FISK, Nelson Wilbur

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 190

Nelson Wilbur FISK, manufacturer, Isle La Motte, was born 05 August 1854 at 
Isle La Motte [Grand Isle County, Vermont], son of Hiram C. and Cynthia 
(CLARK) FISK. His great grandfather, Ichabod FISK, came to the island in 
1788 and settled on the farm which has since been the family home. Nelson 
Wilbur FISK was educated at Montpelier Seminary, Fort Edward Institute 
[Washington County], New York, and Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie 
[Dutchess County, New York]. By the death of his father [Hiram C. FISK] in 
1884, Nelson Wilbur FISK succeeded to the Fisk marble quarries, the oldest in 
Vermont, having been opened in 1664, contemporaneous with the building of 
Fort St. Anne on Isle La Motte, and which he has operated to date. Chairman 
of the board of trustees, State Industrial School, 1894; trustee of Johnson 
State Normal School several years; since 1896 a trustee of the University of 
Vermont; state commissioner California Midwinter Exposition 1894, and the 
Pan-American Exposition in 1900. Republican; represented Isle La Motte in the 
Vermont Legislature, 1882 and 1884; delegate to the national Republican 
convention at Chicago in 1888, and at Minneapolis in 1892; lieutenant 
governor of Vermont 1896-1898. Methodist. In 1880 he [Nelson Wilbur FISK] 
married [Miss?] Elizabeth Beckwith HUBBELL of Chazy [Clinton County], New 
York; they have no children.

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