Background
Fisher, son of Olcott and Eunice (Royce) Fisher, was born in West Woodstock, Connecticut, February 6, 1812.
Fisher, son of Olcott and Eunice (Royce) Fisher, was born in West Woodstock, Connecticut, February 6, 1812.
He graduated from Yale College in 1836.
After graduation he took charge, for a few years, of Nichols Academy, in Dudley, Mass, where he had mainly fitted for college. Some time after this affliction, his health having become impaired by long confinement in school, he retired from this occupation. He had in the meantime read law, and had been admitted to the bar of Windham County, Connecticut, but did not at any time engage in practice.
In 1862 he settled permanently in his native town, and the next year represented Woodstock in the Connecticut State Legislature.
Foreign fourteen years from 1867 he was Judge of Probate for the district of Woodstock. He died in West Woodstock, May 7, 1882, aged 70 years.
This article incorporates public domain material from the 1882 Yale Obituary Record.