The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-06
PAY TRIBUTE
TO DECEASED
Peter Fisher and Myron A.
Baker Eulogized by the
Bench and Bar.
RECALL FRIENDSHIPS
Judge John C. Slater and A. E.
Buckmaster Give Memorials
at Notable Court Session.

Members of the bench and bar in
Kenosha county and the surrounding
territory paid a loving tribute to
friends and fellow workers this morn
ing just after II o'clock when me-
mortal session of the circuit court was
llsld and testimonials to the memory
Of Peter Fisher and Myron A. Baker
were read into the records of the
court Judge Belden presided at the
session and the chancel of the court
was filled with attorneys from Keno
sha and Racine counties.
Judge John G. Slater of the NUM-
cipal court, the oldest member of the
Kenosha bar brought a wreath of
friendship to lay in the bier of the
late Peter Fisher. Judge Slater had
known Mr.. Fisher for more than forty
gears and he brought personal tri-
butte of greatest interest. Attorney A.
p. Buckmaster, who saw years of serv-
ice in Kenosha while the late Myron
A. Baker was a leader of the bar, gave
the memorial to Mr.. Baker.
Slater Eulogizes Fisher.
In speaking of the late Peter Fisher,
aJudge Slater said:
May 1t Please the Court:
DEATH the grim destroyer, has again
visited us and snatched from our midst
the most esteemed and honored mem
Der of this bar; the dean of the bar
of Kenosha county and one of it's most
1active members.
The we'll rounded life of an able
lawyer, distinguished citizen and true
man has passed away.
1t is meet that we who remain, with
the duties, cares and responsibilities
Of our profession, so bravely, conscien-
tiously and worthily borne by our
brother, still upon us, should pause
while to pay in feble way just trib-
ute to his virtues and consider the
lessons of his life.
On the 23rd of February last (1922)
Peter Fisher, the dean of the Kenosha
county bar and oldest active practi-
TONER Of this county, departed this
life at his home in the city of Ke-
nosha.
At meeting of the Kenosha County
Bar Association we were commission
ed to draft and present to the court,
q memorial of the life, character and
Service of Peter Fisher, expressive of
the high esteem and veneration of our
deceased brother.
We undertake the discharge of this
sad duty doubling our ability to por-
parted brother or the high esteem in.
tray The sterling qualities of our de-
which he was held by the people of
this community.
In behalf of our association we sub
NIT the following memorial of the
Kenosha Bar Association and request
that the same be entered upon the
permanent records of this court:
Was Native of New Jersey.
Peter Fisher was born at Somerville,
New Jersey, on September 21st, 184S,
the son of Valentine Fisher and Mary
Hoye Fisher.
With his parents, young Peter came
west in the winter of 1851, the family
taking up residence in Kenosha at
the old Long Home" on Church street
thence in the spring moving to farm
near Antioch, Lake county, Illinois.
Stirred with patriotism, he attempt
ed to enlist in the army at the time
of the Civil War, but on account of
his youth he was not received. His
father finally consented to young Pet
er entering the army as a volunteer
and he went from Waukegan having
enlisted in the 151st Illinois Infantry
with the distinction of being one of
the youngest patriots offering his serv-
ices for his country. He was in camp
at Nashville, Tennessee when the war
ended.
At the close of the Civil War he
returned to Lake county, Illinois, pur-
chased some interest in farm with
his brothers, and divided his time be-
tween farm work and the pursuit of
educational studies preparing himself
for the profession of teaching
Becomes Teacher by Profession.
In 1872 he took up teaching in the
county schools of Lake county and in
1880 went to Lake Forest Academy
and was associated with Professor A.
R. Sabin in the work of the academy
Several Of our citizens who later
gained distinction in Wisconsin were
students under Peter Fisher in the
year he served at Lake Forest.
Returning to Waukegan in 1881, he
was elected county superintendent of
schools of Lake county, and twice re-
elected
In 1884 he was married to Emma f.
THAN who survives him. He is also
survived by one son.
Among the older teachers of Lake