Born April 11th, 1832 in St. Joseph County, Michigan, Samuel Sparks Fisher would drown at the age of 42 on a canoe trip at Conewago Falls in the Susquehanna River, on August 14th, 1874. Fisher had graduated Philadelphia Central High School in 1851 and after the war would serve as the U.S. Commissioner of Patents from 1869 to 1871.
While residing in Cincinnati during the war, Fisher became colonel of the 138th Ohio Infantry on May 14th, 1864 (at Camp Dennison) and was honorably mustered out on September 1st of the same year, the 138th being a one hundred days regiment.
Fisher is buried in Section 77, Lot 106, in Spring Grove.
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