The Fairchild family has long roots in

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. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from

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in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling

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Genealogy

Among the notable members of the family are: *

Jairus C. Fairchild Jairus Cassius Fairchild (December 27, 1801 – July 18, 1862) was an American Democratic politician and a businessman. He was the first State Treasurer of Wisconsin and the first Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. He was the father of Wisconsin's tent ...

(1801–1862), who was the first mayor of

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, and married Sally Blair * Cassius (1829–1868), who served in the

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and died of wounds received in the

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. *

Lucius Fairchild Lucius Fairchild (December 27, 1831May 23, 1896) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and represented the United States as Minister to Spain under presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Ja ...

(1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846) Portrait of Elizabeth Nelson Fairchild

* Lucia (1872-1924), a

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, married Henry Brown Fuller * Blair (1877–1933), a

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* Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813 * James Fairchild, who was President of

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

* Henry Fairchild, who was President of

Berea College Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. Berea College charges no tuition; every a ...

. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt * Charles Grandison Fairchild, who was President of

Rollins College Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution. History Rollins Colle ...

. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean. *

Edward Henry Fairchild Edward Henry Fairchild (1815–1889) was an American educator and abolitionist. He served as principal of Oberlin Academy and as president of Berea College. Early years Fairchild was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His father was Grandison Fa ...

Fred Rogers Fairchild Fred Rogers Fairchild (August 5, 1877 – April 13, 1966) was an American economist and educator. Fairchild was born in Crete, Nebraska. His father was Arthur Babbitt Fairchild, a descendant of Thomas Fairchild, who settled in New England in 16 ...

Henry Pratt Fairchild Henry Pratt Fairchild (August 18, 1880 – October 2, 1956) was a distinguished American sociologist who was actively involved in many of the controversial issues of his time. He wrote about race relations, abortion and contraception, and immig ...

George Fairchild George Thompson Fairchild (October 6, 1838 – March 16, 1901) was an American educator and university president. Fairchild was the son of Grandison Fairchild. George was born on a farm in rural Lorain County, Ohio, and graduated with two degre ...

, who was President of

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. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted *

David Fairchild David Grandison Fairchild (April 7, 1869 – August 6, 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United State ...

, who was a distinguished American

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of

Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Te ...

* Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman

Other descendants

Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include: * Muir Stephen Fairchild

Sources

Fairchild Family History
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