Samuel Fichthorn
Samuel W. Fichthorn, is a son of Samuel and Ann Fichthorn, and was born in this county, March 31, 1850, where he was reared, educated, and married Miss Mary A. Ford, daughter of E. L. Ford, whose biography appears in this work. They have two surviving children: Charles R. and Zella M., and one Clide M. who died, November 21, 1880, aged thirteen months.
Mr. Fichthorn has a farm of thirty-one acres, also has control of one hundred acres of his father-in-law's farm. He farms to both grain and stock. He is not an aspirant to otfice, consequently has held none of the county offices. He is a Republican, and a highly respected citizen who has many friends.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County