George Fisher
Physician, Deceased Person
– 1820
Who was George Fisher?
George Fisher was an American pioneer, physician, and legislator.
Fisher settled in Kaskaskia, Indiana Territory in 1798 and practiced medicine. Fisher may have been from Virginia. He served in the Illinois Territorial Militia during the War of 1812. In 1805, Fisher served in the Indiana Territorial House of Representatives of the Indiana Territorial Legislature. In 1812 and 1816, he served in the Illinois Territorial House of Representatives of the Illinois Territorial Legislature from Randolph County, Illinois and was speaker. In 1818, Fisher served in the first Illinois Constitutional Convention. The Indiana Territory Governor William H. Harrison appointed Fisher sheriff of Randolph County in 1801. He died in 1820 in Randolph County, Illinois. Fisher is buried on St. Leo's Road eight miles below Ruma, Illinois in Randolph County, Illinois.
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- United States of America
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- Died
- 1820
Randolph County
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on July 23, 2013
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