Sonoma-Tuolumne-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Fisk, John Colt 1829 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Fisk, John Colt. This pioneer saw-mill man was born in Brookfield, Orange
county, Vermont, September 13, 1825. His father's name was James and his
mother's maiden name was Eliza Colt. Both were to the manor born. He received
his education in the common schools and at the Brookfield Academy. At the age of
eighteen he went into the business of contracting and building railroad bridges,
on his own account. He continued at this till he was twenty-four years of age.
On the 13th day of November, 1849, he left Boston on the clipper ship
"Reindeer," bound for San Francisco. He arrived in April, 1850, and went direct
to the mines, locating at Jamestown, Tuolumne county. He engaged in mining in
different parts for about two years, and then went into Suisun valley in Solano
county, and raised the first general crop of grain ever grown in that valley. He
procured the seed from Captain Yount, in Napa valley. In November, 1852, he
started for a visit to his old home, returning in April, 1853. Upon his return,
he purchased a tract of land in the southern part of Vaca valley, Solano county.
He remained here till the Fall of 1858, when he moved to Napa valley and erected
a steam saw-mill. Here he remained two years. In 1860, he located on the coast
of Sonoma county, at the point which still bears his name— Fisk's Mill. Here he
leased a large tract of land from Mr. A. Duncan, and in the Winter of 1860, he
constructed his mill. He conducted the mill business at this place till the Fall
of 1864, when he disposed of it to F. Helmke. He remained in charge of the
business, however, for the next three years. In the Spring of 1867, Mr. Fisk
went to Fisherman's Bay and, associating his brother A. J. with him, under the
firm name of Fisk Bros., engaged in the merchandise, shipping, hotel and
blacksmith business. His brother died in 1874, since which time Mr. Fisk has
conducted the business. In 1855, Mr. Fisk was appointed a member of the first
Board of Supervisors of Solano county. He was appointed Postmaster at
Fisherman's Bay in 1874, holding the office ever since. He is also agent for
Wells, Fargo & Co. John C. Fisk was married June 19, 1853, to Miss Sarah M.
Hubbard, a native of Thetford, Vermont. Her father's name was Orange Hubbard, a
native of the same town and State, and her mother's maiden name was Lorane
Boardman. They have had eight children, six of whom, Walter W., Eugene F.,
George S., Charles B., Andrew J. and Frederick H. are now living.

Additional Comments:
Salt Point Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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