Typed by: Jan Shelfer

Surnames: FISCHER, WIRZ, MIMS, HARRINGTON

WALTER DAN FISCHER

 

     Walter Dan Fischer, b. 1891 in a tent near Marlin, Falls County, Texas when his father worked on the railroad, d. in 1960 in Marlin-a son of Johann Daniel Fischer, II of Germany and Lena (Wirz) Fischer of Swiss and German parents.

     Walter Dan attended Marlin school, and went to work as a teenager for the Schimming-Eddins Plumbing Company. In 1914, he married Mabel Agnes Mims, b. 1890-a daughter of Robert Asbury and Eugenia Adelaide (Harrington) Mims of North Carolina. The Mims family had moved to Falls County, and owned a farm near Bald Hill, while residing in Marlin. Mabel Agnes had three brothers, John, Linus, and Marvin Mims; and it was Marvin Mims (Texas A&M Class of 1926) who co-authored the song, "The Spirit of Aggieland."

     Three sons were born to Walter Dan and Mabel Agnes (Mims) Fischer: Walter Ernest Fischer, b. 1916; Leonard Albert Fischer, b. 1918; and Leslie Eugene Fischer, b. 1923.

     During World War II-with his sons in the military service, Walter Dan worked in a defense plant. After the war, he reopened his plumbing business with his sons under the name of Fischer Company; and it continues operation under the ownership of Leonard Albert Fischer in 1986.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 154, column 2.

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