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Male 1918 - 2002  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Herbert Dean Fairchild was born on 26 Sep 1918 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Ulysses Grant Fairchild and Daisy Josephine Potter); died on 1 Mar 2002 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67627509/herbert-d-fairchild

    Family/Spouse: Hazel Pauline "Polly" Lusk. Hazel was born on 2 Jul 1919 in Mansfield, Piatt County, Illinois; died on 8 Jan 2006 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ulysses Grant FairchildUlysses Grant Fairchild was born on 21 Jul 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Jul 1958 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Name:
    son of Elkanah Fairchild and Emily Fitzgerald

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52309829/ulysses-grant-fairchild

    Ulysses married Daisy Josephine Potter. Daisy (daughter of Elijah Potter and Sarah E. Hoskins) was born on 3 Aug 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Feb 1966 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Daisy Josephine PotterDaisy Josephine Potter was born on 3 Aug 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Elijah Potter and Sarah E. Hoskins); died on 14 Feb 1966 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52309873/daisy-josephine-fairchild

    Children:
    1. Vera Bernice Fairchild was born on 12 Sep 1897 in Jamesburg, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Nov 1991 in Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois; was buried in Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Alta Florence Fairchild was born on 14 Oct 1899 in Illinois; died on 13 Feb 1985 in Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana; was buried on 16 Feb 1985 in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Leland E. Fairchild was born on 25 Dec 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 16 Apr 1902 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Lester V. Fairchild was born on 5 May 1903 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Oct 1906 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Harlan Grant Fairchild was born on 1 Sep 1908 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Aug 1993 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Lola Marvine Fairchild was born on 21 Jul 1915 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 5 Feb 2001 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana; was buried on 10 Feb 2001 in Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
    7. Dwight L. Fairchild was born on 29 Nov 1916 in Illinois; died on 31 Jan 1917 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    8. 1. Herbert Dean Fairchild was born on 26 Sep 1918 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Mar 2002 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    9. Hubert Morris Fairchild was born on 26 Sep 1918 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Feb 1919 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    10. Lena Fern Fairchild was born on 2 May 1906 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Nov 1982 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    11. Sarah Nadine Fairchild was born on 25 May 1912 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1986 in Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Elijah PotterElijah Potter was born on 28 Sep 1848 in Illinois (son of William H. Potter and Hester B. Lane); died on 27 Sep 1915; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67724072/elijah-potter

    Elijah married Sarah E. Hoskins on 25 Oct 1874 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of George Washington Hoskins and Mary Ellen Gritton) was born on 13 Feb 1855 in Illinois; died on 18 Dec 1893; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Sarah E. HoskinsSarah E. Hoskins was born on 13 Feb 1855 in Illinois (daughter of George Washington Hoskins and Mary Ellen Gritton); died on 18 Dec 1893; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67725882/sarah-e-potter

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 112. Notation that bride is 20 years old. Note under groom's name: "married at Father's house in town of Blount"

    Children:
    1. George Alpha Potter was born on 2 Feb 1876 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 9 Jul 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Jul 1944 in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Infant Daughter Potter was born on 26 Jan 1878; died on 26 Jan 1878; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. 3. Daisy Josephine Potter was born on 3 Aug 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Feb 1966 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. William Riley Jewel Potter was born on 5 Apr 1882 in Illinois; died on 25 Feb 1966; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William H. PotterWilliam H. Potter was born on 17 Aug 1816 in New York (son of Elijah Potter and Lanie Van Wormer); died on 25 Mar 1908; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1860, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    History of Vermilion County: Together with historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts. By H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, H.H. Hill and Company, Publishers, 1879.
    Page 896.
    William Potter, Danville, farmer and stock-dealer, section 27, was born in the state of New York, on the 16th of August, 1817. He came to this state in 1830, settling in New Town. He was married on the 26th of July, 1847, to Hester Lane, who was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1823. They have seven children by this marriage: Elijah, William H., Eliza J., John F., Mary E., Lincoln A. and Andrew J. Mr. Potter had but little property with which to start in life, his first tax being only six cents; but he has by hard labor, economy and good management, acquired a property of hour hundred acres of land. His taxes have since been as high as $250 a year. He went in an early day to Chicago from Blount township on foot, carrying his clothes on his back, and there worked for seventy-five cents a day digging the cellar for the first brick house ever built in chicago. His father lived to be eighty-eight years old and his mother ninety-three. Mr. Potter is a republican, and does not belong to any church.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67726054/william-h-potter

    William married Hester B. Lane on 25 Jul 1847 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Hester was born on 15 Jan 1823 in Franklin County, Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1897 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Hester B. LaneHester B. Lane was born on 15 Jan 1823 in Franklin County, Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1897 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67724381/hester-b-potter

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois. Page 60. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.

    Children:
    1. 6. Elijah Potter was born on 28 Sep 1848 in Illinois; died on 27 Sep 1915; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. William Henry Potter was born on 17 Jan 1850 in Illinois; died on 22 Mar 1925 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Mar 1925 in Gundy Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Eliza Jane Potter was born on 20 Dec 1851 in Illinois; died on 11 Feb 1943 in Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Burke Potter was born in 1854 in Illinois; died in 1935; was buried in Peyton Cemetery, Peyton, El Paso County, Colorado.
    5. Joseph F. Potter was born about 1855 in Illinois.
    6. Mary Elizabeth Potter was born on 5 Apr 1858 in Illinois; died on 25 Jul 1926 in Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 27 Jul 1926 in Gundy Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. Lincoln Abraham Potter was born in 1860 in Illinois; died on 15 Mar 1888; was buried in Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    8. Andrew Jesse Potter was born on 17 Aug 1865 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 May 1932 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 14 May 1932 in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

  3. 14.  George Washington HoskinsGeorge Washington Hoskins was born on 20 Feb 1830 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Jan 1915 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1850, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    George W. Hoskins Dead.
    Special in The Herald.
    Danville, Ill., Jan. 16. - George W. Hoskins, one of the pioneer residents of Henning, this county, died at his home. Mr. Hoskins was born in the county eight-four years ago and lived his entire life in the county. He is survived by his widow and three sons, William, John and Theodore, and one daughter, Mrs. Hattie Potter.
    Anderson Herald, Anderson, Indiana. Sunday, 17 January 1915, page 2.


    Name:
    son of Azariah Hoskins and Sara E. Swisher

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11062925/george-washington-hoskins

    George married Mary Ellen Gritton on 2 Apr 1854 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Amos Gritton and Elizabeth Holt) was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Parke County, Indiana; died on 14 Oct 1915 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary Ellen GrittonMary Ellen Gritton was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Parke County, Indiana (daughter of Amos Gritton and Elizabeth Holt); died on 14 Oct 1915 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11062926/mary-ellen-hoskins

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 69. John C. Bogart signed for Mary E. Gritton.

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah E. Hoskins was born on 13 Feb 1855 in Illinois; died on 18 Dec 1893; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. America Hoskins was born on 4 Dec 1856 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Jun 1857 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Harriet Belle Hoskins was born on 27 Apr 1858 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 Feb 1924 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 6 Feb 1924 in Gundy Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. George Riley Hoskins was born on 30 Aug 1860 in Illinois; died on 31 Jan 1942 in Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Feb 1942 in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. William Columbus Hoskins was born on 31 Jan 1863 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Feb 1953; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Theodore Azariah Hoskins was born on 3 Oct 1865 in Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Jun 1930 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 4 Jun 1930 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. John Washington Hoskins was born on 11 Aug 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 Mar 1947 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 6 Mar 1947 in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    8. Adele Hoskins was born on 1 Jul 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Nov 1888 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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