Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 730
 
JAMES C. FISHER

     The splendid success of the Olsen-Roe Transfer Company, of Portland, has
been largely due to the loyal and capable efforts of its officers and employees,
among whom specific mention should be made of James C. Fisher, secretary of the
company, with which he has been connected for eleven years. Mr. Fisher was born
in Richland City, Indiana, on the 26th of September, 1872, and is a son of
Charles and Nancy (Hildebrandt) Fisher. His father was a blacksmith and was
accidentally killed in 1885, being survived by his widow, who still resides in
Indiana.
     Mr. Fisher received a good public school education in his native state and
in 1900 came to Portland.  He took a course in business college after coming
here and was for awhile engaged in office work. In 1917 he entered the employ of
the Olsen-Roe Transfer Company, and in 1920 was made its secretary, which
position he is still filling in a very acceptable manner. He is painstaking and
methodical in his work, devotes his time closely to the interest of the business
and is held in high regard by his associates.
     In 1905 Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Hanan, who was born
in Douglas county, Oregon, and whose father, Jefferson Hanan, was a pioneer of
that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are the parents of a son, Charles J., who
graduated from the University of Oregon in 1928. The republican party receives
Mr. Fisher's support and he is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 17, I. O. 0. F. He
possesses to a marked degree the essential qualifications of good citizenship,
gives consistent support to everything calculated to advance the material, civic
or moral interests of the community, and commands the unqualified respect of his
fellowmen.

 
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