Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07
DEATH OF MRS. JAMES FISK.

A peaceful end came to long and use
full life last Sunday morning in the death of
Mrs. James Fisk, which occurred lust as
the church bells were ringing their second
call, and the worshipers were gathering in
their various places. Mrs. Fisk has long
been an invalid, and while her death was
not unexpected, it came after two or three
days of unusual strength and cheerfulness
and with no painful or distressing circum-
stances.
Mrs. Fsk's maiden name was Love
Crowl Ryan. She was born i'm Putney. as
was her sister Mary, only Is months her
senior, who afterward became the wife of
John w. Frost, and the mother of Miss
Lizzie Frost, Mrs. w. II. Minor, Edward
G. Frost and Mrs. G. b. Goodell. The
father of Mrs. Fisk died when she was
very young, and her mother married
Maj. Stephen Greenleaf, for so many
years clerk of the town, and one of the
best known men in our local history.
Their BrattlebOrO residence was ON Green
leaf street in West Brattleboro, afterward
the Frost homestead, where Myron Thur
Der now lives.
Mrs. Fisk was first married in 1882 to
Mr.. Ball, with whom she moved to Graf
ton, Mass. Mr.. Ball lived only a few
months, and after his death she returned to
Brattleboro, and remained here until her
marriage to James Fisk, then of Benning-
ton, in 1886. After two or three years
MIR. and Mrs. Fisk came to BrattlebOro.
where nearly the whole of their after life
was spent. They owned and lived in
different houses in the village, until Mr..
Fisk built the Revere House, in which
they lived for many years. The hotel was
built and opened by Mr. Fisk as a temper
ance house, to carry out his lifelong con-
victions on that subject.
AT the time of Mrs. Fisks marriage to
Mr.. Fisk, James Fisk, jr., was a child of
between two and three years old. The
birth of their daughter, now Mrs. George
W. Hooker, took place after their removal
to Brattleboro. To the son Mrs. Fisk
gave mothers unstinted love and devo-
tlon, and in his mature years he repaid it
with a devotion as strong, having known
no mothers care but hers.
For few years, about the time of Col.
James Fisk, jr.'s, death, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fisk lived in New York with Col and Mrs.
Hooker, but they always turned to Brattle-
borO as their home.
Mrs. Fisk was a woman of great gentle
ness and of genuine kindness of heart, with
an innate dignity and sef-control-quali-
ties which grew in her later years to give
her rarely charming and benignant pres
ence. She had a fondness for young
people, and lively interest in what inter
ested those around her, which kept her
own heart young and made her always
delightful companion. BY the friends of
her younger days it is now recalled that
She kept to the very last a quick sympathy
for all those friends, and in her con-
versation with them required with delight
to early scenes and surroundings. Since
the death of her husband, Mrs. Fisks
home has been with her daughter, Mrs. G..
w. Hooker, and the decline of her life has
been as peaceful and happy as one could
wish.
The funeral was held at the house at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning, Rev. f. w.
Sprague officiating and conducting
simple and impressive service, and Miss
Lenna Thomas furnishing solo music.
There were many beautiful flowers, and a
very large company of friends gathered
to pay last tribute of esteem and affection.