ANDREW M. FISHER.   Coshocton has reason to be congratulated on having in her office of city engineer and superintendent of waterworks a man who is as capable, efficient and faithful as Andrew M. Fisher, and a proof of his ability and loyalty is found in the fact that there is not a  city in Ohio of the size of Coshocton that has as many miles of paved streets or a more perfect water and sewerage system.  It was in the vicinity of Coshocton that Mr. Fisher was born, May 22, 1864.  He father, Andrew J. Fisher, was a native of Harrison county, Ohio, and at the time of Civil war became a member of Company F, Fifty-first Regiment of Ohio, Volunteer Infantry.  He laid down his life on the altar of his country, for he died in the service, while in the hospital at Madison, Indiana, May 26, 1864.  His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary J. Vance, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, and still survives her husband, now making her home on the old Vance farm, which she owns and which was formerly the property of her father.
     Andrew M. Fisher was reared on the farm and after acquiring his preliminary education in the district schools, he attended the Hopedale College, fro which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1882.  He then turned his attention to teaching and for eight or ten year was identified with educational work.  He afterwards took up the study of civil engineering, pursuing a special course, and was then appointed and served for one term as county surveyor.  On his retirement from that office he engaged in the general surveying business.  He was then called to public office by appointment to the position of deputy county auditor under Newton Speckman and again by Charles Lamberson, while in 1902 he was appointed city engineer of Coshocton.  Two years later he was appointed superintendent of the waterworks and is now filling the dual position. Much of his life since attaining his majority has been devoted to public service, and to the discharge of his duties he brings strong resolution and loyal purpose as well as good business ability.
     On the 13th of October, 1886, Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Hattie B. Gleaves of Belmont county, Ohio.  They have three children:  Laura B., who is a teacher in the Coshocton schools; Cozette, who is also teaching in this city; and Emma.  All are graduates of the Coshocton high school and the eldest daughter is now pursuing a special course in art in Valparaiso, Indiana.  Mr. Fisher holds membership in Fidelity Lodge, No. 135, K. P. and is a member of the Disciples church, serving now on its official board.  In politics he has always been a stanch democrat, but he never allows partisanship to interfere with the faithful discharge of the duties of the office.  During his incumbency in the positions which he is now filling much of the street paving has been done and the sewerage system has largely been extended so that in these regards Coshocton's advantages are equal if not superior to any city of hte size in the state and, in fact, can hardly be improved upon in the larger cities.  In his social relations Mr. Fisher has manifested those qualities which win a warm regard and lasting friendship and is widely known in the county of his nativity.
Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. II - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 26

STOCKLY S. FISHER, D.D., Se.D., pastor of the Methodist Protestant church at Coshocton, was born on a farm near Woodsfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, Aug. 8, 1865.  The same locality was the birthplace of his father, Simon A. Fisher, whose natal day was Sept. 18, 1845.  The father was educated for the ministry of the Methodist Protestant church and filled several different charges, being pastor at New Comerstown, Steubenville and other places.  He engaged in preaching for nearly forty years and in 1898 accepted the pastorate of the Methodist Protestant church of Coshocton, where he continued in the active work of the denomination until 1903, when he was stricken with paralysis and passed away.  For two years he was president of the Muskingum conference and served on all the principal church boards under the direction of the general conference.  For sixteen years he was president of the Home Mission church and was the first president of the board of trustees of the West Lafayette College.  He acted as a delegate to all the conferences of his church during his ministerial career with the exception of two, and many honors came to him in recognition of his ability and his consecration and zeal in his holy calling.  The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the Kansas City University, which is the principal educational institution of his church.  He was instrumental in erecting several houses of worship, including one at Cambridge and one at Coshocton, and from the period of his earliest identification with the ministry he was unfaltering in his efforts to promote the growth of the denomination with which he was identified.  He was widely recognized as one of the most prominent divines of the Methodist Protestant faith and the church met a distinct loss in his death, which occurred Sept. 22, 1905.  His memory, however, remains as a blessed benediction to all who know him, while his words linger as a source of inspiration and encouragement to those who came under his teaching.  He married Maria Westbrook, a native of Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio, who is still living at the age of sixty-two years.  Her father was a veteran of the Civil war, serving as captain of a cavalry company.
Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 316

LEWIS J. FOSTER.     The gentleman whose name introduces this record needs no introduction to the readers of this volume for the Fosters are one of the prominent pioneer families of Coshocton county and he of whom we write is a worthy representative of the name, owning a large tract of land comprising three hundred and ninety-seven acres in the rich bottoms of the Tuscarawas river, near Canal Lewisville.  Lewis J. Foster was born in Jackson township, Coshocton county, Aug. 30, 1861, a son of Ebenezer and Maria (Markley) Foster, who were likewise natives of this county.  The father was a pioneer settler of this locality and became a wealthy landowner, at one time possessing fourteen hundred acres in Coshocton county.  He engaged in general farming throughout a long period but the last twenty years of his life were spent in honorable retirement.  His death occurred Feb. 9, 1907, when he had reached the very advanced age of eighty-five years, and thus the community mourned the loss of one of its oldest and most highly honored citizens.
     Lewis J. Foster was reared to agricultural pursuits, giving his father the benefit of his services on the home farm from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn, while during the winter seasons he pursued his studies in the district schools.  Upon entering into business on his own account he chose the occupation to which he had been reared and has made this his life work.  He is now the owner of three hundred and ninety-seven acres of land near Canal Lewisville, which has been made valuable and productive through his own labors.  He is progressive and practical in his methods of labor and thus his labors are rewarded with excellent success.
     Mr. Foster was married Dec. 14, 1881, to Miss Carrie R. Lennon, whose home was in the same, locality in which Mr. Foster was reared.  They have become the parents of the following, children: Archie A., who was born Nov. 12, 1882, and married Mary McCabe; Harry E., born Aug. 5, 1884; Nellie E., who was born Apr. 28, 1886, and is now the wife of Thomas Wilson; Gladys M., who was born Dec.  25, 1888 and died July 3, 1896; Lewis Wade. born May 26, 1891; Clifford O., born Oct. 26, 1893; Ethel Lou, born Apr. 29, 1896; James L., born Aug. 7. 1898; Carrie R., who was born Nov. 23, 1900 and died Sept. 29, 1901, and one son who died in infancy.
     Mr. Foster gives his political support to the men and measures of the democratic party but has never been active in political circles.  He is a member of the Grange and of the Odd Fellows lodge at Coshocton.  In everything he has been eminently practical and this has been manifest not only in his business undertakings but also in social and private life.  His activity has not only contributed to his individual success but has also been a factor in the development of his home locality, of which he is today accounted one of the honored citizens.
Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 352

ELMER L. FOX, a native of Clark township, born May 11, 1873, has been the popular and enterprising postmaster of Blissfield for almost ten years, having received his appointment to this office Sept. 29, 1898.  He was reared to agricultural pursuits, having passed the days of his boyhood and early youth on the farm of his maternal grandmother, Margaret Miller.  He received a common-school education and early improved his vacation periods by becoming a wage earner.  He was but fourteen years of age when he accepted his first position, which was that of water carrier on the railroad then being built through Blissfield.  His next venture was that of running a threshing machine, no small undertaking for a youth as it not only involved the handling of a number of men but also considerable mechanical skill.  Alert to the opportunities which the times afforded, Mr. Fox next engaged in running a sawmill, an occupation which he followed for six years, at the expiration of which time he purchased a small farm in Clark township and engaged in farming for a time.  In his twenty-sixth year he received the appointment as postmaster, which necessitated his residing in Blissfield and, as the duties of this office were light and left considerable spare time on his hands, in April, 1906, he traded his farm land for the mercantile business of W. F. Lang and has since supplemented his work of handling of the mail by the sale of merchandise.
     On Dec. 31, 1896, Mr. Fox was united in marriage to Miss Laura Stareheim who was born in Monroe township, Aug. 25, 1876, a daughter of Phillip and Louisa (Bretzie) Stareheim.  Her father was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1835 and came to America when but a youth and located in this county.  He was married at Chili in 1859 to Miss Louisa Bretzie and they became the parent of twelve children, eight of whom are now living.  The father died in Coshocton in 1903.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fox has been born one daughter, Margaret Vern, who died in infancy.
     In his political affiliations Mr. Fox is a republican, while fraternally he is a member of Blissfield Lodge, No. 13056, M. W. A.  Religiously, he and his estimable wife are members of the Evangelical church, and they are highly esteemed by all who know them.  Mr. Fox has passed his entire life in the county and the sterling traits of his manhood have been such as have won for him unfaltering trust and high regard.
Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 527

P. J. FOX.     Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising little city of Walhonding than Mr. Fox.  He is an important factor in its business circles, conducting a hardware and implement business, which is now one of the chief concerns of this place.  Mr. Fox was born in Tiverton township, Coshocton county, Dec. 17, 1865, and is the youngest of six children born of the marriage of Phillip F. and Philopena (Heck) Fox.  The father was born in Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, and the mother was also born in that country.  They were there reared and married, emigrating to the United States in the early '40s.  Upon reaching American shores they established their home in New York city, where for six years the father followed his trade of a cabinetmaker.  He then removed to Dutch Run, Tiverton township, Coshocton county, and in connection with the trade of cabinetmaker followed carpentering and also manufactured coffins.  He was numbered among the prominent pioneer settlers of this section of the state and died here Sept. 16, 1905, his remains being interred in Dutch Run cemetery.  The mother preceded him to her final rest, her death occurring Dec. 27, 1889.  Their family numbered six children, as follows; Phillip F., who died when a youth of eight years eight months and twenty-eight days; Phoebe, who departed this life Nov. 27, 1905, and was buried at Canal Dover, Ohio; Daniel H. and John, who follow farming in Tiverton township; Barbara, the wife of Charles Petry, a resident of Dutch Run; and P. J., of this review.
     P. J. Fox, whose name introduces this record, was educated in the district schools of Tiverton township and was reared on the home farm to the age of thirteen years.  He then engaged in the hardware and implement business and in the years which have come and gone he has built up an extensive enterprise.  He has since added a line of buggies and wagons and now carries a complete stock of hardware, agricultural implements and heavy machinery, his patronage being drawn not only from Walhonding but from the surrounding territory as well.  He owns the building in which he con- ducts business and also owns two houses and eight lots in the village.  His success is well merited, for it has come as the result of honorable effort and sound judgment.
     Mr. Fox established a home of his own by his marriage in 1893 to Miss Louisa C. Van Kennel, a resident of Monroe township, Coshocton county.  Their marriage has been blessed with three children: Alvan B., Opal Pearl and Willis, all under the parental roof.  Mr. Fox gives his political support to the democratic party and has served as a member of the school board for two and a half years.  His fraternal relations are with the Modern Woodmen of America, and he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church.  He has ever been watchful of all the details of his business and of all indications pointing to success, and today he has gained a success that classes him among the prominent and substantial business men of this section of the state.
Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 342