[1] Fisher's father moved the family to Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1836 to provide a better education for the children.
Three years later, the family moved to France, living first in Paris, then in Passy, and finally in Tours in 1840.
[3] He was initially the senior partner of the law firm Fisher, Denly and Provost, but a year later he began practicing with James Maurice He was also Register in Bankruptcy, part owner of the Brooklyn Times, and served as director and counselor of the Hospital and Charities Institutions and the Industrial School Association of Brooklyn.
While in the Assembly, he wrote a bill that gave resident aliens the right to acquire, hold, and convey real estate.
Emma died in 1888, and a year later Fisher married Katharine Weeks of East Norwich.