San Diego County Obituaries

Lyman F. Fisk

Submitted by Michael Harris 

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San Diego Union; November 17, 1870

DIED
In the Sweetwater Valley, San Diego county, about the 7th of November 
1870, Lyman F. Fisk, a native of New York, aged 38 years.
	Lyman F. Fisk was brutally murdered by unknown parties on or 
about the 7th of November, on the ranch of W. C. Richards, by whom he 
was employed. His remaines were not discovered until the 9th instant, and 
was buried on the 11th by his neighbors in the valley. The writer first made 
his acquaintance in Eureka, Sierra county, where he resided a number of
years. The deceased was an honorable, highminded man, one of the 
noblest works of god. His untimely taking off has cast a gloom over the
whole community here, by whom he was an esteemed and respected.
Thow wert called without a moments wrning, May thy ashes rest in peace.
J. R. McFarland
Sweetwater Valley, Nov. 11th, 1870.