Jacob & Elizabeth Fischer
Wedding Photograph
February 1891
Jacob Fischer and Elizabeth
Weisman were married 26 February 1891 at the Sand
Prairie Lutheran Church in Sand Prairie Township,
Tazewell County, Illinois.
Jacob had
come to America from Germany and would be declared
a naturalized citizen at the Tazewell County Courthouse
in Pekin on 7 November 1892.
Jacob and Elizabeth farmed all
their married life in Elm Grove
Township.
Jacob and Elizabeth raised
five children: John, George, Anna, Edward and Laura. Laura
died at the young age of twelve from spinal meningitis. Their
son, John, farmed the land after Jacob's death in 1918
until about 1941.
The
Fischer's wedding photograph was taken by pioneering
photographer H. H. Cole.
