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and freer "to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," because of some 

 small service on our part. 



May the new year see a continuance of the effort to spread broadcast the ideals 

 of the Audubon Society of Ohio. — Katherixe Ratterm.\xx, Secretary. 



Since the above was written, the Society has lost its President. Almost his 

 last work was to read and approve this report. — (K. R.) 



3Dn jfflSemoriam 



WILLIAM HUBBELL FISHER 



Born November 26, 1843, Died October 6, 1909 



"Will ve not send one tone of sorrow 



Through the pines, — one murmur low; 



Shall not the green fields, 

 From your voices know 



That I, your friend, am gone?" 



"William Hubbell Fisher, the friend of birds and children, has passed away. 

 Always a lover of nature and her works, a devoted friend of birds and their pro- 

 tection, he organized the Audubon Society of 

 Ohio in 1898, and was elected its President, 

 and has been reelected every year since. He 

 never missed an opportunity to advance the 

 cause of birds and the study of their lives and 

 habits. 



"Resolved: That the Audubon Society of 

 Ohio has lost its most valuable member, and 

 it hereby extends to the family its sincere 

 sympathy in its great loss." 



In these words the Audubon Society of 

 Ohio, through its Committee, tried to express 

 its deep sorrow in the loss of its President, who 

 died, after a very short illness, October 6, 

 1909. 



William Hubbell Fisher was Ijorn in 

 Albany, New York, November 26, 1843, the 

 son of Rev. Samuel Ware Fisher, a Presbyte- 

 rian minister, who later became president of william hubbell fisher 

 Hamilton College, at Clinton, New York, and it was there that William Hubbell 

 Fisher graduated in 1864. 



He always associated himself with such organizations as tended to the uplift 

 and the raising of the ideals of humanity, and his loss will be felt in many circles 

 of Cincinnati and other localities, where his happy, genial disposition made him 

 such a general favorite. A man of culture and refinement, he was a valuable 



