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Greenleaf Fisk Sr.

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Greenleaf Fisk Sr.

Birth
Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA
Death
26 Jan 1888 (aged 80)
Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA
Burial
Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA
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Greenleaf Fisk moved to Texas in 1834 and settled near what is now Bastrop.
He served under Capt. Jesse Billingsley at the Battle of San Jacinto. After
the war, he returned to Bastrop, where he was the clerk of the district Court'
He was then elected to the Texas House of Representatives (1838-1839). In
1860 Fisk moved his family to Brown County, where he had been granted title to
1,280 acres of land for his service to the Republic of Texas. In Brown County,
Fisk held a variety of positions, including county judge, justice of the peace,
county surveyor, district clerk, county clerk, and county treasurer. Fisk founded
the city of Brownwood (incorporated in 1877).

Judge Greenleaf Fisk " Father Of Brownwood Texas"
Spouses: (1) Mary A. Manlove daughter of Bartholomew Manlove (2) Margaret Jane Manlove Lane daughter of Bartholomew Manlove(3) Mary Piper Hawkins
Children of Mary A. Manlove & Greenleaf Fisk : William A. Fisk, James B. Fisk, Ann E. Fisk, Josiah Fisk, Margaret J. Fisk,Sarah A. Fisk,Mary A. Fisk,
Children of Mary Pipers Hawkins & Greenleaf Fisk: Greenleaf Jr. Fisk, Cicero Fisk, Emma Fisk, Hosea Fisk, Naomi Fisk, Mattie Fisk, Phoebe Fisk, Milton Fisk,

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FISK, JUDGE GREENLEAF
Judge Greenleaf Fisk formerly lived in Brownwood and died at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He came to Texas in 1832 and served in the war of Texas Independence, being at the battle of San Jacinto. He had resided in Brown County for a long time, locating there before the county was organized, and held every office in the county except that of sheriff, which he refused to have. (Fort Worth Daily Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex, Jan 2, 1889

You can view the Cenotaph here: Cenotaph
Greenleaf Fisk moved to Texas in 1834 and settled near what is now Bastrop.
He served under Capt. Jesse Billingsley at the Battle of San Jacinto. After
the war, he returned to Bastrop, where he was the clerk of the district Court'
He was then elected to the Texas House of Representatives (1838-1839). In
1860 Fisk moved his family to Brown County, where he had been granted title to
1,280 acres of land for his service to the Republic of Texas. In Brown County,
Fisk held a variety of positions, including county judge, justice of the peace,
county surveyor, district clerk, county clerk, and county treasurer. Fisk founded
the city of Brownwood (incorporated in 1877).

Judge Greenleaf Fisk " Father Of Brownwood Texas"
Spouses: (1) Mary A. Manlove daughter of Bartholomew Manlove (2) Margaret Jane Manlove Lane daughter of Bartholomew Manlove(3) Mary Piper Hawkins
Children of Mary A. Manlove & Greenleaf Fisk : William A. Fisk, James B. Fisk, Ann E. Fisk, Josiah Fisk, Margaret J. Fisk,Sarah A. Fisk,Mary A. Fisk,
Children of Mary Pipers Hawkins & Greenleaf Fisk: Greenleaf Jr. Fisk, Cicero Fisk, Emma Fisk, Hosea Fisk, Naomi Fisk, Mattie Fisk, Phoebe Fisk, Milton Fisk,

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FISK, JUDGE GREENLEAF
Judge Greenleaf Fisk formerly lived in Brownwood and died at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He came to Texas in 1832 and served in the war of Texas Independence, being at the battle of San Jacinto. He had resided in Brown County for a long time, locating there before the county was organized, and held every office in the county except that of sheriff, which he refused to have. (Fort Worth Daily Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex, Jan 2, 1889

You can view the Cenotaph here: Cenotaph

Inscription

"Fare well my wife and children all from you a Father Christ doth call,morn not for me it is vain to call me to your sight again"

Gravesite Details

There is a bronze medallion place on the stone from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

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