Hello All Last night, I found some references to potential distant cousins through the Wisconsin Historical Society site. If anyone has access to the records cited, I would very much appreciate finding out what information is included. In particular, I am looking for evidence that these names are related to Samuel Fairchild or his father Eleazer Fairchild. Fairchild, Daniel (1851 - ) Record # 28191 Location: North Geneva Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 710-12 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Fairchild, David Lupe (1830 - 1885) Record # 28193 Location: Whitewater Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 625 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1882 Notes: Chicago Western Historical Company Fairchild, David Lupe (1830 - 1885) Record # 28194 Location: Whitewater Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 1163-64 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - ) Record # 28149 Location: Elkhorn Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 902m. Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1882 Notes: Chicago Western Historical Company Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - 1903) Record # 28156 Location: Geneva township Title: Portrait and biographical album of Walworth and Jefferson counties, Wisconsin, page(s) 187-188 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1894 Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - 1903) Record # 28158 Location: Geneva Township Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 713-15 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Thanks, Ron -- Ron Cox Burlington, Ontario Canada Researching: BILLINGTON (Cheshire, Tarvin <1847) BOICE/BOYCE (Upper Canada <1840) BROWN (Lancashire, Haigh/Wigan <1840) CAWLEY (Cheshire, Kelsall <1851) COLBY (Ontario, New Brunswick <1860) COX (Essex, Rettendon & Hanningfield <1910) CREASOR (Ontario, Quebec, and East Yorkshire) DAVENPORT (Cheshire, Tarvin & Knutsford <1881) ENGLISH (Essex, Hanningfield <1900) FAIRCHILD (Upper Canada (Leeds) & U.S.A. <1840) PRINCE (Yorkshire, Leeds <1839) Family History Data available at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=roncox37

I have the HISTORY OF WALWORTH COUNTY, 1882, Western Historical Company, p 625 Re David L. Fairchild. He was the son of Edward and Sally (Winter) Fairchild. He did not seem to have a connection to Samuel or Eleazer. Nelson Fairchild, p 902m It does not give the names of his parents. However, he does have a son named Samuel. He married Laura Kinney. Born April 1822 in Lawrence County, NY. There is also a William H. Fairchild, son of John and Catharine (Clawson) Fairchild, born June 15, 1827 in Hunter, Greene County, NY. p828 I checked the other Fairchild references (37) but nothing that seems to give information on Samuel or Eleazer. Let me see if I can find something else. I notice there are two Samuel Fairchilds in Wisconsin in 1850. One lived in Geneva, Walworth County, the other in Lafayette County. Here is a land record for a Samuel Fairchild but I don't know which one this is. FAIRCHILD, SAMUEL Land Office: HUDSON Sequence #: 1 Document Number: 5185 Total Acres: 80 Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: May 02, 1859 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Legal Land Description: # Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section # 1 W½SW 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN No 31 N 16 W 27 In the 1850 Federal Census for Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, there is a Samuel Fairchild and next door is Nelson Fairchild. Here is the information in case you don't have it. Census taken 13th day of September. pg 255 Samuel Fairchild, age 64, farmer, b Conn Wife, Sally, age 62, b Conn William, age 30, b NY Nelson Fairchild, age 28, b NY Laura C, age 26, b NY George, age 3/12, b Wisconsin S---- A. Kinney, age 14, b NY William Kinney, age 22, laborer, b NY There is no last name after William but he is under the Kinney girl. I am having trouble reading her first name. It looks like Sency. No, I think that is an L. It could be Lucy A. Kinney. This would be a sister of Laura C Kinney Fairchild, according to the bio in the HISTORY OF WALWORTH COUNTY. In case this is your family, I will quote the bio. "NELSON FAIRCHILD, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Elkhorn; born in St. Lawrence County, NY, April 1822. He came to Walworth Co. in 1843, and purchased his present farm, where he has since lived. He was married to Laura Kinney, born in St. Lawrence Co. Mr. Kinney is numbered with the more successful and prosperous farmers of the town of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild have six children--George, Daniel D., Albert, Allison, Mina and Samuel. Daniel D., who owns a farm near that of his father, was born on the homestead in 1851; married Edna Vincent, daughter of Jarvis Vincent. They have two children--Jessie and Jennie. The children of Mr. Nelson Fairchild were all born at the homestead." Since this history was published in 1882, he was still alive in 1880 and should be in the 1880 census for Geneva. Yes, he is in the 1880 Federal Census for Geneva. This gives his birthplace as NY also, so perhaps Conn is not correct. It gives his father's birthplace as Canada and his mother's birthplace as Scotland. The surname is listed as FAIRCHILDS. Nelson is a farmer, age 57. Laura is age 54, b NY, both parents b NY. Mina is 19, b Wisconsin. Samuel is age 16, b Wisconsin. His son, Daniel D. is also listed in Geneva in 1880 with wife, Edna, and children Jessie and William, ages 1 and 25. The surname is also listed as FAIRCHILDS. The only other Fairchild or Fairchilds in Geneva in 1880 is a David. Gay Wickersham Davis Washington State ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Cox To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: [WIWALWOR] Biographical References to the Fairchild Name Hello All Last night, I found some references to potential distant cousins through the Wisconsin Historical Society site. If anyone has access to the records cited, I would very much appreciate finding out what information is included. In particular, I am looking for evidence that these names are related to Samuel Fairchild or his father Eleazer Fairchild. Fairchild, Daniel (1851 - ) Record # 28191 Location: North Geneva Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 710-12 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Fairchild, David Lupe (1830 - 1885) Record # 28193 Location: Whitewater Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 625 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1882 Notes: Chicago Western Historical Company Fairchild, David Lupe (1830 - 1885) Record # 28194 Location: Whitewater Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 1163-64 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - ) Record # 28149 Location: Elkhorn Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 902m. Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1882 Notes: Chicago Western Historical Company Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - 1903) Record # 28156 Location: Geneva township Title: Portrait and biographical album of Walworth and Jefferson counties, Wisconsin, page(s) 187-188 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Published: 1894 Fairchild, Nelson (1822 - 1903) Record # 28158 Location: Geneva Township Title: History of Walworth county, Wisconsin, page(s) 713-15 Source Type: Biographical Sketch Portrait: No Author: Beckwith, Albert Clayton Published: 1912 Thanks, Ron -- Ron Cox Burlington, Ontario Canada Researching: BILLINGTON (Cheshire, Tarvin <1847) BOICE/BOYCE (Upper Canada <1840) BROWN (Lancashire, Haigh/Wigan <1840) CAWLEY (Cheshire, Kelsall <1851) COLBY (Ontario, New Brunswick <1860) COX (Essex, Rettendon & Hanningfield <1910) CREASOR (Ontario, Quebec, and East Yorkshire) DAVENPORT (Cheshire, Tarvin & Knutsford <1881) ENGLISH (Essex, Hanningfield <1900) FAIRCHILD (Upper Canada (Leeds) & U.S.A. <1840) PRINCE (Yorkshire, Leeds <1839) Family History Data available at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=roncox37 ==== WIWALWOR Mailing List ==== Subscribe to our mailing list at: [email protected] or [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237