Prominent among the enterprising and influential business
men of Macoupin County, is the gentleman whose name heads this narrative,
who is engaged in the lumber business at Shipman. He was born in Shipman
township, Macoupin County, Illinois, in 1876, and is a son of Frank and
Frances (Sayer) Fisk.
Frank Fisk was born in Michigan and came to
Illinois as a railroad employee of the Chicago & Alton railway in 1874.
Later he engaged in the lumber business at which he proved very successful
and became one of the leading men of his section. Still later he purchased a
farm in section 26, Shipman township, Macoupin County, where he engaged
extensively in the raising of Norman and Clydesdale horses. After the death
of Mr. Fisk, which occurred in 1898, our subject rented the farm to a tenant
and succeeded his father in the lumber business. Mrs. Frances (Sayer) Fisk,
the mother of our subject, died in 1890, at the age of 47 years.
Walter D. Fisk received his education in the district schools of Shipman
township and in 1897 engaged in the lumber business with his father, which
business he still continues with remarkable efficiency. He is a Democrat in
politics.
Extracted 2018 May 08 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 486-489.
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