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of railroad trucks. Mr. Fisher married
Ann Lowrey, of New York City.
(II) Daniel M. Fisher, son of William
and Ann (Lowrey) Fisher, was born August
21, 1846, in Saybrook, Connecticut.
He attended the public schools of New
York City. During the greater part of
his life he was engaged in the insurance
business. He was a veteran of the 7th
Regiment, New York National Guard.
Mr. Fisher married Emma L. Reed,
daughter of Sands Reed, of Norwalk, Con-
necticut, and their only child, Clinton
Reed, is mentioned below. The death of
Mr. Fisher occurred October 12, 1912.
(III) Clinton Reed Fisher, son of Daniel
M. and Emma L. (Reed) Fisher, was
born July 15, 1870, in Darien, Connecticut.
He received his education in New
York public schools. When the time
came for him to enter upon the active
work of life he entered the service of
Henry Clews & Company, well known
bankers of the metropolis, with whom he
remained seven years, acquiring a thorough
insight into the methods of banking
and laying up a fund of valuable experience.
In 1891 the Stamford Trust Company
was organized, and Mr. Fisher en-
tered their service in the capacity of
bookkeeper. As time went on he filled,
successively, every position up to his
present one of treasurer, becoming assist-
ant treasurer on July i, 1917, and in July,
1918, being elected treasurer. During the
many years which have elapsed since he
associated himself with the institution he
has, by the excellence of his work and the
clearsighted wisdom of his words of coun-
sel, contributed in no small measure to
the maintenance and extension of its
strength and prosperity. The well-nigh
unceasing demands of duty have left Mr.
Fisher little leisure for social enjoyment,
and the only club in which he holds membership
is the Suburban Club of Stamford.
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Of the obligations of citizenship he has
always been mindful, and no institution or
cause which he deemed worthy of encouragement
has appealed to him in vain.
Mr. Fisher married, October 24, 1895,
Janet Sammis, daughter of Frederick H.
and Elizabeth (Hatfield) Sammis, of Ore-
gon, Illinois, and they are the parents of
one son, Edward C, born August 2, 1896
graduated from the New York Law
School in 1917, and in December of the
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following year was admitted to the bar.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The record of Mr. Fisher is one of
quiet, forceful and effective usefulness in
a position involving high trusts and great
responsibilities. He is a type of man
essential to the upbuilding of large cities
and of all communities.
HUBBARD, Frederick Augustus,
liawyer. Public Official.
An able member of the Fairfield county
bar. Judge Frederick A. Hubbard, is also
a representative of one of the earliest fam-
ilies of New England. It is an old tra-
dition in the Hubbard family that the
name was derived from Hubba (Ubba or
Ubbo), the Danish sea king, who in the
fall of 866 with an immense fleet and
twenty thousand warriors landed on the
coast of East-Abglia or Kent to avenge
the death of his father, Ragnar Logbrog.
The latter had made his name a cause for
terror on the shores of the Baltic and the
British Isles on account of his invasions.
After taking possession of Paris, he
planned an invasion of England, and his
expedition was wrecked on the coast of
Northumbria, but Ragnar, with a band of
his followers who reached the shore, began
their usual career of depredation in
spite of the inferiority of their numbers.
When the Northumbrians learned of the
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