BIOGRAPHY

MONROE L. FISHER - OF DARIEN CENTER, NY

Fisher, Monroe L., P.O. Darien Center, N. Y., is a member of one of the oldest and most respected pioneer families in Genesee County. His great-great-grandfather came from Brownville to the Holland Purchase in Alexander in 1804, and settled on what is now known as the "Lillie Fisher farm," where he spent a long and useful life, and died at the advanced age of ninety-eight. Alanson T., his great-grandfather, was born in Brownville, N. Y., September 20, 1800; married February 27, 1844, Sophia Monroe, and settled in Darien Center, where he remained until his death on March 6, 1886. Charles M. Fisher, the only son of Alanson T. and father of Monroe L., was born November 28, 1845; married Alice M. Grannis, August 1, 1866, and to them was born two sons. Monroe L. Fisher was born in Sedalia, Peters County, Mo., July 23, 1867. In 1868 his parents removed to Batavia, N. Y., where he was educated in the public schools. His brother, Carlton G., was born in the town of Darien, Genesee County, N. Y., September 24, 1872

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890