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- from The Genealogy of the Meyer Family by Henry Meyer, 1890.
Calvin Fisher, was born at Freeburg, Pa., Sept. 18,
1843. He passed his younger days in his native town, attend-
ing the public schools of the place until the year 1853 when
he entered Freeburg Academy, an institution founded the
same year, and prosecuted for several years the study of
the Classics and other preparatory branches for a collegiate
course. But the idea of taking a full college course was
abandoned. He entered the teacher's profession in 1862,
taught five 3'ears in the common schools of Snyder, Dauphin,
Schuylkill counties during the Wkiter terms, while during
the Summer sessions, he served as teacher of the Primary
Department or as assistant Principal in the Freeburg Acadamy.
In 1867 he and his cousin Daniel B. Meyer purchased the
Central Courier and removed it from Selinsgrove to Freeburg.
The two were its editors and publishers until the decease of
Daniel B. Meyer, the senior partner, July 7, 1874, when
Daniel's brother Henry B. Meyer became associated with
Calvin in the management of the paper. The name of the
Journal was then changed to The Freeburg Weekly Courier^
under which head it has been issued ever since, the subject
of this sketch being its senior Editor. Calvin took a course
in the Williamsport Commercial College, receiving his diploma
Dec. 13, 1882. He is a gentleman of prominence in his
section and has filled several positions of trust, which are so
many proofs of the confidence which his many friends repose
in his ability and integrity. He is recognized as a writer
of more than ordinary ability, and under his management the
Courier has become one of the prominent Journals of Central
Pennsylvania. In Politics he is Kepublican. For some
unaccountable reason he is still single. Calvin has kindly
furnished me with many items for this work, for which I am
under lasting obligations. [2]
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1843 - 1933 (89 years)
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