Dr Ben Fisher

Dr Ben B Fisher was born March 24, 1870 in the Town
of Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois with a post office
address of Woosung.  His parents were Wilson Jewett
Fisher and Charlotte Ella Case.  They were married in
Milwaukee on December 31, 1868.  Dr. Fisher
married Emma Link on October 12, 1899. She was
born April 9, 1871 in Milwaukee and died
December 16, 1930.  They first lived in Milwaukee
but had moved to Wild Rose by 1905.  Dr. Fisher
treated Thomas Hanlon, one of the Wild Rose
robbers, for gun shot wounds in October of 1905. 
Beside being a wonderful doctor who made house
visits  he also took time to serve on the Wild Rose
chool board.  The Fishers had 6 children only Joan
lived past infancy.  Even a doctor couldn't save
babies from flu.  Joan married Alden Attoe.  In
1922, he warned people against public gatherings
on account of the "Flu Epidemic".  Dr. Fisher died
June 4, 1947.