Biography of Solomon Fisher, pages 518/519. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. Solomon Fisher Though several years have passed since the subject of this sketch was transferred from the life militant to the life triumphant, he is still favorably remembered by many of the older residents of DeKalb county, where for many years he was regarded as one of the leading business men of the county, Because of his many excellent personal qualities and the splendid and definite influence which his life shed over the entire locality in which he lived so long and which he labored so earnestly to upbuild in any way within his power, it is particularly consonant that specific mention should be made of him in a work containing mention of the representative citizens of the community in a past generation. A man of high moral character, unimpeachable integrity, persistent industry and excellent business judgment, he stood “ four square to every wind that blew,” and throughout the locality where he lived he occupied an enviable position among his fellowmen, among whom he was universally esteemed. Solomon Fisher was born February 18, 1832, in Stark county, Ohio, and was a son of Jacob and Sophia (Ishley) Fisher. Jacob Fisher, who was a native of Pennsylvania, was of German descent, and at the age of ten years he was bound out and went to Harrisburg, where he learned the tailor’s trade. Sophia Ishley, who also was a native of the Keystone state, was of sterling old “Pennsylvania Dutch” stock, and she and Jacob Fisher were married in their native state. Eventually they moved to Stark county, becoming one of the early settlers of that locality. There Solomon, their son, the subject of this sketch, was reared to the age of about twenty years, having secured his education in the common schools, and when old enough he learned to be a tailor’s cutter, at which he worked about two years, and then engaged in the clothing business at Canton, Ohio. In 1861 Mr. Fisher moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, locating in Waterloo, where he engaged in the clothing business, and there for many years he and his brother, Peter Fisher, were in successful partnership. They were prospered in their business affairs, and the subject became the owner of two farms in Steuben county. About 1885, Mr. Fisher retired from the clothing business an spent a year on the farm at the end of which time he moved back to Waterloo, where he made his home to the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1905. His widow now lives in Waterloo. Mr. Fisher was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was highly respected in the community where he had lived. In 1855, at Canton, Ohio, Solomon Fisher was united in marriage with Harriett Rodabaugh, who was born in Summit county, Ohio, about six miles from Akron, where she spent her early childhood. Then her parents moved to Lewisville, Ohio, and about 1855 to Canton, that state. Her parents were Adam and Mary (Heath) Rodabaugh. Mary Heath, who was born in New York, was the daughter of Yankee and Scotch-Irish parents, her mother having been a native of Connecticut and her father having the sturdy qualities of the combined Scotch and Irish blood, which has been such a prominent element in our national life. Adam Rodabaugh was descended from a family of noble blood and was one of a company of young men who fled from Europe at a time when Holland and France were in rebellion against their government. At that time he was but eighteen years old. To Solomon Fisher and wife eleven children were born, namely: William H., of Seattle, Washington; John D., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Solomon, of Waterloo; Cora, the wife of Colonel S. A. Bowman, of Waterloo; Jennie, the wife of Frank Gonser, of Ashley; Emma B., wife of John McFerron, of Louisville, Kentucky; Elizabeth, the wife of George Ulph, of Detroit, Michigan; Blanche, the wife of William Wilkins, of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Ella, the widow of De. Fairfield Snyder, who was a pioneer physician in Corunna, this county. The other two children, Frank R. and Harry, are deceased. Frank, who lived in Fort Wayne, died in the fall of 1912, and Harry, who was married and living in Waterloo died about 1886. Solomon fisher was a man of fine personality, possessing to a marked degree those characteristics, which won friends and commanded the respect of all who knew him, and his death was generally considered a distinct loss to the community which he had honored by his citizenship. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com