Biography

01/24/1852 - 05/09/1910

FISHEL, Dr. Henry W., a Representative from York County; born, January 24, 1852 in Siddonsburg, York County, Pa.; graduated, Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania), 1876; M.D., University of Maryland, 1886; teacher, Shippensburg and Millersville State Normal Schools; physician; engaged in drug business; elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Democratic Convention (1883); elected, council and school director, Dillsburg; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1894); general agent, E. H. Butler Company, book publishers; ear, nose and throat specialist (1905-1910); died, May 9, 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.