Emanuel (Emil) Fischer Family of Parsons
Emanuel Fischer came to America from Germany, around 1860. He was a certified (From the Royal Foundry of Berlin) iron molder, who joined the Union Army, out of St. Louis, fighting with Battery M, light artillery. His Civil War service can be found here. Most notably fighting in the siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he moves with wife Mary Louise Feikert after the war. Actually, Sunflower, Mississippi. He worked for many years in Belleville, Illinois, as a molder with the "Pump and Skein Works".   In 1890, he was brought to Parsons to be Superintendent of the Katy Railroad Foundry. His sons William E. Fischer (see obit), and Charles Augusta Fischer, (see obit) would work for the Katy Railroads also, William as a foreman, and Charles A., a molder, was head of the Molders Union, for a number of years. Emil is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, as well as Charles Augusta Fischer, and his wife Minnie Gertrude Cameron Hacker Fischer (see obit). Her tombstone says "Minnie Fischer".  Charles Augusta Fischer, Mary Louise (Feikert) Fischer, William E. Fischer, Sophia (Fischer) West, Henry Otto Fischer, Emanuel/Emil (Pottie) Fischer, and Virginia Rose (Fischer) Jones.    William E. Fischer, and Charles A. Fischer, were members of the "Fischer Heirs Association", and pursued, along with many others across the country, money they believed was owed to them from the German government. Several articles from the Parsons Sun reported their supposedly successful attempt to recover. They never did. You can view these articles here, here, here and here. There is also correspondence from a Pennsylvania "cousin" regarding this estate here and here. |
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