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Birth: Jan. 26, 1855 Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jan. 21, 1928 Lycoming County Pennsylvania, USA Gazette and Bulletin, Monday January 23, 1928, pg. 7 LYMAN J. FISK PASSES AWAY Noted Cornetist And Early Leader In Williamsport Musical Circles Dies After Long Illness Lyman Jackson Fisk, in his day one of the best known musicians and band and orchestra leaders in Pennsylvania, and a cornetist of note, died Saturday morning at 3 0'clock at his home 330 Mulberry street, after a lingering illness. Mr. Fisk was born January 26, 1854, and had been a life-long resident of Williamsport. He was widely known in the city, and to his friends and acquaintances he was just plain "Jim". In the old days, when Williamsport was known as "The Lumber City", Mr. Fisk was employed in the planning mills, and in his spare time he practiced on the cornet. Having mastered the cornet, Mr. Fisk became a prominent figure in Williamsport's musical circles. He and the late Valentine ("Tiny") Stopper years ?????the Stopper and ???which became famous as the seasons went by. "Tiny", the name by which he was known to everyone, was a fine violin player. For more than twenty-five years the Stopper and Fisk orchestra played the shows at Elliot's Academy of Music, now known as the Elliot block. He was known a member of the Fisk, Krimm & Co. dealers in musical instruments, etc. This firm also for some time carried on a music publishing house. While a partner of Charles C. Beeber in the management of the old Lycoming opera house, (now the Keystone) the Stopper and Fisk orchestra furnished the music for the shows there, and under several other managements. The Stopper and Fisk was the only real theater orchestra in the Business. Organized Military Band Even in the old days of Ulman's opera house, Williamsport's first real theater, Mr. Fisk was in the orchestra during the regime of Haywood's Varieties. He was the organizer and director of the Fisk Military band, which during its existence was known as the best musical organization to march by and keep proper step with in all Pennsylvania. Mr. Fisk also was the first director of the Imperial Teteques, the first all-Masonic band in the country, a development of a brass quartet, who called themselves the "T-T-Q's"-triple tongue quartet, and he led that now famous musical organization for a number of years. Of late years Mr. Fisk was not so active in musical circles, having dropped out on account of his health. Had Retired From Business At one time during his business career, Mr. Fisk was the manager of the state employment office in Williamsport and for a number of years he was identified with the Williamsport Outdoor Advertising company, of which his son, Harry E. Fisk is the manager. He had not been actively engaged in business for some years. Mr. Fisk was a well-known member of the Masonic fraternity, having been a member of all the Masonic bodies in Williamsport. Surviving him are four sons, two daughters and one sister. The sons are Charles M. Fisk, of Weiser, Idaho; Harry E. and George L. of this city; and John F. of Scranton. The daughters are Lillian May Fisk, of this city and Mrs. B. T. Hale, Jr. of West Chester. Mrs. Lillian Daugherty, wife of the Rev. John H. Daugherty, is a sister of the deceased. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home , 330 Mulberry street, and interment will be made in Wildwood. The Rev. Dr. David DeForest Burreji, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John H. Daugherty, pastor of Pine Street Methodist Episcopal church. The pallbearers will be F. H. Otto, N. R. Hubbard, R. H. Thorne, George T. Trimble, George E. Graff, J. W. Bowman and John F. Eder. Family links: Parents: William Jackson Fisk (1832 - 1905) Harriet A. Hanmer Fisk (1833 - 1908) Spouse: Emma L. Young Fisk (1855 - 1919)* Children: Harry Edward Fisk (1882 - 1946)* George Llewellyn Fisk (1884 - 1938)* Ida Fisk Hale (1886 - 1964)* Lillian May Fisk (1887 - 1931)* John Freemont Fisk (1894 - 1942)* Siblings: Lyman James Fisk (1855 - 1928) Charles Mussina Fisk (1859 - 1915)* George Watson Fisk (1864 - 1905)* Lillian Fisk Daugherty (1872 - 1945)* *Calculated relationship Note: Middle name might be Jackson. It seems to flucuate Burial: Wildwood Cemetery Williamsport Lycoming County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: 736 CE Created by: Karen Record added: Mar 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 34722692
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