Chessmur Arlen Fisher was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Fisher. The Fisher family came from the east and farmed in Minnie Lake Township. Mr. Samuel Fisher was a member of the State Legislature in 1894. He was an excellent photographer and retired from the farm to open one of the first studios in Valley City. C. A. Fisher and Abbie Montgomery were married and began farming in Grand Prairie Township. Abbie Montgomery was the daughter of George and Mary Ann (Gould) Montgomery of Wisconsin, who came to Dakota Territory in 1880 and filed on a homestead and a tree claim in Weimer Township. They were a musical family and a family of school teachers. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fisher had two sons, Edgar and Samuel, and three daughters - Mabel, Edith and Mary. Edgar A. Fisher was born October 21, 1889; he graduated from Valley City High School and the University of North Dakota as a mining engineer. He enlisted in the Army Engineer Corps of World War I in 1918. He gave his life and the Valley City American Legion, Edgar A. Fisher Post carries his name. Mr. C. A. Fisher worked with his father in the pioneer studio known as Fisher & Company, and was treasurer of Barnes County for two terms and then he was State Treasurer - 1925-1928 after a four year term as deputy U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Fargo, North Dakota. Mrs. Abbie M. Fisher died in 1905. After a few years Mr. Fisher married Ida Montgomery, a sister of his first wife. Mr. Fisher died in 1948 and his wife Ida M. Fisher died in 1952.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 70