Nathaniel Dean Fisher

1804 - 1887  (83 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Dean Fisher
  Born	15 Mar 1804	Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, foundry
  Name	Dean Fisher
  Occupation	1842	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	foundry worker
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Founderer
  Residence	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  	wholesale leather business
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1880	Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-159664
  Died	13 Sep 1887	Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA   [4]
  Buried	Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I159664	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Almira Gage,   b. 10 Jun 1810, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States ,   d. 11 May 1887, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1835	Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [5]
  Children	1. Armina Eliza Fisher,   b. 27 Jan 1837, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1884, Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York, United States  (Age 47 years)   2. Rev. William Phineas Fisher,   b. 17 Nov 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1932, Claremont, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 88 years)   3. Mary Anna Fisher,   b. 9 Aug 1845, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1847, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F39906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Little is known of Duncan Fisher [should read Dean], he started Galt's first foundry in 1842. In 1844 took in Morris Lutz as a partner. He left the business and the company he started became known as Lutz, Cook & Co. later Cowan & Co which ran in Galt until the 1950's. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book] _______________ The foundries of Galt, which have for thirty years been among its principal manufacturing establishments, took their rise about this period. The one on Water Street (now Cowan & Co's), was begun by Mr. Duncan Fisher [should read Dean, this is where all subsequent mentions of Duncan in error comes from!], in the fall of 1842, and Crombies Foundry, which was first situated on the north side of Mill Creek, immediately south of the Dumfries Hills, commenced casting during 1844 This was the origin of the Dumfries Foundry, now owned by Goldie and McCulloch, the high reputation of which extends to every Province of the Dominion. The removal from the east to the west side of the river took place in 1847. The first steam-engine erected in Galt was placed in Elliott's Distillery in the winter of 1844, and it was also the first one constructed by Mr. John Gartshore, of Dundas. Since then the number of steam-engines turned out of the foundries of Galt has been legion. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario __________________ "Nathaniel Dean, born March 15, 1804, married Almira Gage, of Londonderry [on August 3, 1835 in Londonderry]. He removed to Warsaw [with his brother John], and was for several years engaged in the boot and shoe trade. He removed to Gault [Galt], Canada, and established a foundry for the manufacture of stoves and other castings. He subsequently removed to Hamilton [Canada], and for several years carried on the wholesale leather trade. In 1866, he returned with a competence, and purchased a residence on Buffalo street, where he now resides. He has two children: Armina E., and William P., a graduate of Amherst College, and now studying for the ministry in Union Theological Seminary in New York." He and his brother John were the first of their family to relocate in Warsaw (they were following in the footsteps of their friends, the Pattersons, from Londonderry). Nathaniel was singing with his wife in the Warsaw Presbyterian church choir circa 1835-1836. He made a comfortable fortune in business and, after the Civil War, retired to a fine house on West Buffalo Street in Warsaw. Was happy to help out his relatives, including lending them money when needed. He and his wife died in the same year and their only remaining child, Rev. William P. Fisher, inherited a considerable estate. History of the Town of Warsaw, New York_ (Young, 1869), pp. 261-262: _____________________ Fisher -- In Warsaw, Tuesday morning, Sept. 13th, Nathaniel Dean Fisher, aged 83 years. Mr. Fisher was one of our oldest residents, and was a man held in high esteem by the community. Published in The Western New Yorker, date unknown ___________________ THE MANUFACTURERS OF GALT\emdash The Galt Foundry, Engine and Machine Works. What is being accomplished by Cameron & Cowan. North Water street is the abiding place of a number of the leading manufacturing enterprises concerning which mention is made in this issue of the REFORMER. Here we find the extensive works of Cameron & Cowan, an establishment that fills a prominent place in the productive interests of the country. The works have been established for a number of years, and since their inception have passed through a number of changes of proprietorship. The founder of the business was Mr. Dean Fisher, who was succeeded by Fisher & Lutz. They, in turn, gave place to the firm of Lutz, Cook & Co., and upon the death of Mr. Cook (who was so unfortunate as to lose his life in the workshops), the style changed to Lutz & Co. In September 1873 the firm became Cameron & Co., with Messrs. D. Cameron, T. Cowan and John Ballantine as co-partners, and upon the retirement of Mr. Ballantine from partnership in October last, the firm style changed to its present form, that of Cameron & Cowan. Each of the copartners has been for a long time connected with the works and with the manufacturing industries of the town. Mr. Cowan, Sr., was a member of the firms of Lutz, Cook & Co., and Lutz & Co., and for some years Mr. T. Cowan had been the traveler for the Works. Mr. Cameron, before entering this establishment, and been the general manager for Goldie & McCulloch. He, by the way, is, without doubt, one of the most thorough mechanics to be found in Canada to-day. His knowledge of the mechanical arts is not only practical but comprehensive, and his judgment is relied upon whenever his services can be secured as arbitrator or valuator. This practical knowledge brings forth good fruit in connection with the Works. It has enabled the firm to originate valuable improvements and to reduce them to practical application, so that now Cameron & Cowan may fairly be esteemed representative manufacturers. The card of the firm designates them as "iron founders and manufacturers of all kinds of steam engines, portable and stationary, with variable cut off, boilers and heaters, &c., and wood working machinery with all the latest improvements." The list of manufactures is certainly comprehensive, but at the same time the card outlines the special features of the business done. But while Messrs. Cameron & Cowan are in every way prepared to build engines, boilers, saw mill and other machinery, and have done an immense amount of that class of work, their real specialty just now, and for some time, has been wood working machinery. To state the varieties of machines made by the firm would but be to re-publish their circulars, and were the various machines mentioned by name few but practical machinists or manufacturers who use this class of machinery would comprehend the terms used. Suffice it to say that machinery of all kinds for the use of planning mills, sash, door and blind factories, furniture factories, &c., is made. Some of these machines are especially well known. For instance, there is the "Patent Revolving Bed Moulding Machine," an invention of the firm and owned and controlled by them, which is characterized by practical men everywhere who have seen it as one of the greatest improvements of the age in wood working machinery. Another prominent machine is the Revolving Bed Surface Planer with patent link. The REFORMER reporter is not enough of a mechanic to attempt an elaborate description of these or of any of the other machines made by the firm, and it is hardly needed, for descriptive circulars will be sent upon application to any address. When Messrs. Cameron & Co. took possession of the Works in September, 1873, the force of workmen employed was but about twenty-five. Now it is sixty-five. This, of course, signifies a corresponding increase of trade, and this development has been specially noticeable since the last Provincial Exhibition where the firm had machinery at work on exhibition. The impression created was in the highest degree favorable, and the firm have followed up the advantage thus won, not by awaiting orders, but by personally visiting prospective customers all over the Province. At the late exposition held at Sydney, New South Wales, the firm were also exhibitors, and with such good results that they have since shipped several thousand dollars worth of machinery to that remote section. More recently a very satisfactory trade has been opened up in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but after all the greatest market is here in Ontario where the Works and their products are best known. Each of the co-partners gives the business his undivided personal attention. Mr. Cameron attends to the workshops, and in this general superintendence is assisted by Mr. Ballantine, who is general manager. Mr. Cowan divides his time between the office and the road, and so each finds plenty to do. The results of their labor are easily appreciable, and the enterprise is in every way worthy of conspicuous mention. The Dumfries Reformer, May 29, 1878, forwarded by Elizabeth Dietrich

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.43. [S3101] New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900. Name:Nathaniel Dean Fisher Gender:Male Birth Date:15 Mar 1804 Birth Place:Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA Father:John Fisher Mother:Betsey [S1639] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1880 10th Census, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York; Roll: 948; Page: 305A; Enumeration District: 212. Nathaniel D. Fisher Age 76, b. New Hampshire, retired merchant Almira 69 b. New Hamshire, keeping house Armina E. 43, b. New Hampshhire, at home [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18554377/nathaniel-dean-fisher. [S2127] New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947. Name:Nathaniel D Fisher Marriage Date:3 Aug 1835 Event Type:Marriage Marriage Place:Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire Gender:Male Spouse Name:Almira Gage Spouse Gender:Female FHL Film Number:1000993

  
  

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  Born - 15 Mar 1804 - Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Married - 3 Aug 1835 - Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Occupation - foundry worker - 1842 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Founderer - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - wholesale leather business - - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1880 - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA Died - 13 Sep 1887 - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth