Wilhelm Ludwig (William Louis) Fischer
1842 - 1926 (84 years)-
Name Wilhelm Ludwig (William Louis) Fischer Born 10 May 1842 Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) 
Gender Male _COLOR 3 _UID BA8609C361BFAA418C18632D3E06EACE4774 Buried Oct 1926 St. John Lutheran Cemetary, Freedom Twp, Henry County, Ohio Died 9 Oct 1926 Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Person ID I125 Fischer Family Tree Last Modified 11 Feb 2014
Father Christian Fischer, b. 13 Oct 1799, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) , d. 13 Oct 1869, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) (Age 70 years) Mother Amy Elizabeth Ritter, b. 1 Jan 1807, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) , d. 15 Mar 1874, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) (Age 67 years) Married 23 Aug 1824 Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Family ID F2673 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Caroline Eissler, b. 19 Oct 1857, New York , d. 6 Jan 1928, Cuyahoga County, Oh (Age 70 years) Married 28 Aug 1878 Evansville, In Children 1. Paul George Fischer, b. 31 May 1879, Holland, Dubois County, In , d. 22 Feb 1949, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)2. Martha L Fischer, b. 1881, Holland, Dubois County, In , d. 26 Jan 1929, Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Oh (Age 48 years)3. Adolph Henry Fischer, b. 12 May 1883, Elkhart, Elkhart County, In , d. 21 Apr 1957, Defiance, Defiance County, Oh (Age 73 years)4. Theodore W Fischer, b. 2 Oct 1887, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh , d. 1918, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh (Age 30 years)5. Oscar M Fischer, b. Aug 1890, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh , d. 7 Jan 1905, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh (Age ~ 14 years)Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 Family ID F2659 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Barth, b. 16 May 1852, Columbus, Oh , d. 22 Feb 1877, Gardensville, Missouri (Age 24 years) Married 28 Oct 1872 Columbus, Oh Children 1. Augusta Fischer, b. 1876, Milan, Ripley County, In , d. 16 Nov 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Oh (Age 78 years)2. Lydia Fischer, b. 1874, Milan, Ripley County, In , d. 1874, Milan, Ripley County, In (Age 0 years)Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 Family ID F2914 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Wilhelm Ludwig Fischer was the sixth in a family of 12 children. The first fourteen years of his life were spent in his native town of Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany). Wilhelm then entered Giessen Gymnasium where he graduated in 1863. After his graduation, he prepared himself for governmental services by the study of law and after completing his preparation he became an official of the circuit court of his native city and later in Rhenish Purria. At the age of 24, he decided to come to America and enter the legal profession in this country. He immigrated to the U.S. in the spring of 1864, he disembarked at Baltimore, Maryland. After passing a few months in that city, he went to Pennsylvania where he was employed as a private tutor until 1869. The year 1870 he spent in study in the theological department of Capitol University, at Columbus, Ohio and in 1872 he was ordained as a minister of the Lutheran Church. His first charge was at Milan, Ripley County, Indiana. But in 1876, he moved to Cape Girardeau county Missouri, where e remained until 1880. He then served in Elkhart, Fulton County, In. until he was called to Napoleon, Ohio in 1884. In addition to Napoleon, he was in charge of the churches in Freedom Township and Flat Rock Township, his parish comprising in all of two hundred eighty five families, In 1898 the parish decided to split into three separate congregations and Pastor Fischer was called to be the Pastor at St. John in Freedom Township. He served there until 1913 when impaired eyesight caused him to resign from active ministry. Pastor Fischer continued to live among the people of his flock and they provided for him during the later years of his life until his death in 1926. (At some time during Pastor Fischer's life, he officially changed his name, Wilhelm Ludwig, to the English translation of William Louis.)