John Proctor is the fifth and eldest son of Ebenezer and Hannah Fiske, desiring to fit himself for the profession of teaching, entered a teacher's department of Phillips Academy. After teaching two or three winters he took charge of a select school in Cedarville, N. J., from 1840 to 1842. He then entered the classical department of the
Phillips Academy and completed the preparatory course in the languages. For two years he taught in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and for the following nine years was principal of the Hancock school, in Lowell, Mass. For many years subsequently he was principal of the preparatory department of the Beloit, Wis., College, which institution conferred the degree of M. A. upon him in 1857.
In 1865 he was elected deacon of the First Congregational Church in Beloit. He left off teaching in the preparatory department of Beloit College in June, 1871, and went to Chicago to engage in business. After four years he began to sell books and continued in that
business until Mar., 1893, when he went to Chicago to live with his son, and since then he has not been able to do anything.
(FISKE AND FISK FAMILY BEING THE RECORD OF THE Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV. to Date, including all the American Members of the Family. by FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.)
Phillips Academy and completed the preparatory course in the languages. For two years he taught in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and for the following nine years was principal of the Hancock school, in Lowell, Mass. For many years subsequently he was principal of the preparatory department of the Beloit, Wis., College, which institution conferred the degree of M. A. upon him in 1857.
In 1865 he was elected deacon of the First Congregational Church in Beloit. He left off teaching in the preparatory department of Beloit College in June, 1871, and went to Chicago to engage in business. After four years he began to sell books and continued in that
business until Mar., 1893, when he went to Chicago to live with his son, and since then he has not been able to do anything.
(FISKE AND FISK FAMILY BEING THE RECORD OF THE Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV. to Date, including all the American Members of the Family. by FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.)
John Proctor is the fifth and eldest son of Ebenezer and Hannah Fiske, desiring to fit himself for the profession of teaching, entered a teacher's department of Phillips Academy. After teaching two or three winters he took charge of a select school in Cedarville, N. J., from 1840 to 1842. He then entered the classical department of the
Phillips Academy and completed the preparatory course in the languages. For two years he taught in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and for the following nine years was principal of the Hancock school, in Lowell, Mass. For many years subsequently he was principal of the preparatory department of the Beloit, Wis., College, which institution conferred the degree of M. A. upon him in 1857.
In 1865 he was elected deacon of the First Congregational Church in Beloit. He left off teaching in the preparatory department of Beloit College in June, 1871, and went to Chicago to engage in business. After four years he began to sell books and continued in that
business until Mar., 1893, when he went to Chicago to live with his son, and since then he has not been able to do anything.
(FISKE AND FISK FAMILY BEING THE RECORD OF THE Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV. to Date, including all the American Members of the Family. by FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.)
Phillips Academy and completed the preparatory course in the languages. For two years he taught in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and for the following nine years was principal of the Hancock school, in Lowell, Mass. For many years subsequently he was principal of the preparatory department of the Beloit, Wis., College, which institution conferred the degree of M. A. upon him in 1857.
In 1865 he was elected deacon of the First Congregational Church in Beloit. He left off teaching in the preparatory department of Beloit College in June, 1871, and went to Chicago to engage in business. After four years he began to sell books and continued in that
business until Mar., 1893, when he went to Chicago to live with his son, and since then he has not been able to do anything.
(FISKE AND FISK FAMILY BEING THE RECORD OF THE Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV. to Date, including all the American Members of the Family. by FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.)
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