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OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES:
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
by H. W. Beckwith
Publ. Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers
1879
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Blount Twp. -
ELI FAIRCHILD, Danville, farmer and
stock-dealer, section 2, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois,
on the 11th of February, 1835, and is a son of Daniel F.
Fairchild, who came with his father to this county in 1829,
and settled about seven miles northwest of Danville, where his
widow still lives. The subject of this sketch was raised a
farmer, which occupation he still continues. He went to
school some during the winter months. Mr. Fairchild
was married to Clarisa A. Demarest on the 6th of March,
1856, who was born in this county on the 10th of October, 1836.
They are the parents of ten children, nine living:
Alice J., Rachel A., Ida L., Jessie M., Logan A., and
Milton E. and Elizabeth E., who are twins, and
Eddy and Eva K., also twins. The deceased was
John. Mr. Fairchild has held the office of school
director nine years, and overseer of roads eight years. He
is a radical republican and a Methodist.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 897 |
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Blount Twp. -
ELKANAH FAIRCHILD, Danville, farmer,
section 2, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 14th
of June, 1845, and is a son of Daniel Fairchild, one of
the pioneers of the county, and a minister of the Methodist
church of considerable note, and a man of great influence.
The subject of this sketch was married on the 25th of January,
1866, on the 21st of May, 1847. They are the parents of
five children, four living; Ina O., born on the
16th of January, 1872; Ella G., born on the 13th of
April, 1873; Grant, born on the 1st of July, 1878;
Minnie A., born on the 21st of October, 1866, and died on
the 9th of January, 1867. Mr. Fairchild enlisted in
the late war in 1864, in Co. B, 135th Ill. Vol. Inf., and served
five months. He did picket duty, and was mustered out at
Mattoon. He sells a few cattle and hogs every year, and
farms quite extensively. Mr. Fairchild owns two
hundred and sixty acres of land, is all in all a well-to-do
farmer, and well respected by all who know him. He is a
republican and a Methodist.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 901 |
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Blount Twp. -
FRANCIS M. FAIRCHILD, Danville, farmer and
stock-dealer, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, on the
10th of November, 1858, and is a son of Daniel Fairchild,
one of the early settlers of this county, and a minister of
considerable note of the Methodist church. He married more
couples and preached more funeral sermons than probably any
other man in the county. The subject of this sketch was
married on the 30th of March, 1870, to Ina B. Fitzgerald,
who was born in this county on the 20th of April, 1848.
They are the parents of five children, four living: Charles
W., born Dec. 4, 1870; Lola M., born Aug. 14, 1872;
Daisy W., born Nov. 9, 1875; Oliver L., born June
28, 1877. Mr. Fairchild has held the office of
collector one term, and has been Sunday-school superintendent.
He fattens and ships from two to four car-loads of cattle a
year, and some hogs. He owns three hundred and
eighty-eight acres. Mr. Fairchild is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics is a republican.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 902 |
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Blount Twp. -
HARRISON FAIRCHILD, Danville, farmer and
stock-dealer, section 34, was born in Vermilion county,
Illinois, in the 25th of December, 1840. His father,
Daniel Fairchild, was a very noted Methodist minister, and
was one of the pioneers of this county, coming here in 1829.
Mr. Harrison Fairchild was married to Sarah E.
Leanborn on the 8th of March, 1865. She was born in
this county on the 11th day of September, 1845. They are
the parents of seven children: Daniel W., born on the
28th of September, 1866; Lillie J., born on the 3d of
January, 1869; Ettie O., born on the 23d of July, 1870;
Oscar H., born on the 2d of January, 1872; Joseph,
born on the 13th of November, 1873; Myrtie, born on the
28th of August, 1875, and Roscoe S., born on the 12th of
May, 1878. Mr. Fairchild enlisted in 1861 in the
late war, with Co. B, 25th Ill. Inf. Vol., and served three
years. He was in the battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville
(Ky.), Nolansville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and was at the
siege of Corinth. He received a slight wound in the arm,
and another in the leg, and was mustered out at Springfield,
Illinois. He lost two brothers in the war. Mr.
Fairchild fattens from two to three car loads of cattle
annually, and from seventy-five to one hundred head of hogs.
He has held the office of school director five years, and
overseer of roads five years. He owns three hundred and
fifteen acres of land, worth $25 per acre. He is a
republican, and in religion a Methodist.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 899 |
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Blount Twp. -
NATHANIEL R. FAIRCHILD, Danville, farmer
and stock dealer, section 3, was born in Vermilion county,
Illinois, on the 15th of August, 1843. He has followed the
occupation for four years. Mr. Fairchild has been
twice married; first to Elisabeth Fitzgerald, on the 21st
of April, 1869. She was born in Vermilion county,
Illinois, on the 8th of November, 1844, and died on the 19th of
August, 1874. They had by this marriage three children,
two living: Marshall C., born on the 26th of
January, 1870, and Ada B., born on the 11th of September,
1871. The deceased was an infant. Mr. Fairchild
was then married, on the 30th of March, 1875, to Sara Dore,
who was born in Vermilion county in 1842. They have by
this union two children: Daniel J>, born the 19th of
January, 1876, and Wesley E., born on the 28th of July,
1878. The father of Mr. Fairchild, Daniel Fairchild,
was on of the early settlers of this county, having come here in
1829. He was a very noted minister of the Methodist
church. He is a republican and a Methodist.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H.
Hill and Co., 1879 - Page 900 |
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Ross Twp. -
WILLIAM T. FAIRCHILD,
Rossville, Farmer, was born in Blount township, Vermilion
county, on the 9th of November, 1847, and is the son of Zenas
and Mary Ann (Hastings) Fairchild. He was reared as a
farmer, and has always lived in the county in which he was born.
He was married on the 12th of February, 1874, to Dialemma
Ann Moss, who was born on the 5th of October,
1850, and died on the 16th of December, 1875. He was married
again, on the 4th of' October, 1877 to Eleanor
Busenbark, who was born on the 19th of May, 1855. Mr.
Fairchild is the father of two children, one of whom is
living: Lily May, who was born on the 10th of
November, 1878. The name of the deceased is Charles
Wesley, who was born on the 11th of June, 1875, and died on
the 25th of September, 1875. Mr. Fairchild is a
republican, and he belongs to the United Brethren church.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 682
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Grant Twp. -
WATT FINLEY, Hoopeston, farmer, was born
in Dearborn county, Indiana, on the 4th of November, 1833. He is
the son of David and Nancy (Miller) Finley. His
parents removed the same year to this county and settled near
Catlin. In the spring of 1846 his older brother,
David, enlisted in Capt. Lewis Payne's company of
an Indiana regiment; fought at Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and Cerro
Gordo; died at Puebla of scarlet fever in March, 1847. In
the spring of 1855, he, in company with his brother Miller
and his sister Nancy (now Mrs. Samuel Frazier,
of Danville), settled on a farm of two hundred acres, in
sections 24 and 25, town 23, range 12, where he now lives.
He has made stock-raising his principal business, and has been
successful in accumulating a handsome property. He is one
of the substantial and sterling citizens of Grant township, and
is held in universal esteem. He was married on the 17th of
April, 1859, to Miss Margaret Davis,
daughter of Amaziah Davis, deceased. She was
born on the 16th of April, 1834. They have three children:
David, born on the 29th of August, and died on the 30th
of September, 1860; Mary, born on the 25th of February,
1863; Charles, born on the 6th of September, 1867.
Mr. Finley owns seven hundred and forty acres of
land, worth $26,000. He is a republican. Mrs. F. is
a member of the M. E. church.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
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Carroll Twp. -
DAVID P. FISHER, Indianola, retired, was
born in Brown county, Ohio, in 1809, and lived there until he
was eighteen years of age. He then moved to Indiana.
He lived there seven years, and in 1834 he came to Vermilion
county, Illinois, and settled on his present place. In 1833 he
worked in Chicago. On the 22d of April, 1834, he married
Miss Jane Weaver. She was born in Clermont county,
Ohio, and was raised in Brown county of the same state. In
1828 she came west with her parents, who settled in Vermilion
county. Mr. Fisher owns thirteen hundred and
twenty-five acres of land in this county. They had five
children, four living: Michael, John, George and
Lucinda. Mr. Fisher knows Chicago from the very
earliest periods, for, in addition to having worked there in
1833, he has hauled produce there, having made his first trip as
early as 1835.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
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JOHN FLETCHER, Ridge Farm,
farmer and stock dealer, section 33, was born in Clinton county,
Ohio, on the 20th of May, 1815, and was raised to the occupation
of a farmer, which he has followed successfully through life.
He moved with his father to this state in 1836, and settled near
Vermilion Grove, where he remained until 1839, and then moved to
Pilot Grove. Mr. Fletcher was one of the pioneers
of this county, hence he knows something of the hardships of a
pioneer life. He is considered one of the better citizens
of Vermilion, is straight in all his dealings, and well
respected by all. Mr. Fletcher has been twice
married; first to Rachel Ruth, on the 19th of Oct. 1835,
who was born in Ohio in 1815, and died on the 15th of September,
1862. They had by this union seven children, six of whom
are living: Sarah, Henry, Mary A., J. W. F., Armanda and
James P. The deceased was William. He was
then married, in 1864, to Lydia Haworth, who was born in
Tennessee. Mr. Fletcher's father came to America in
1893 from Ireland. He had no property when he first moved,
but by industry, hard labor and economy has acquired a good
property of two hundred and thirty acres of fine land. He
has given considerable property to his children. He held
at one time five hundred and forty acres of land. He is a
republican, and belongs to the Friends church.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 596 |
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Elwood Twp. -
JOHN FOLGER, Ridge Farm, farmer,
and minister of the Friends church, section 25, was born in this
county on the 19th of September, 1829, his father being one of
the pioneers of this county, settling here in 1829, hence he
shared the hardships of a pioneer life. He went to school
in the winter, and afterward attended Vermilion Grove Academy
one term, and then attended Bloomingdale two terms. He was
married on the 14th of September, 1853. His wife was born
in Parke county, Indiana, on the 18th of August, 1831.
They are the parents of nine children, eight living: Alonzo,
Julius Adelphus, Romania, Ida E., Rachel E., Clara T. and
Lottie R. Mr. Folger has held the office of
school treasurer for ten years. His father was a nataive
of North Carolina, and his mother was born on the island of
Nantucket. Mr. Folger's wife is a member of Friends
church. He is a republican in politics.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 593 |
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Elwood Twp. -
URIAH FOLGER, Ridge Farm, farmer and
minister, section 30, was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, on
the 23d of April, 1834, and spent his early days on a farm.
His father was a tanner by trade, and spent his early days on a
farm. His father was a tanner by trade, and one of the
pioneers of this county, having come here in 1829. Hence,
he helped to change it from a wilderness to its present
prosperous condition. The subject of this sketch was
married on the 10th of December, 1858, to Edith C. Dillen,
who, too, was born in this county. He is a man well
respected by all who knew him. They are both members of
the Friends church. His political views are republican.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 595 |
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ABRAHAM FRAZIER
was one of the first to engage in trade. He was a tanner
by trade, and made that his business for awhile before he
commenced mercantile trade. He was a man of excellent
judgment very careful business habits, honest and true.
He had no children, and hence his propensity to save was
deemed penuriousness, but those who knew him best unite in
saying that he had none of the sordid love of money which
marks the miser's traits. That he was plain in all his
tastes, and exceedingly careful in his expenses, is
undoubtedly true. He died leaving an honored name for
probity and industry through an unblemished life. His
brother, Abner Frazier, came here with other Friends
from East Tennessee, in 1830, and farmed awhile, then clerked
for his brother. He married, and commenced farming
southwest of the village, and afterward bought the Haworth
farm, north of town, where he resides at this writing,
gradually sinking from advanced age and the labors of an
active life, largely given to exacting toil and business.
He holds the highest place in the esteem of those among whom
his active years have passed. With a large family of
children around him, whose characters he has molded in habits
of industry, thrift and Christian life, he reaps the honors
which are higher than merely worldly ones. Two sons
carry on a large trade in Georgetown, enjoying in large degree
the goodly reputation of their father, and one lives on the
beautiful farm just North of the village. Two daughters,
Mrs. Snapp and Mrs. Newlin, reside here, and
Mrs. Mendenhall and Mrs. Rogers in Kansas.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
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Danville -
SAMUEL FRAZIER, Danville. This
gentleman, perhaps, is one of the best known and highly
respected citizens of Vermilion county. He was born in
Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 18th of September, 1806, and is
the son of Samuel and Mary (Massey) Frazier, natives of
Maryland. His father was a boot and shoe-maker by trade;
he was also a soldier of the war of 1812 - a major in General
Harrison's army. In 1818 he moved to Indiana and
located in Dearborn county. Here he commenced farming, and
remained there until 1838, when he came to Vermilion county and
located where Catlin township now is. Here they set out in
farming and remained until they both died, in Catlin township,
and were buried in the Danville City Cemetery. Mr.
Frazier, the subject of this sketch, remained on the farm in
Ohio until 1833; then came to Vermilion county, Illinois, and
entered two hundred acres of land. He returned to Ohio,
and in 1834 came to Vermilion county, which has been his home
ever since; he came here with his wife and one child, and
settled in what is now Catlin township; here he remained until
1838, when he moved to Danville. In 1840 Mr. Frazier
was elected sheriff of Vermilion county, and filled his office
until 1846; in 1850 he was re-elected to the same office, and
filled it until 1852; this office he filled with honor and
credit to himself and to the people of Fort Sumpter was made the
people were at once aroused, and no time was lost in setting
about to solve the problem as to what could be done to help to
restore and save the union of the states. Captain
Frazier raised company C of the 12th Ill. Vol. Inf., which
was the first company raised in Vermilion county. It was
mustered in for three months and did good service. Mr.
Frazier was captain and William Mann first
lieutenant. Edward, the son of Captain Frazier,
enlisted in company A, 71st Ill. Vol. Inf., for three months.
He took sick near Columbus, Kentucky, was brought home, and died
with that dreadful disease, camp diarrhoea, in 1862. His
remains were interred in the Danville City Cemetery.
Captain Frazier married in Ohio, to Beulah Ann Finley,
by whom they have had twelve children.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill
and Co., 1879 - Page 379 |
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Danville Twp. -
A. C. FREEMAN.
For the past five years Mr. A. C. Freeman has held
the office of city clerk, of the city of Danville. He
is a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he was
born in August, 1834. For the past eighteen years he
has been a resident of Vermilion county, though not located
at Danville all this time. In 1861 he was employed by
the Great Western Railroad Company of Illinois, being
stationed at Fairmount. Later he went to State Line,
where the division shops used to be . In 1866 he was
stationed at Danville, where he remained in the employ of
the company until 1872; thus spending more of his life in
the railroad business than the average railroad man, viz:
seven years. He is still located where he can hear the
whistles blow, and probably the most notable feature of his
change of occupation is the absence of the "pay-car."
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
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