Fisher Family in Cabot

Luke Fisher, award-winning farmer, husband and father, had a hillside farm west of Cabot village. It belonged to his grandfather, Joseph Fisher, since 1882. Local historian, Barbara Carpenter, wrote about the Fisher Farm in 2017. Her report said: " . . . it was Luke who played a heroic part in the introduction of testing for bovine tuberculosis in Vermont and, subsequently, the nearly complete eradication of this disease in the cattle of this State." 1876 essay - winter cattle feed. More about Luke below.

John M. Fisher wrote this 1881 history of Cabot. More about John below.

GENEALOGY OF THE FISHER FAMILY IN CABOT, VERMONT

Joseph, oldest child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Farrington) Fisher, was born July 22, 1766. He married, at Claremont, New Hampshire, May 20, 1794, Sarah, daughter of William and Hepsibath Osgood. She was born at Claremont, Feb. 17, 1769, and died at Cabot, July 3, 1839. They went directly to Cabot, Vt., to start pioneer life in the wilderness. Joseph Fisher died at Cabot, Sept. 1, 1853. Their children were:

Deacon Marcus O., son of Joseph and Sarah (Osgood) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., Nov. 24, 1796, and d. there, April 9, 1865. He m. at Chester, N. H., June 13, 1820, Fannie Hall, who was b. in Chester, April 9, 1796, and d. in Cabot, Sept. 14, 1870. Their children were:

Francis, b. Aug. 23, 1822; d. July 31, 1846.

Edwin, b. June 15, 1825; m. 1st, Mary L. Collins, May 17, 1848; m. 2d, Emeline N. Putnam, May 4, 1864.

Julia G., b. March 14, 1831; d. Jan. 30, 1834.

John M, b. Nov. 15, 1833; m. 1st, Carrie Lance, April 9, 1856; m. 2d, Roxanna L. Heath, July 8,1871.

Caleb, third child of Joseph and Sarah (Osgood) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., May 17, 1800, and d. Feb. 2, 1886. He m. in Cabot, Nov. 27, 1827, Laura A. Stone, who was b. Sept. 5, 1802, and d. May 31, 1870. He always lived in Cabot. In the military company of Cabot, organized Aug. 26, 1819, he was elected third sergeant; when it became an artillery company, in July, 1826, he became second lieutenant, and in 1828 was elected its captain. He was selectman eleven years, 1832, 1841 to 1848, 1854, 1862 and 1863; overseer of the poor, 1841 and 1842. Their children were:

Martha, b. Aug. 30, 1828; d. Feb. 18, 1897; m. Joseph N. Hill, Feb. 22, 1854.

Caroline P, b. Aug. 23, 1832; d. Feb. 11,1858.

Ellen, b. Nov. 5, 1834; d. Sept. 5,1851.

Ira, b. Dec. 7, 1836; d. Nov. 2, 1870.

Luke C, b. June 19, 1839; m. Isidore C. Wallace, March 6, 1856.

Julia A, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d. March 6, 1856.

William, fourth child of Joseph and Sarah (Osgood) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt. in 1802, and d. in Albion, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1854. He m. at Cabot, Dec. 18, 1826, Flora Strong, who was b. in Bethlehem, Conn., Jan. 5, 1799 and d. at Chicago, Ill., Oct. 6, 1895. "He put up a tannery at Lower Cabot, on the river opposite the factory (Haines Mills), in 1827, which he ran until 1838, when he moved to Albion, N. Y. During his residence in Cabot, he was a member of the Congregational church; was elected captain of the artillery company in Cabot in 1829, and served until 1832." Their children were:

Henry P, b. July 14, 1828; m. Rossibell Harrison, May 22, 1872.

Charles C. b. Jan. 13, 1831; d. Jan. 11, 1878; m. Valeria W. Parker, Dec. 25, 1856.

Sarah C. b. Jan. 30, 1833.

Amelia, b. Oct. 30, 1834.

Jane, b. March 14, 1837.

Milton, seventh child of Joseph and Sarah (Osgood) Fisher, was b. at Cabot, Vt., Feb. 7, 1807, and d. at Barton Landing, Vt., Dec. 22, 1892. He m. at Waitsfield, Vt., Oct. 13, 1833, Susan Jones, who was b. there, Sept. 22, 1809. He was town treasurer of Cabot, 1874 to 1881; selectman, 1837, 1859, 1860; overseer of the poor, 1850 to 1856, 1860, 1861, 1864, 1865. Their children were:

Charles Milton, b. Nov. 11,1834; m. Eliza Ann Hale, Nov. 30. 1859.

Susan Jane, b. May 26, 1837; m. Charles Edwin Joslyn, Jan. 26, 1864.

Laura Maranda, b. at Cabot, Jan. 29, 1849; d. March 18, ?

Edwin, second child of Deacon Marcus O. and Fannie (Hall) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., June 15, 1825, and d. Aug. 17, 1898, aged 72 years. He m. in Danville, Vt., May 17, 1848, Mary L. Collins, who was b. in Danville, May 12, 1822, and d. July 17, 1863, aged 41 years. He m. 2d, May 4, 1864, Emeline N. Putnam, who was b. June 23, 1836. He was elected a deacon of the Congregational church, in Cabot, in February, 1866; secretary of the Green Mountain Lodge, F. & A. M., at its organization, in 1865; a representative to the state legislature in 1863-64. Their children were:

Son, b. Feb. 13, 1853 ; d. Feb. 13, 1853.

Francis Hauett, b. Sept. 17, 1854; m. Frances Elizabeth Greene, Dec. 12, 1878.

Katharine Collins, b. March 4, 1858; m. Hermon H. Dewey, Jan. 1, 1879.

Abbie May (by second wife), b. July 20, 1865; m. Aug. 29, 1889, Jay Guy Wilson, of Bethel, Vt. Their children were:

Gladys May Wilson, b. Dec. 29, 1890;

Paul Flynn Wilson, b. Jan. 25, 1892.

Edwin Putnam, b. Nov. 10, 1867; m. Annis Dickey, of Bethel, Vt., Jan. 25, 1894. Their children were:

Ruth Emeline, b. Aug. 18, 1895.

William Marcus, b. Nov. 8, 1869; m. March 24, 1892, Lucie W. Dunbar, of Hartland, Vt., She d. March 24, 1896. Their children were:

Allen Dunbar, b. July 20, 1893; d. July 3, 1894.

Ann Maud, b. Oct. 23, 1871; d. Nov. 24, 1894; m. July 10, 1894, Henry K. Wing, of Boston, Ma.

John M., son of Deacon Marcus O. and Fanny (Hall) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., Nov. 15, 1833. He is a resident of his native town. At its incorporation, (NB the Village of Cabot) Nov. 19, 1866, he was a member of the board of trustees; was a charter member of the Green Mountain Lodge, F. and A. M., in 1865, and at the first election was made senior warden. Was appointed justice of the peace in 1881; county commissioner, 1875 to 1877. He wrote the history of Cabot, Vt., in Hemenway's History of Washington County, Vt., pp. 74 - 128. He m. 1st, at Cabot, April 9, 1856, Carrie, daughter of John M. and Carrie Lance, who was b. at Cabot, Sept. 1, 1835, and d. Dec. 26, 1869. He m. 2d, July 8, 1871, Roxanna L. Heath, who was b. May 15, 1844. Judge Fisher resided at Lower Cabot. Their children were:

Julia L., b. Sept. 10, 1864; d. Oct. 2, 1865.

Mary S., b. July 13, 1866; m. Sept. 1, 1888, E. L. Spencer, of Marshfield, Vt. Their children were:

Carrie Lance Spencer, b. Aug. 31, 1895.

Harriet Adelle (by second wife), b. Dec. 24, 1874.

Julia Frances, b. Nov. 3, 1876.

Luke C, fifth child of Caleb and Laura A. (Stone) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., June 19, 1839; in Cabot, March 6, 1856, Isidore C. Wallace. He occupied the farm of his grandfather, Joseph Fisher. Their children were:

Cash. Wallace, b. Feb. 23, 1871; a veterinary surgeon and physician.

Dean Wallace, b. April 15, 1874; in Cabot, was a creamery manager and farmer. d. June 23, 1970 (age 96), buried in Rutland, Vt., He m. Grace Minot Cheney. Their children were:

. Dr. Catherine Louise Fisher & unknown

Charles C. second child of William and Flora (Strong) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., Jan. 13, 1831, and d. Jan. 11, 1878. He m. Valeria W. Parker, Dec. 25, 1856. Their children were:

Flora Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1857; m. Wellington P. Chisholm, Oct. 3, 1878. Their children were:

Valeria Parker Chisholm, b. Sept. 23, 1879;

Carroll Chisholm, b. May 13, 1881.

Justus Parker, b. Dec. 26, 1866.

Marcus Stoddard, b. Aug. 9, 1868.

Charles Milton, first child of Milton and Susan (Jones) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., Nov. 11, 1834, and d. Oct. 21, 1883. He m. Nov. 30, 1859, Eliza Ann Hale, who was b. in Barre, Vt., Nov. 9, 1830. He was selectman of Cabot in 1881, and overseer of the poor from 1873 to 1882. Their children were:

George Henry, b. Oct. 6, 1859; d. Aug. 26, 1892; he was a physician; m.. Laura Alice Packer, of Marshfield, Vt., Dec. 25, 1889. Their children were:

Newton Hale, b. March 1, 1891.

Charles Alfred, b. Sept. 13, 1861; m. Livia R. Clark, of Barre, Vt., May 1, 1886. Their children were:

Max Cecil b. Sept., 1887.

Harry Clark, b. Sept., 1889.

Flora Ann, b. April 24, 1807; m. E. 11. Hainmitt, of Chicago, Ill., d. Sept. 1, 1892. Their child was:

Bertha Alice Hainmitt, b. Dec. 20, 1897.

Susan Jane, second child of Milton and Susan (Jones) Fisher, was b. May 26, 1837; m. Jan. 26, 1S64, Charles Edwin Joslyn, who was b. in Morrisville, Vt., April 14, 1837, and d. at Barton Landing, Vt., March 31, 1898. He was a merchant. His widow resided at Barton Landing. In the Civil War, He was captain of Co. A, 6th Vt. Vol. Infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864, by a rifle ball entering the right eye and coming out in front of the left ear, leaving the socket of the eye. He wore a glass eye for thirty-three years. Their children were:

Katie Barnard Joslyn, b. April 22, 1866; d. Feb. 25, 1891.

Freddie Edwin Joslyn, b. Nov. 30, 1867; d. Dec. 17,1868.

Mabel Susie Joslyn', b. Feb. 15, 1873.

Francis Hallett, second child of Edwin and Mary L. (Collins) Fisher, was b. in Cabot, Vt., Sept. 17, 1854; m. Dec. 12, 1878, Frances Elizabeth Greene, who was b. at Redwing, Minn., Sept. 22, 1858. Their children were:

Wilson Hatch, b. Sept. i2, 1879.

Louis Edwin, b. Nov. 6, 1880.

John Marcus, b. Nov. i2, 1882; d. Aug. 25, 1883.

Josephine Forbes, b. July 24, 1883; d. Jan. 3, 1888.

Florence Martha, b. Nov. 24, 1888.

Francis Harold, b. Oct. 30, 1895.

Katharine Collins, third child of Edwin and Mary L,. (Collins) Fisher, was b. March 4, 1858, at Cabot, Vt.; m. Jan. 1, 1879, Hermon H. Dewey, who was b. at Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 25, 1857. Their children were:

Ralph Fisher Dewey, b. at Plainfield, Vt., Feb. 6, 1880.

Mary Luthbra Dewey, b. at Marshfield, Vt., July 23, 1884; d. Sept.-18, 1890.