FAIR, KRESS ... FAIR, who had been an active man for his years, was able to be about the city and attend to his affairs until some for or five weeks ago, when a decline due to his advanced age set in and gradually wore his life away. Mr. FAIR was born in Jefferson township March 1, 1830, and was therefore in his 84th years. Early in life he came to Butler, where he engaged in the brick making business, his plant being located in what is now the Fourth ward, in the neighborhood of North McKean and East Clay streets. During the oil excitement at Millerstown and Greece City in the early 70's, when there was but one railroad, the West Penn, entering Butler, he erected a hotel at the corner of Monroe and East Jefferson streets, on the present site of the New Monroe hotel naming it FAIR's Exchange, which was considered one of the best hostelries in Butler at that time. The hotel was the stopping place of most of the persons coming here to visit the oil fields, and was regarded as the headquarters for oil men in this section. When the oil excitement began to wane, Mr. FAIR disposed of the hotel and removed to Iowa but returned to Butler after a few years and began a career in various capacities in the oil country, following the Western Pennsylvania territory from McKean county to the southern extremity of the state. He was perhaps one of the best know men in the oil regions. ... man of genial and companionable disposition, he made friends rapidly, and his sterling honesty and reliability in business deals enabled him to retain the friendship of those with whom he came in contact to a remarkable degree. He was the inventor of the FAIR elevator for tubing and casting, a device now considered indispensable and oil and gas wells, and just recently secured a patent on an improvement to the elevator, which is pronounced by oil men to be of equal value with the original invention. On August 1, 1864 he enlisted with Company G, Sixth Pennsylvania artillery, and served with this command until the close of the Civil war, being mustered out in 1865. He was a member of A. G. REED Post, No. 105, G. A. R. of Butler. On December 19, 1850, Mr. FAIR was married to Elizabeth EMERICK. Six sons and six daughters were born to this union. Six sons and two daughters survive him. The surviving children are A. J. of Butler, Lewis C., of McDonald, George W. of Charleston, W. Va., Harry G. of Okmulgee, Okla., W. F. of Troy, W. Va., Charles A. of Clarksburg, W. Va., Mrs. A. L. YOUNG of Lima, W. Va., and Mrs. E. J. THOMPSON of Clarksburg, W. Va. There are also 22 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the family residence at 507 West Wayne street at 12 o'clock Saturday, and the interment was in Jefferson Summit cemetery in Jefferson township. Mitchell KRESS, aged 74 years, died Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of his son, John KRESS about four miles south of McDonald. Mr. KRESS was a native of Germany and had been engaged in farming in this section for a number of years. His wife is dead. He was a member of the German Lutheran church of McDonald. Besides the son with whom he made his home he leaves another son Ulricht KRESS, of Midway, and one daughter, Mrs. John FUETI, of economy. Funeral services were held at the John KRESS home Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment was in Robinson Run cemetery.