Background
Fields, John was born on July 29, 1871 in near Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of David T. and Sara (Mosser) Fields.
Fields, John was born on July 29, 1871 in near Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of David T. and Sara (Mosser) Fields.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1891.
Assistant chemist, Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station, 1891, technical expert, New York, 1895. Assistant chemist, 1896-1897, associate chemist, 1898-1899, director and chemist, 1899-1906, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. Associate professor of chemistry, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanics
College, 1898-1899.
Business agent same, 1900-1906. Editor Oklahoma Farmer, 1902-1924. Vice president Farmers National Bank, 1924-1926.
Vice president The Federal Land Bank and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, both of Wichita, 1926-1928, president, 1929-1933.
Vice-president and director Union National Bank of Wichita, since 1934. President Times Company, publications Oklahoma (daily) Times, 1915, Oklahoma State Fair, 1909-1912.
Republican candidate for government, 1914. Republican candidate for government, 1922.
Home: Wichita, Kansas
Married Caro Chamberlain Emerson, July 14, 1900.