PN FISKE, Fidelia

[s. 256] : Born at Shelburne, Ma ., May 1,1816; in 1831 was a pupil and then teacher at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary with Mi Mary Lyon. She embarked Maich 1, 1843, for the Nestor i an Mi ion of the ABCFM at Urmia, Persia, company with Mr. and Mrs. Perkins and Mar Yohannan (returning to Persia). Mi Fiske’s work was in the girls’ school, and it was upon this school that she left the impre of her consecrated life. Not only the pupils but the women of the neighborhood learned to look to the school and to Mi Fiske for deep, spiritual instruction. After laboring there 14 years impaired health compelled Mi Fiske to return to the United in States in 1858. She was usefully employed in the United States, giving addre es on mi ions and taking part in She died in revival work at South Hadley. Shelburne, Ma ., July 26, 1864. ch033.xhtml f 256