He was the son of John Fisk and Mary Merrill Fisk.
On October 25, 1837 as C.B. Fisk, he married Mary E. Bender at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of eight children including Ada Campbell Fisk Reynolds and six children who died in infancy.
A Biographical Sketch of the Class of 1826, Yale College
Charles Bezaleel Fisk
Son of John and Mary Fisk, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 14, 1806. His father for many years held several responsible and important offices; among which were, Clerk of the Superior and County Courts for Middlesex County, Clerk of Probate and CityvClerk and Treasurer-a man of great integrity and fidelity to hisvpublic trusts.
Charles B. entered the Sophomore class in the fall of 1823 and soon attained a high position in mathematics. After leaving college, he engaged in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company as volunteer Rodman and from step to step, he arose to the position of Chief Engineer in 1839. During his connection with the canal, he was often called upon as consulting engineer for other public works. The canal was completed in 1850, but he remained in the service until 1852, when he was solicited to take charge of one of the State works in Virginia, the Covington and Ohio Railroad, which, from the peculiar nature of the difficulties to be overcome, was considered one of the greatest works in the United States. He accepted the position, and continued in the service of the State of Virginia until the breaking out of the rebellion. It is generally conceded by all who have known him, that he was at the head of his profession in the department of civil engineering. The nature of his profession and his long continued service in the employ of a single company, furnish fewer incidents in his every day life, than in the other learned professions; but we doubt not that he could have furnished much that would be interesting to his college friends. In October, 1837, he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bender, daughter of Major George Bender, of Washington City, D. C., by
whom he had two daughters. He died at Staunton, Virginia, January 11, 1866. His family reside in Washington City.
On October 25, 1837 as C.B. Fisk, he married Mary E. Bender at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of eight children including Ada Campbell Fisk Reynolds and six children who died in infancy.
A Biographical Sketch of the Class of 1826, Yale College
Charles Bezaleel Fisk
Son of John and Mary Fisk, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 14, 1806. His father for many years held several responsible and important offices; among which were, Clerk of the Superior and County Courts for Middlesex County, Clerk of Probate and CityvClerk and Treasurer-a man of great integrity and fidelity to hisvpublic trusts.
Charles B. entered the Sophomore class in the fall of 1823 and soon attained a high position in mathematics. After leaving college, he engaged in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company as volunteer Rodman and from step to step, he arose to the position of Chief Engineer in 1839. During his connection with the canal, he was often called upon as consulting engineer for other public works. The canal was completed in 1850, but he remained in the service until 1852, when he was solicited to take charge of one of the State works in Virginia, the Covington and Ohio Railroad, which, from the peculiar nature of the difficulties to be overcome, was considered one of the greatest works in the United States. He accepted the position, and continued in the service of the State of Virginia until the breaking out of the rebellion. It is generally conceded by all who have known him, that he was at the head of his profession in the department of civil engineering. The nature of his profession and his long continued service in the employ of a single company, furnish fewer incidents in his every day life, than in the other learned professions; but we doubt not that he could have furnished much that would be interesting to his college friends. In October, 1837, he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bender, daughter of Major George Bender, of Washington City, D. C., by
whom he had two daughters. He died at Staunton, Virginia, January 11, 1866. His family reside in Washington City.
He was the son of John Fisk and Mary Merrill Fisk.
On October 25, 1837 as C.B. Fisk, he married Mary E. Bender at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of eight children including Ada Campbell Fisk Reynolds and six children who died in infancy.
A Biographical Sketch of the Class of 1826, Yale College
Charles Bezaleel Fisk
Son of John and Mary Fisk, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 14, 1806. His father for many years held several responsible and important offices; among which were, Clerk of the Superior and County Courts for Middlesex County, Clerk of Probate and CityvClerk and Treasurer-a man of great integrity and fidelity to hisvpublic trusts.
Charles B. entered the Sophomore class in the fall of 1823 and soon attained a high position in mathematics. After leaving college, he engaged in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company as volunteer Rodman and from step to step, he arose to the position of Chief Engineer in 1839. During his connection with the canal, he was often called upon as consulting engineer for other public works. The canal was completed in 1850, but he remained in the service until 1852, when he was solicited to take charge of one of the State works in Virginia, the Covington and Ohio Railroad, which, from the peculiar nature of the difficulties to be overcome, was considered one of the greatest works in the United States. He accepted the position, and continued in the service of the State of Virginia until the breaking out of the rebellion. It is generally conceded by all who have known him, that he was at the head of his profession in the department of civil engineering. The nature of his profession and his long continued service in the employ of a single company, furnish fewer incidents in his every day life, than in the other learned professions; but we doubt not that he could have furnished much that would be interesting to his college friends. In October, 1837, he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bender, daughter of Major George Bender, of Washington City, D. C., by
whom he had two daughters. He died at Staunton, Virginia, January 11, 1866. His family reside in Washington City.
On October 25, 1837 as C.B. Fisk, he married Mary E. Bender at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of eight children including Ada Campbell Fisk Reynolds and six children who died in infancy.
A Biographical Sketch of the Class of 1826, Yale College
Charles Bezaleel Fisk
Son of John and Mary Fisk, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 14, 1806. His father for many years held several responsible and important offices; among which were, Clerk of the Superior and County Courts for Middlesex County, Clerk of Probate and CityvClerk and Treasurer-a man of great integrity and fidelity to hisvpublic trusts.
Charles B. entered the Sophomore class in the fall of 1823 and soon attained a high position in mathematics. After leaving college, he engaged in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company as volunteer Rodman and from step to step, he arose to the position of Chief Engineer in 1839. During his connection with the canal, he was often called upon as consulting engineer for other public works. The canal was completed in 1850, but he remained in the service until 1852, when he was solicited to take charge of one of the State works in Virginia, the Covington and Ohio Railroad, which, from the peculiar nature of the difficulties to be overcome, was considered one of the greatest works in the United States. He accepted the position, and continued in the service of the State of Virginia until the breaking out of the rebellion. It is generally conceded by all who have known him, that he was at the head of his profession in the department of civil engineering. The nature of his profession and his long continued service in the employ of a single company, furnish fewer incidents in his every day life, than in the other learned professions; but we doubt not that he could have furnished much that would be interesting to his college friends. In October, 1837, he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bender, daughter of Major George Bender, of Washington City, D. C., by
whom he had two daughters. He died at Staunton, Virginia, January 11, 1866. His family reside in Washington City.
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