Erastus William Fisher was born February 18, 1874 at West Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, the son of John and Josephine Rosetta Lyon Fisher, the seventh child of a family of ten children. The old home at West Bountiful still stands today [1939], nearly hidden from view by the branches of an old walnut tree.

When he was five years old his parents moved to East Bountiful where they had built a two-story cement house with six rooms and basement. He was quite a favorite of his father and used to be with his father a great deal while growing up to manhood. When he was quite a small boy he would go to the Sandridge with his father and help with the harvesting of the grain, and take care of Aunt Harriet's baby while she cooked for the headers and the thrashers and the men hired.

He graduated from the district schools in Bountiful, later going to L.D.S. College for two years in Salt Lake City, and the University of Utah one year. He belonged to the first University football team.

He worked as a market-garden farmer, gathering a load of fruit and vegetables about three days a week and get up about two in the morning and go to Salt Lake City to sell his load on the market. When his brother Irvin went on a mission to the Hawaiian Islands he rented his farm and did quit well, buying my little diamond engagement ring, and paying $80.00 for a gold watch and chain for himself, of which he was very proud.

When he was about fifteen, he met his sweetheart down by the old mill stream, at the Heber C. Kimball flour mill. After a four-year courtship, we were married at the Salt Lake Temple, 1 November 1893. Twelve children were born to us - eight sons and four daughters. Except for the first two and half years spent in West Bountiful and Lakeview, Tooele County, where he taught school, has been spent on the Sandridge, as this place was more familiarly known at that time, now West Point, Davis County, Utah. He got busy and built our first home the first summer. The little red brick house on the hill still stands today.

He taught school thirteen years at Syracuse and Clinton, He was school Trustee for a number of years and helped plan and erect the West Point school house. He retired from school teaching and spent most of his time in farming and fruit raising, being a very successful farmer. Fifteen years later he built a larger brick home on the north end of his farm for his fast growing family.

He held several church offices as Sunday School Teacher, First Councilor to the Sunday School Superintendent, and later Ward Clerk for a number of years. He also served as a Home Missionary for a year. He was President of the West Point Ditch Association. He was also time keeper when the Davis and Weber County Dam was constructed at East Canyon.

Failing health forced him to retire from public life in the fall of 1930. In the spring of 1931 on April 25 he departed this life at the age of 57 years, his life's work being completed. He held office as High Council at the time of his death.

--written by his wife, Margaret Elvina Fisher

8 November 1939