Reverend Ezra Fisher (1800 – 1874) was an American Baptist missionary and pioneer from Oregon. [1]
Ezra Fisher was born in Wendell, Massachusetts on January 6, 1800. [2] He attended Amherst College beginning in 1822, graduating in 1828 after illness delayed his studies. [2] He entered Newton Theological Seminary in 1829. [2] In 1830, he was ordained as a minister and he married the same year. [2] Fisher came to the Oregon Country in 1845, with the Rev. Hezekiah Johnson and their families as employees of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. [3] The Fisher family spent winter in the cabin of fellow Baptist David T. Lenox and his family on the Tualatin Plains. [2] Later, he joined the California Gold Rush and returned to Oregon with about $1,000 in gold. [1] In 1850, he bought Sam Barlow's original land claim near Oregon City. [1] He helped found Oregon City College, a predecessor of Linfield College. [1] Fisher moved to The Dalles in 1861, where he preached and served as the Wasco County school superintendent. [1]
Ezra Fisher is one of the 158 names of people important to Oregon's history that are painted in the House and Senate chambers of the Oregon State Capitol. [1] Fisher's name is in the Senate chamber.
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. Oregon Historical Quarterly. 16. Oregon Historical Society: 65–104.
Reverend Ezra Fisher (1800 – 1874) was an American Baptist missionary and pioneer from Oregon. [1]
Ezra Fisher was born in Wendell, Massachusetts on January 6, 1800. [2] He attended Amherst College beginning in 1822, graduating in 1828 after illness delayed his studies. [2] He entered Newton Theological Seminary in 1829. [2] In 1830, he was ordained as a minister and he married the same year. [2] Fisher came to the Oregon Country in 1845, with the Rev. Hezekiah Johnson and their families as employees of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. [3] The Fisher family spent winter in the cabin of fellow Baptist David T. Lenox and his family on the Tualatin Plains. [2] Later, he joined the California Gold Rush and returned to Oregon with about $1,000 in gold. [1] In 1850, he bought Sam Barlow's original land claim near Oregon City. [1] He helped found Oregon City College, a predecessor of Linfield College. [1] Fisher moved to The Dalles in 1861, where he preached and served as the Wasco County school superintendent. [1]
Ezra Fisher is one of the 158 names of people important to Oregon's history that are painted in the House and Senate chambers of the Oregon State Capitol. [1] Fisher's name is in the Senate chamber.
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. Oregon Historical Quarterly. 16. Oregon Historical Society: 65–104.