FISHER, SAMUEL, was born Aug. 4, 1787, in Franklin county, Penn. His parents were Protestants, from Germany. Hannah Beaver was born Sept. 29, 1795, in the same county. Her father was a soldier in the revolution. Samuel Fisher and Hannah Beaver were married in their native county. They had thirteen children there and moved to Springfield, Ill., Nov. 13, 1840. Of their children--

ALEXANDER, born March 12, 1815, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct. 7, 1847, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Elizabeth Hershey. She died July 5, 1853, in Wabash county, Ill. Mr. Fisher was married in 1854, to Ann Elizabeth Field, who died July 11, 1858, and he was married April 18, 1859, to Mrs. Permelia Skinner. Alexander Fisher was elected Associate Judge of Logan county, in 1865, and resides in Mt. Pulaski. Ill.

GEORGE, born April 30, 1816, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Mary Hendricks. They reside near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas.

SAMUEL B., was born Oct. 27, 1817, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Dec. 18, 1844, in Springfield, to Melvina Alvey. They had thirteen children in Springfield. EDMUND R., resides with his parents. SAMUEL A. is a salesman in a dry goods house in Cincinnati. FREDERICK F. was married in Jacksonville, Ill., May 7, 1876, to Lou Gorham. He is clerk in Coleman's store, and resides in Springfield. FANNIE resides with her parents. EMMA died Dec. 30, 1870, aged about sixteen years. IDA, BERTHA, KATE, MELVINA, IRVING, WILLIAM, ANNA W., and LAURA, reside with their parents. S. B. Fisher has been, since 1844, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and now resides in Springfield.

LOUISA, born March 4, 1819, in Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield to Avery Constant. See his name. They live in Williamsville.

WILLIAM, born Feb. 20, 1821, in Pennsylvania, was married July 3, 1856, in Athens, Ill., to Susannah Reed, who was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Franklin county, Penn. They have five children. HANNAH M., FRANK R., CARRIE B. and WILLIE C., the latter twins, and JULIA C. William Fisher has been since 1871 employed in the United States Revenue Department, and resides in Springfield.

CHARLES, born Dec. 24, 1822, in Quincy, Franklin county, Penn., came with his parents to Springfield, Nov. 13, 1840. He was married Oct. 22, 1850, to Sarah T. Moffitt, who was born in Springfield, a daughter of John B. Moffitt, one of the early settlers. They had two children. GEORGE T., born July 28, 1851, is a draftsman and architect and resides in Springfield. LILLIE resides with her father. Mrs. S. T. Fisher died Feb. 16, 1854. Charles Fisher is a carpenter and builder. He erected the First Presbyterian church, and superintended the wood work of the United States Court House. He resides in Springfield.

CAROLINE, born Sept. 16, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Feb. 17, 1848, in Springfield, Ill., to Phares A. Dorwin, who was born Sept. 10, 1820, in Champion, Jefferson county, N. Y. They had three living children, HENRY F., CHARLES G. and SHELBY C., all reside with their mother. Mr. Dorwin was engaged in the tin ware and stove business the greater part of his life, in Springfield, except during the rebellion, when he was in the Quartermaster's Department, stationed at one post all the time, in Kentucky. He died in Springfield, Feb. 17, 1870. His widow and three sons reside at 511 north sixth street.

SUSANNAH, born Sept. 3, 1826, in Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield, Ill., to Cyrus Culbertson. They reside at Sumner, Lawrence county, Ill.

MARY, born Dec. 14, 1828, in Pennsylvania, died in Springfield July 4, 1852.

HANNAH M., born May 14, 1831, in Pennsylvania, was married Dec. 12, 1855, in Springfield, to Shelby M. Cullom. They had two children, ELLA and CARRIE, both of whom are graduates of the Bettie Stuart Institute, and reside with their father. Mrs. Cullom died March 17, 1861, in Springfield, Ill.

KATE resides with her brother Charles.

JULIA, born March 28, 1835, in Franklin county, Penn., was married in Springfield, May 5, 1863, to Hon. Shelby M. Cullom. Mr. Cullom was born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne county, Ky., and taken by his parents to Tazewell county, Ill., in 1830. His father, R. N. Cullom, represented Tazewell county for several years in the State legislature--part of the time in the House, and a portion in the Senate. Shelby M. came to Springfield in 1854, and studied law in the office of Stuart & Edwards. He was admitted to practice in 1855, and soon after elected City Attorney of Springfield. In 1856 he was elected as one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature, and again elected in 1860. On the assembling of the Legislature he was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1864 Mr. Cullom was elected to represent the Eighth district of Illinois in the United States Congress, and was elected for two successive terms. During that time he was Chairman of the Committee on Territories, and as such reported a bill, of which he was the author, for the suppression of polygamy in the territory of Utah, which became a law. He also secured the appropriations for the erection of the United States court house and postoffice in Springfield, at a cost of $320,000. In 1872 and 1874 he was elected to represent the county in the State Legislature. At the former term he was chosen Speaker of the House. Mr. Cullom is a practicing lawyer, is President of the State National Bank, and resides in Springfield.

At the Republican State Convention held in Springfield, May 24, 1876--the largest, most intelligent and most harmonious convention ever held in the State of Illinois--Hon. Shelby M. Cullom was unanimously nominated as the candidate of the party for Governor of the State. Although the writer does not claim to be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, it is deemed safe to predict--June 1, '76--that unless death should intervene, he will be triumphantly elected in November, and inaugurated in January, 1877.

VICTORIA resides with her sister, Mrs. Cullom.

Samuel Fisher died May 11, 1856, and Mrs. Hannah Fisher died April 21, 1867, both in Springfield.