BIOGRAPHY: John H. Fisher

FROM MEDLIN CHAPEL CHURCH RECORDS, SUBMITTED BY JOHNNIE ROBERTSON, CLERK: J.H. Fisher was born in Grayson County, Texas, December 22, 1860. His father was W.E. Fisher and mother Sarah Fisher. He commenced preaching among the Missionary Baptists in 1888, and joined the Old School Baptist in January of 1893 and has been preaching among them forty-two years. He was ordained at Campbellsburg, Kentucky, in June 1893. He immediately moved to Texas where he was raised. He was pastor at Collinsville some five years, and then moved to Young County, Texas; and was pastor of Medlan Chapel Church for some thirty-six years, having been called there in 1899. He taught school ten years before he began preaching. After he had preached three years among the new school Baptist, he became dissatisfied, resigned their churches, and during the winter of 1892 - 1893, he joined the old order of Baptist. He lived at Collinsville five years, Ft. Worth two years, and now here thirty-five years. Served the churches at these places, and at True, Texas, and at Munday, and at Odell several years, Shiloh in Stephens County, also served the church at Palo Pinto, at Mineral Wells, and at Lucile in Palo Pinto County. Also served Union Grove Church in Cook County, and the church at Dixie, north of Whitesboro in Grayson County. Served the church at Silverton and at Cone for a while, and served the church at Crosbyton two years. He sat in the Peace Meeting that met at Munday in 1934, and sat in the Peace Meeting that met at Dallas, Texas in 1926. These two meetings brought a great number of our people together that had been alienated for several years. He was moderator of Mt. Zion Church, and they commenced holding annual associational meetings in and around Young County in 1900. Then in 1929 the Mt. Zion and Unity association united under the name of Mt. Zion Unity association. Our people in north Texas have had a united flow of peace and union ever since. The Mt. Zion Church here was without any pastor when they called Elder Fisher in March 1899. The membership was small, but something like 150 members have been baptized into this church during his ministry. He served two terms of four years in the State Legislature.