Bio of Wilbur F. FISK (b.1830 d.1904), Wright Co., MN
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Bios from:  Mitchell, William Bell, 
History of Stearns County, Minnesota.  Volume II.  
Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. and Co.  1915.

Page 958

Wilbur F. Fisk, an estimable citizen and worthy pioneer, now deceased 
was born in Lunanberg, Vermont, September 10, 1830, son of Henry and 
Lucinda (Keyes) Fisk, who came of a distinguished family prominent 
in the annals of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  About 1835 the family
moved to Whitefield, N.Y., where the father died in 1858, and the mother 
in 1847.  In 1851, Wilbur F. Fisk went to Peterboro, N.H.  Later he 
returned to his birthplace.  It was in 1857 that he came to Minnesota.  
He reached Clearwater June 10, and soon after that took in that vicinity 
the claim that thereafter continued to be his home.  February 14, 1865, 
he enlisted in Company E. First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, and was 
assigned to garrison duty at Nashville, Tenn., where he was mustered 
out, September 21 , 1865.  He then returned to his farm, took up the 
round of daily duty, and became a leading and substantial citizen.  
He died December 23, 1904.  Mr. Fisk belonged to that class of men 
who honestly, faithfully and quietly meet the everyday duties of life, 
and who make up the solid and safe element of citizenship upon which 
the nation's prosperity mainly rests.  He was a prominent member of 
the Old Settler's Association.  Mr. Fisk was married May 9, 1867, to 
Sarah M. Townsend and they had two daughters: Lillian Estella and
 Sarah Emily.  Lillian Estella married Azro Darling and they had 
four children: Sarah E., Howard F., Edith E. and Ira A.  Sarah Emily 
married Willard Dakin and died in 1909, leaving two children Willard F. 
and Marguerite E.

Sarah M. Townsend, now Mrs. Wilbur F. Fisk, is the daughter of Alvin and 
Harriet (Patrick) Townsend, natives of Pennsylvania.  Alvin Townsend was 
a carpenter by trade.  In 1855 he came to Minnesota and settled in Lynden 
township, where he secured a part of what is now the Clifford place.  The 
following year his wife, and his daughter, Sarah M., came, making the trip
from St. Paul in a wagon.  Mrs. Fisk is an estimable woman, a good wife 
and mother, and a good housewife, noted for her hospitality and cheerful 
temperament, as well as for her abilities as a home maker.  She is a member 
of the Old Settlers' Association, also a member of the Charles Gibbs Circle, 
No. 11, G.A.R., Clearwater, Minn.  She is a communicant of the Congregational 
Church.  Recently she has taken a homestead claim in North Dakota.