Cornelia Ann Parmalee Fisk, eldest known child of Moses Fisk, Jr. and Mary Johnson, b. Aug. 5, 1828 at Waterville, VT. She d. Jan. 10, 1889 at Lawrence, KS.
In Nov. 1855, Cornelia m. Thomas Gleed, s. of Rev. John Gleed and Elizabeth Pettyjohn, an upcoming young attorney at Lamoille County, VT, He d. Aug. 20, 1861 at age 35 at Morrisville, VT. They had four children, but only two survived beyond infancy, Charles Sumner Gleed, in Mar. 1856, and James Willis Gleed, in Mar. 1859.
In Dec. 1852 at Morrisville, VT, Cornelia's younger sister Anna Mary Fisk m. as his 2nd wife, Jonathan Coleman Burnett. By Dec. 1858 the Jonathan Burnett family relocated to the Kansas Territory at present-day Bourbon County. Cornelia and her two surviving sons followed by 1866 and were living at Lawrence, KS in June 1870 as a separate enumerated household within the dwelling occupied by the large family of her sister, Anna Mary (Fisk) Burnett. Cornelia's two sons would become prominent attorneys in the history of Kansas and prominent with the early affairs of Kansas University, the Sante Fe (the A.T.&S.F.) railroad, as well as being involved in multiple business enterprises at Lawrence and Topeka, KS.
In March 1885 Cornelia was the head of her own family at Topeka, KS that included her two sons. By the time of her death in 1889 both sons had married and were associated with Kansas University at Lawrence where she died and is interred.
In 1922 Cornelia's youngest son, James Willis Gleed, had published from manuscript his speech previously given to a class of graduating women: "The Wealth of the Spirit," subtitled "A True Story of a Transplanted New England Mother, As Told by a Grateful Son to a Class of Young Women at Graduation." The memorialist would encourage descendants of the Fisk and Gleed families to read it, freely available in digitized format at http://archive.org/
In Nov. 1855, Cornelia m. Thomas Gleed, s. of Rev. John Gleed and Elizabeth Pettyjohn, an upcoming young attorney at Lamoille County, VT, He d. Aug. 20, 1861 at age 35 at Morrisville, VT. They had four children, but only two survived beyond infancy, Charles Sumner Gleed, in Mar. 1856, and James Willis Gleed, in Mar. 1859.
In Dec. 1852 at Morrisville, VT, Cornelia's younger sister Anna Mary Fisk m. as his 2nd wife, Jonathan Coleman Burnett. By Dec. 1858 the Jonathan Burnett family relocated to the Kansas Territory at present-day Bourbon County. Cornelia and her two surviving sons followed by 1866 and were living at Lawrence, KS in June 1870 as a separate enumerated household within the dwelling occupied by the large family of her sister, Anna Mary (Fisk) Burnett. Cornelia's two sons would become prominent attorneys in the history of Kansas and prominent with the early affairs of Kansas University, the Sante Fe (the A.T.&S.F.) railroad, as well as being involved in multiple business enterprises at Lawrence and Topeka, KS.
In March 1885 Cornelia was the head of her own family at Topeka, KS that included her two sons. By the time of her death in 1889 both sons had married and were associated with Kansas University at Lawrence where she died and is interred.
In 1922 Cornelia's youngest son, James Willis Gleed, had published from manuscript his speech previously given to a class of graduating women: "The Wealth of the Spirit," subtitled "A True Story of a Transplanted New England Mother, As Told by a Grateful Son to a Class of Young Women at Graduation." The memorialist would encourage descendants of the Fisk and Gleed families to read it, freely available in digitized format at http://archive.org/
Cornelia Ann Parmalee Fisk, eldest known child of Moses Fisk, Jr. and Mary Johnson, b. Aug. 5, 1828 at Waterville, VT. She d. Jan. 10, 1889 at Lawrence, KS.
In Nov. 1855, Cornelia m. Thomas Gleed, s. of Rev. John Gleed and Elizabeth Pettyjohn, an upcoming young attorney at Lamoille County, VT, He d. Aug. 20, 1861 at age 35 at Morrisville, VT. They had four children, but only two survived beyond infancy, Charles Sumner Gleed, in Mar. 1856, and James Willis Gleed, in Mar. 1859.
In Dec. 1852 at Morrisville, VT, Cornelia's younger sister Anna Mary Fisk m. as his 2nd wife, Jonathan Coleman Burnett. By Dec. 1858 the Jonathan Burnett family relocated to the Kansas Territory at present-day Bourbon County. Cornelia and her two surviving sons followed by 1866 and were living at Lawrence, KS in June 1870 as a separate enumerated household within the dwelling occupied by the large family of her sister, Anna Mary (Fisk) Burnett. Cornelia's two sons would become prominent attorneys in the history of Kansas and prominent with the early affairs of Kansas University, the Sante Fe (the A.T.&S.F.) railroad, as well as being involved in multiple business enterprises at Lawrence and Topeka, KS.
In March 1885 Cornelia was the head of her own family at Topeka, KS that included her two sons. By the time of her death in 1889 both sons had married and were associated with Kansas University at Lawrence where she died and is interred.
In 1922 Cornelia's youngest son, James Willis Gleed, had published from manuscript his speech previously given to a class of graduating women: "The Wealth of the Spirit," subtitled "A True Story of a Transplanted New England Mother, As Told by a Grateful Son to a Class of Young Women at Graduation." The memorialist would encourage descendants of the Fisk and Gleed families to read it, freely available in digitized format at http://archive.org/
In Nov. 1855, Cornelia m. Thomas Gleed, s. of Rev. John Gleed and Elizabeth Pettyjohn, an upcoming young attorney at Lamoille County, VT, He d. Aug. 20, 1861 at age 35 at Morrisville, VT. They had four children, but only two survived beyond infancy, Charles Sumner Gleed, in Mar. 1856, and James Willis Gleed, in Mar. 1859.
In Dec. 1852 at Morrisville, VT, Cornelia's younger sister Anna Mary Fisk m. as his 2nd wife, Jonathan Coleman Burnett. By Dec. 1858 the Jonathan Burnett family relocated to the Kansas Territory at present-day Bourbon County. Cornelia and her two surviving sons followed by 1866 and were living at Lawrence, KS in June 1870 as a separate enumerated household within the dwelling occupied by the large family of her sister, Anna Mary (Fisk) Burnett. Cornelia's two sons would become prominent attorneys in the history of Kansas and prominent with the early affairs of Kansas University, the Sante Fe (the A.T.&S.F.) railroad, as well as being involved in multiple business enterprises at Lawrence and Topeka, KS.
In March 1885 Cornelia was the head of her own family at Topeka, KS that included her two sons. By the time of her death in 1889 both sons had married and were associated with Kansas University at Lawrence where she died and is interred.
In 1922 Cornelia's youngest son, James Willis Gleed, had published from manuscript his speech previously given to a class of graduating women: "The Wealth of the Spirit," subtitled "A True Story of a Transplanted New England Mother, As Told by a Grateful Son to a Class of Young Women at Graduation." The memorialist would encourage descendants of the Fisk and Gleed families to read it, freely available in digitized format at http://archive.org/
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