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- From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Henry P. Fisher, Victor, was born at Fisher's, Victor, December 27, 1851. He was educated in the public schools, was a produce dealer for some time, and later a farmer. November 9, 1875, he married Lucy E., daughter of Abner and Phoebe P. (King) Bushman of East Mendon, and they had two children: Clara B. and Charles H. Mrs. Fisher's father, Abner Bushman, was born in Monroe county November 28, 1801, was a school teacher, farmer, and also justice of the peace for twenty years. He married twice, first to Jane Ely, and they had one daughter, Mrs. Bentley Corby, of Pittsford. April 14, 1849, he married second Phoebe F. King of Brighton, Monroe county, and they had seven children, three died in infancy, four survive: Hanford E.; Lucy E.; Clara M.; and Julia who died at the age of eight years. A branch of her family named Hopkins dates back to the Mayflower. His grandfather on his mother's side, Silas Pardee from Columbia county, was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and Mrs. Fisher's great-grandfather, Rufus King, was in the Revolutionary War. Henry P. was a staunch Democrat. He died June 25, 1893.
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