Background
Fisk was born on June 25, 1833 in Brunswick, Ohio.
Fisk was born on June 25, 1833 in Brunswick, Ohio.
Sources have differed on his residential history, but he apparently settled in Fort Howard, Wisconsin in 1853. There, his father, Joel South. Fisk, became Postmaster. Fisk would operate a shingle mill before becoming a lumberman and bank president and director
On January 8, 1855, Fisk married Mary J. Driggs.
They would have four sons, including Wilbur Doctorate. Fisk, who would become Treasurer of Fort Howard. Mary"s sister, Martha, would marry Samuel Ryan, Junior.
After Mary"s death in April of 1903, Fisk married Hattie Trowel. He died on March 1, 1909.
Previously, he had been Postmaster of Fort Howard from 1862 to 1865.
He was a Republican.
Fisk was a member of the Assembly from 1875 to 1877.