John Fletcher Fairchild
1851 - 1899 (48 years)-
Name John Fletcher Fairchild Born 1851 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Male Census 1880 Fort Davis, Presidio County, Texas Occupation deputy sheriff Died 22 Oct 1899 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona [1] Buried burial details unknown [1] Person ID I2401 Gritton Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father Daniel Perry Fairchild, b. 18 Nov 1820, Evansville, Randolph County, Illinois , d. 4 Jun 1897, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 76 years) Mother Dorothy Ann Gritton, b. 2 Feb 1823, Mercer County, Kentucky , d. 7 May 1900, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 77 years) Married 7 Apr 1842 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 3, 4] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 25. Jacob Gritton, father, signed permission for Dorothy Ann Gritton.
Family ID F966 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Pearl Howard, b. Abt 1851, Texas , d. Bef 1889 (Age 37 years) Children 1. Frank Perry Fairchild, b. 6 Oct 1884, Fort Davis, Presidio County, Texas , d. 24 Oct 1957, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 73 years)2. Anna Pearl Fairchild, b. Nov 1886, New Mexico , d. 23 Dec 1918, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 32 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1016 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Catherine Hunt, b. 20 Jul 1874, Illinois , d. 18 Dec 1949, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona (Age 75 years) Married 9 Sep 1889 Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona Children 1. Catherine Fairchild, b. 29 Sep 1890, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona , d. 10 Nov 1986, Eureka, Humboldt County, California (Age 96 years)2. Mabel Etta Fairchild, b. 18 Jan 1893, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona , d. 26 Jul 1989, Bethany, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 96 years)3. Mary Helen Fairchild, b. 31 Mar 1895, Coconino County, Arizona , d. 1 Dec 1960, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 65 years)4. John Fletcher Fairchild, b. 2 Sep 1897, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona , d. 19 Sep 1982, Sedona, Coconino County, Arizona (Age 85 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1015 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1851 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1880 - Fort Davis, Presidio County, Texas 
Married - 9 Sep 1889 - Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona 
Died - 22 Oct 1899 - Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Obituary from Find a Grave
The Coconino Sun. 28, October 1899.
Death Of Fletcher Fairchild
Fletcher Fairchild died at the Territorial Insane Asylum on Sunday morning, the 22nd inst.,and was buried at Phoenix on Monday. Mr. Fairchild had been in failing health for two years past and had been gradually failing.
On August 16 he was adjudged insane and was sent to the asylum. He was elected sheriff of this county at the last election, but was never able to assume the duties of the office, though he qualified and was nominally sheriff until August 16.
He was a native of Illinois, but his life was spent in the west, and in every place he resided he had served as a peace officer. He came to Arizona from New Mexico about sixteen years ago, and nearly all that time held an appointment under the sheriff. He was a popular and efficient official and won a reputation as an officer who never let his man escape. Deceased was about 48 years of age and leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 December 2018), memorial page for John Fletcher Fairchild (1851-22 Oct 1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76757562, ; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585) Unknown.
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