Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 468.
 
ANDREW H. FISHER

     mayor of Phoenix, Jackson county, has retired from active business, having
spent his later years in the mercantile trade though he passed the greater
portion of his life in teaching. He is one of the foremost and best known men of
this county and in Phoenix is familiarly termed the "booster of the town."  He
was born in Tennessee, October 9, 1850, a son of Frederick and Lucy (Padgett)
Fisher, the rattier a native of North Carolina and the mother of Virginia. The
parents as children went to Tennessee with their respective families and after
their marriage they took up their residence in Missouri, where the father died
in 1873. In 1884 the mother and her two sons, Marshall and Bascom, came to
Oregon, settling in Lake county, where her death occurred in 1893.
     Andrew H. Fisher was reared at home and acquired a liberal common-school
education in the communities in which the family resided during his boyhood. At
the age of twenty-three years he began life as an instructor in the public
schools of Missouri and for many years continued in that profession though he
was engaged in agricultural pursuits in connection therewith. In 1878 he came to
Oregon but did not bring his family with him, the trip having been in the nature
of a prospecting tour. In the fall of 1879 he returned to Missouri and in the
spring of 1881 with his family removed to Oregon and settled in Lake county,
where he was identified with educational work for eighteen years. For twelve
years he taught in the Lake county schools and during three terms, or six years,
held the position of county superintendent of public instruction. Following his
educational work he engaged in the stock business and was thus identified for
seven years. In 1902 he sold out his Lake county interests and removed to
Jackson county, where he purchased a farm which, however, he sold one year later
to engage in the mercantile trade, becoming a member of the firm of Coleman.
Hern & Fisher. The senior partner later sold his interests and the firm was then
known as Hern & Fisher. He remained in the mercantile business until October,
1910, when he sold his interest in the store and retired from active life.
     Mr. Fisher was married while living in Missouri to Miss Delia M. Harris, a
native of that state, and to their union five children were born, only two of
whom survive, namely: Fred, a farmer and stock man of Lake county; and Florence,
the wife of John M. Mast, residing in Jackson county. Mr. Fisher in his
political faith is a republican and takes an active interest in public affairs.
He is the present mayor of Phoenix and is enthusiastic in promoting the
interests of his community. Fraternally he is a member of Lake View Lodge, No.
63, I. O. O. F., and belongs to Phoenix Camp, A. O. U. W. He is one of the
prominent and public-spirited men of Phoenix, and being optimistic and genial by
nature has a large number of friends and acquaintances, by whom he is highly
esteemed.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.