Mr. Fisher is a Democrat. He is a member of the Mt. Vernon branch of the Catholic Knights of America.