Mahala (Fisk) Pillsbury was born in the town of Springfield, N.H., May 8, 1832. Her father, Capt. John Fisk, and her mother, Sarah (Goodhue) Fisk, were long residents of Warner. The families of both of her parents were prominent in the early settlement of New England.
Her early years were passed at Warner, N. H., where she had the inestimable training of a New England Christian home. Later she had the advantages of an education at the Hopkinton Academy and at Sanhornton Seminary, where she graduated at the age of nineteen. During the years she was attending school and afterwards, until married, she was a teacher in the schools at Keene and other localities.
She was married to John S. Pillsbury, Nov. 3, 1856, and came with her husband to St. Anthony that month. On their arrival at Dubuque, Mr. Pillsbury, owing to the lateness of the season was obliged to stop for a few days to attend to the freight on his goods, and Mrs. Pillsbury proceeded up river alone, and on arrival at Hastings the passengers were obliged to change from the boat to the stage. Mr. Pillsbury followed in a few days on horseback, and joined his wife at the St. Charles Hotel, St. Anthony. Soon after they commenced housekeeping in apartments much smaller than they occupy today. Here they experienced in those early years the usual hardships and struggles of pioneers, but their domestic lives were blessed with the charms which education, music, church and benevolent work afforded. Mrs. Pillsbury identified herself with the First Congregational Church and became a worker for its success, which she has seen grow from its weak beginning until it is now one of the strongest in the state. During all of this time she has been a teacher in its Sunday school.
In 1880, Mrs. Pillsbury joined with other benevolent women in the establishment of a children's home, which was changed from one location to another until the society built a permanent home on Stevens avenue and Thirty-second street, at a cost of $40,000. Mrs. Pillsbury is president of the society. She is also interested in the Northwestern Hospital for Women and in the Washburn Home, in which she is a trustee. The present year she has had built a home for young women, where those worthy will find a pleasant home at a low expense. Her husband joined her in making a present of the building to the Women's Christian Association, at a cost of several thousand dollars. Mrs. Pillsbury says that her instinct to make other people happy, and to provide for their wants, is one of the gifts which God gave her and which she has always cultivated.
Of their five children, Addie A., the oldest, was married to Charles M. Webster, Oct. 4, 1884 and died April 2, 1885; Susan M. was married to Fred B. Snyder, Sept. 23, 1885, and died Sept. 3, 1891, leaving one son; Sarah Belle was married, June 28, 1892, to Edward C. Gale of Minneapolis, Alfred was married in June, 1899, to Miss Eleanor Field, daughter of Chief justice Field of Boston, Mass.
Died of chronic heart disease in Minneapolis.
Her early years were passed at Warner, N. H., where she had the inestimable training of a New England Christian home. Later she had the advantages of an education at the Hopkinton Academy and at Sanhornton Seminary, where she graduated at the age of nineteen. During the years she was attending school and afterwards, until married, she was a teacher in the schools at Keene and other localities.
She was married to John S. Pillsbury, Nov. 3, 1856, and came with her husband to St. Anthony that month. On their arrival at Dubuque, Mr. Pillsbury, owing to the lateness of the season was obliged to stop for a few days to attend to the freight on his goods, and Mrs. Pillsbury proceeded up river alone, and on arrival at Hastings the passengers were obliged to change from the boat to the stage. Mr. Pillsbury followed in a few days on horseback, and joined his wife at the St. Charles Hotel, St. Anthony. Soon after they commenced housekeeping in apartments much smaller than they occupy today. Here they experienced in those early years the usual hardships and struggles of pioneers, but their domestic lives were blessed with the charms which education, music, church and benevolent work afforded. Mrs. Pillsbury identified herself with the First Congregational Church and became a worker for its success, which she has seen grow from its weak beginning until it is now one of the strongest in the state. During all of this time she has been a teacher in its Sunday school.
In 1880, Mrs. Pillsbury joined with other benevolent women in the establishment of a children's home, which was changed from one location to another until the society built a permanent home on Stevens avenue and Thirty-second street, at a cost of $40,000. Mrs. Pillsbury is president of the society. She is also interested in the Northwestern Hospital for Women and in the Washburn Home, in which she is a trustee. The present year she has had built a home for young women, where those worthy will find a pleasant home at a low expense. Her husband joined her in making a present of the building to the Women's Christian Association, at a cost of several thousand dollars. Mrs. Pillsbury says that her instinct to make other people happy, and to provide for their wants, is one of the gifts which God gave her and which she has always cultivated.
Of their five children, Addie A., the oldest, was married to Charles M. Webster, Oct. 4, 1884 and died April 2, 1885; Susan M. was married to Fred B. Snyder, Sept. 23, 1885, and died Sept. 3, 1891, leaving one son; Sarah Belle was married, June 28, 1892, to Edward C. Gale of Minneapolis, Alfred was married in June, 1899, to Miss Eleanor Field, daughter of Chief justice Field of Boston, Mass.
Died of chronic heart disease in Minneapolis.
Mahala (Fisk) Pillsbury was born in the town of Springfield, N.H., May 8, 1832. Her father, Capt. John Fisk, and her mother, Sarah (Goodhue) Fisk, were long residents of Warner. The families of both of her parents were prominent in the early settlement of New England.
Her early years were passed at Warner, N. H., where she had the inestimable training of a New England Christian home. Later she had the advantages of an education at the Hopkinton Academy and at Sanhornton Seminary, where she graduated at the age of nineteen. During the years she was attending school and afterwards, until married, she was a teacher in the schools at Keene and other localities.
She was married to John S. Pillsbury, Nov. 3, 1856, and came with her husband to St. Anthony that month. On their arrival at Dubuque, Mr. Pillsbury, owing to the lateness of the season was obliged to stop for a few days to attend to the freight on his goods, and Mrs. Pillsbury proceeded up river alone, and on arrival at Hastings the passengers were obliged to change from the boat to the stage. Mr. Pillsbury followed in a few days on horseback, and joined his wife at the St. Charles Hotel, St. Anthony. Soon after they commenced housekeeping in apartments much smaller than they occupy today. Here they experienced in those early years the usual hardships and struggles of pioneers, but their domestic lives were blessed with the charms which education, music, church and benevolent work afforded. Mrs. Pillsbury identified herself with the First Congregational Church and became a worker for its success, which she has seen grow from its weak beginning until it is now one of the strongest in the state. During all of this time she has been a teacher in its Sunday school.
In 1880, Mrs. Pillsbury joined with other benevolent women in the establishment of a children's home, which was changed from one location to another until the society built a permanent home on Stevens avenue and Thirty-second street, at a cost of $40,000. Mrs. Pillsbury is president of the society. She is also interested in the Northwestern Hospital for Women and in the Washburn Home, in which she is a trustee. The present year she has had built a home for young women, where those worthy will find a pleasant home at a low expense. Her husband joined her in making a present of the building to the Women's Christian Association, at a cost of several thousand dollars. Mrs. Pillsbury says that her instinct to make other people happy, and to provide for their wants, is one of the gifts which God gave her and which she has always cultivated.
Of their five children, Addie A., the oldest, was married to Charles M. Webster, Oct. 4, 1884 and died April 2, 1885; Susan M. was married to Fred B. Snyder, Sept. 23, 1885, and died Sept. 3, 1891, leaving one son; Sarah Belle was married, June 28, 1892, to Edward C. Gale of Minneapolis, Alfred was married in June, 1899, to Miss Eleanor Field, daughter of Chief justice Field of Boston, Mass.
Died of chronic heart disease in Minneapolis.
Her early years were passed at Warner, N. H., where she had the inestimable training of a New England Christian home. Later she had the advantages of an education at the Hopkinton Academy and at Sanhornton Seminary, where she graduated at the age of nineteen. During the years she was attending school and afterwards, until married, she was a teacher in the schools at Keene and other localities.
She was married to John S. Pillsbury, Nov. 3, 1856, and came with her husband to St. Anthony that month. On their arrival at Dubuque, Mr. Pillsbury, owing to the lateness of the season was obliged to stop for a few days to attend to the freight on his goods, and Mrs. Pillsbury proceeded up river alone, and on arrival at Hastings the passengers were obliged to change from the boat to the stage. Mr. Pillsbury followed in a few days on horseback, and joined his wife at the St. Charles Hotel, St. Anthony. Soon after they commenced housekeeping in apartments much smaller than they occupy today. Here they experienced in those early years the usual hardships and struggles of pioneers, but their domestic lives were blessed with the charms which education, music, church and benevolent work afforded. Mrs. Pillsbury identified herself with the First Congregational Church and became a worker for its success, which she has seen grow from its weak beginning until it is now one of the strongest in the state. During all of this time she has been a teacher in its Sunday school.
In 1880, Mrs. Pillsbury joined with other benevolent women in the establishment of a children's home, which was changed from one location to another until the society built a permanent home on Stevens avenue and Thirty-second street, at a cost of $40,000. Mrs. Pillsbury is president of the society. She is also interested in the Northwestern Hospital for Women and in the Washburn Home, in which she is a trustee. The present year she has had built a home for young women, where those worthy will find a pleasant home at a low expense. Her husband joined her in making a present of the building to the Women's Christian Association, at a cost of several thousand dollars. Mrs. Pillsbury says that her instinct to make other people happy, and to provide for their wants, is one of the gifts which God gave her and which she has always cultivated.
Of their five children, Addie A., the oldest, was married to Charles M. Webster, Oct. 4, 1884 and died April 2, 1885; Susan M. was married to Fred B. Snyder, Sept. 23, 1885, and died Sept. 3, 1891, leaving one son; Sarah Belle was married, June 28, 1892, to Edward C. Gale of Minneapolis, Alfred was married in June, 1899, to Miss Eleanor Field, daughter of Chief justice Field of Boston, Mass.
Died of chronic heart disease in Minneapolis.
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