San
Joaquin County
Biographies
REDWOOD W. FISHER
A lifelong resident of San Joaquin
County, who as a farmer and dairyman has been very successful and attained a
place of prominence in his locality, is Redwood W. Fisher, the owner of a fine dairy
ranch four miles west of Ripon. He was
born near Lathrop, California, August 25, 1889, the second son of William R.
and Jennie (White) Fisher.
A pioneer rancher, William R. Fisher
was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1847, and about 1862 came to
California and located in San Joaquin County, where he and his brother, Morton
C. Fisher, were active in the reclamation work on Roberts Island during the
early days. There were three children in
the family, all of whom survive the parents:
John White Fisher resides in San Francisco and is associated with the
Fiske Rubber Company; Redwood W. is the subject of this sketch; and Mrs. Percy
Hollingsworth Burns resides in Berkeley, California. The father passed away in 1917, and the
mother survived until April 9, 1922, when she died, leaving a large estate, of
which our subject is administrator.
Redwood W. Fisher was reared and
educated in Stockton, where he attended the El Dorado School. He took up the study of the clarinet and at
eight years of age became a member of the Stockton boys’ band, under the
leadership of E. B. Condy; later he became a
professional musician and followed it for fifteen years in Stockton and
vicinity.
In April, 1913, Mr. Fisher was
married to Miss Laura Inez Hutchinson, a daughter of Frank and Mary Ellen
(Nutt) Hutchinson, prominent citizens of Ripon, whose sketch is also found in
this volume. Mrs. and Mrs. Fisher are
the parents of four children: Frances
Inez; William Redwood; Janette White; and Lizette
Warner. Before turning his attention to
ranching, Mr. Fisher was associated with his brother in running a bicycle store
in Stockton, which they operated for five years. In 1914, Mr. Fisher purchased forty acres of
bare land west of Ripon which he has developed into one of the best and most
profitable dairy ranches in the county.
Mr. Fisher is a Republican in politics and serves as a trustee of the
San Joaquin school district southwest of Ripon and is counted a leader in
district affairs.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
452. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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