John mckissack biography
- John McKissick (September 25, 1926 – November 28, 2019) was a head football coach of Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina.
- John McKissack, born in 1844, was noted for his church designs, in particular Girvan Parish Church, Clydebank United Free Church and another in Tarbert, Loch.
- When John McKissack sr was born in 1715, in Ireland, his father, John Robert McKissack Jr, was 39 and his mother, Rebecca Elizabeth Simmons, was 45.
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John McKissick
American football player and coach (1926–2019)
| Born | (1926-09-25)September 25, 1926 Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. |
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| Died | November 28, 2019(2019-11-28) (aged 93) Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| 1948–1949 | Brevard |
| 1950–1951 | Presbyterian |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| 1952–2014 | Summerville HS (SC) |
| Overall | 621–155–13 |
| 10 South Carolina state (1955, 1956, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1998) | |
| 1980, 1994 and 2003 HS Coach of the Year | |
John McKissick (September 25, 1926 – November 28, 2019) was a head football coach of Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina. In 2012, he became the first American football coach in history (high school, college, or professional) to win 600 career games. His 600th win came against Summerville's Ashley Ridge High School.[1] Up until 2013, he had never missed a game in 62 years and was the longest serving high school football coach of all time. He led Summerville to 10 state championships. With 621 wins, McKissick held the record for most wins by a football coach a
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John McKissack (1745 - 1815)
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Son of John Jonathon McKissack and Rebecca (Symonds) McKissack
Brother of Robert McKissack, William McKissack and Thomas McKissack
Husband of Mary Jane (Hudson) McKissack — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DescendantsFather of James McKissack, William McKissack Sr., Duncan McKissack, Jonathan McKissack, Thomas Jefferson McKissack, Archibald McKissack, Elizabeth (McKissack) Breeding, Mary (McKissack) Pennington, Lucenda (McKissack) Stewart, John McKissack III and Nancy (McKissack) Allen
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Biography
John McKissack, IV was born about 1745 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, a son of John McKissick, son of John Robert McKissack. Granville County was created in 1746 from part of Edgecombe County. Around 1764, John married Mary Jane Hudson. They were living in Granville county at the time of the American Revolutionary War, where his
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The Early Works of John McKissack and Son
James McKissack was born in Glasgow in 1875, the son of John McKissack, a successful architect in the city. At that time McKissack Senior had recently formed a partnership with William G. Rowan and this was to continue 1890.
John McKissack, born in 1844, was noted for his church designs, in particular Girvan Parish Church, Clydebank United Free Church and another in Tarbert, Loch Fyne. Many other churches designed before 1890 are attributed to him, but were probably actually the work of his partner, Rowan. These include churches in Pollokshields, Paisley, Queen’s Park, Govanhill and Swinton Road, Glasgow. By 1890 when the partnership was dissolved, James McKissack was already working for his father as an apprentice, having joined the firm in 1889 at the age of 14. He was to continue in this role until John McKissack’s death in August 1915 at the age of 71.
Having commenced his career under his father’s tutelage, James McKissack would have spent a lot of time copying and working up his designs, for then, as now, dra
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