Greenleaf Fisk
| Greenleaf Fisk | |
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| Member House of Representatives Republic of Texas |
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In office 1838–1839 |
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| Member Texas Rangers | |
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In office 1836–1846 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 19, 1807 Albany, New York |
| Died | January 26, 1888 (aged 80) Brownwood, Texas |
| Resting place | Greenleaf Cemetery Brownwood, Tx |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Manlove Margaret Jane Manlove Mary Piper Hawkins |
| Children |
With Mary Ann Manlove William Augustus (1836–1867) James Bartholomew (1838–1882) Ann Elizabeth (1840–1926) Josiah (1842–1920) Margaret Jane (1846–1859) Sarah Ann (1848–1857) Mary Elmira (1851–1879) With Mary Piper Hawkins Greenleaf Jr (1858–1939) Cisero (1861–1894) Emma(1861–1952) Hosea (1864–1949) Naomi (1865–1958) Martha "Mattie" (1867–1848) Phoebe (1869–1929) Milton Cleveland (1874–1965) |
| Alma mater | Lane's Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio Hanover College |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Greenleaf Fisk (1807–1888) was a pioneer, known as the Father of Brownwood, Texas. When a land and water dispute necessitated a new site for Brown County's seat of Brownwood, Fisk donated the land for the new location. He was a military veteran of the Texas Revolution and was a member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives. Fisk was a Chief Justice when he lived in Bastrop, Texas. When he relocated his family to Brown County, he became a substantial land owner and served the people in several positions of local government. In 1968, the home of Greenleaf Fisk was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, marker number 2273. February 25, 2004, the home was put on the National Register of Historic Places, Ref # 4000103.
Greenleaf Fisk was born in Penfield, Monroe County, New York, May 19, 1807 to Nathan Fisk and Rebecca Canfield Fisk. Many documents inaccurately report that he was born in Albany, New York. At the age of twelve, Fisk worked on a dairy farm in New Jersey.
Fisk originally intended to enter the Presbyterian ministry and enrolled in Lane's Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. He furthered his education at Hanover College in Indiana.
In 1834, Fisk moved to Bastrop County in the community of Mina, which eventually became the city of Bastrop. It was here that he met and married his first wife Mary Ann Manlove, daughter of Col. Bartholomew "Bat" Manlove. He built a Stagecoach Inn on his property at 1005 Hill Street in Bastrop, as a wedding present for his bride. The house is now on the National Historic Register (#78003353). He later sold it and two more veterans of San Jacinto lived in the house—Jesse Halderman and Campbell Taylor.
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