Background
Fisher, Samuel Ware was born on April 5, 1814 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel and Alice (Cogswell) Fisher.
Fisher, Samuel Ware was born on April 5, 1814 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel and Alice (Cogswell) Fisher.
Graduated from Yale, 1835, Union Theological Seminary, 1839.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1839. Became pastor Presbyterian Church, West Bloomfield, New Jersey. Pastor, Albany, New York, then Cincinnati, 1843-1858.
Moderator general assembly new school wing of Presbyterian Church, 1857.
President Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1858-1866. Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Utica, New York, 1867-1871.
Member American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Author: Three Great Temptations, 1852.
Member American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Married Anna Johnson, October 1839. Married second, Jane Jackson, May 1842.