Fishback, F. M.
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HISTORY OF GREENE & JERSEY COUNTIES, ILLINOIS - 1885
Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co.
Page 844
F. M. FISHBACK was born in Culpepper county, Va., on the 30th day of March, 1830, and is a son of Frederick and Sophia A. Fishback, natives of Virginia. He came west in 1851, and settled where he now lives, in Bluffdale township. He owns 235 acres of land on S. 13, T. 10, R. 13, and 80 acres on section 10, of the same township and range, which he is the possessor of through his industry and economy. Farming and stock raising take up all his attention. On the 4th of Sept., 1855, he was married to Mary L. Stith, a daughter of Daniel B. and Mary L. Stith, natives of Virginia. They are the parents of six children - Etta, married Donald Simpson, now living in Carrollton township; David M., in the flour business with R. H. Davis, in Carrollton; Katie L., Edith V., Frank and Frederick L. Mr. Fishback was a member of the county commissioners' court, from 1865 to 1873. He is the present supervisor of this township, is a member of the Good Templar's and the Masonic lodge, at Carrollton, and of the M.E. church at that place.
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