William Wharton Fisher (1785-1838)

Manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital, etc.

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He was was elected the 5th Governor of the Schuylkill Fishing Company - the first angling club in America - in 1834. He was a member of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, President of the Philadelphia Hose Company from 1820-24 and Manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1824-38. In 1813, he married Mary, daughter of Samuel Mickle Fox, President of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and had 9-children (listed).

Parents (2)

James Cowles Fisher

Shipping Merchant, of Philadelphia & "Sedgeley" on the Schuylkill River

1756-1840

Hannah (Wharton) Fisher

Mrs. Hannah (Wharton) Fisher

1753-1786

Spouse (1)

Mary Pleasants (Fox) Fisher

Mrs. Mary Pleasants (Fox) Fisher

1790-1872

Children (9)

Mary Pleasants (Fisher) Norris

Mrs. Mary Pleasants (Fisher) Norris

1814-1881

James Cowles Fisher

of Philadelphia & Torresdale, Pennsylvania

1817-1896

Hannah Wharton (Fisher) King

Mrs. Hannah Wharton (Fisher) King

1818-1870

Samuel Fox Fisher

Lawyer, of Philadelphia

1819-1886

Sally Fox (Fisher) Lewis

Mrs. Sally Fox (Fisher) Lewis

1820-1909

William Wharton Fisher

Died in early adulthood, unmarried

1822-1856

Coleman Fisher

of "Briar Hill" Whitpain Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania

d.1876

Nancy Wharton (Fisher) King

Mrs. Nancy Wharton (Fisher) King

1826-1905

Thomas Wharton Fisher

Died unmarried

d.1873