Josiah Fisk (September 8, 1781 in Haverhill,

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– August 10, 1844 in Keeseville,

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Amos Fisk and Mary (Wheeler) Fisk. In 1806, he married Phebe Peters (1785–1860), and they had seven children. He was a member of the

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(Clinton Co.) in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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(4th D.) from 1832 to 1835, sitting in the 55th, 56th, 57th and

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s. He was President of the Temperance Society of Keeseville. He was buried at the Keeseville Old Cemetery in

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 129f, 140, 202f and 273; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisk, Josiah 1781 births 1844 deaths People from Haverhill, New Hampshire People from Keeseville, New York New York (state) state senators Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century American politicians People from Grafton County, New Hampshire