Nathaniel Robert Fairchild
1843 - 1920 (76 years)-
Name Nathaniel Robert Fairchild - son of Rev. Daniel Fairchild Jr and Elizabeth Lucy Hemenway [1]
Born 15 Aug 1843 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1880 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1920 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois - In the 1920 US census Nathaniel R. Fairchild, widower, is in the household of his youngest son, Nathaniel R. Fairchild.
Died 8 Feb 1920 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Buried 10 Feb 1920 Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Person ID I279 Gritton Last Modified 23 Feb 2024
Family 1 Elizabeth Fitzgerald, b. 8 Nov 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 19 Aug 1874, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 23 years) Married 21 Apr 1869 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 46. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.
Children 1. Marshal C. Fairchild, b. 26 Jan 1870, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 31 Dec 1955, Warren County, Indiana (Age 85 years)2. Ada Bell Fairchild, b. 11 Sep 1871, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 4 Oct 1893, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 22 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1181 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah Outten, b. 11 Jun 1842, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 16 Jan 1911 (Age 68 years) Married 31 Mar 1875 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 4, 6, 7] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1875-1877. Page 17. Nathaniel R. Fairchild, age 31, Danville. Sarah Dove, age 32, Danville.
LKH Note: this is a second marriage for both bride and groom.
Children 1. Wesley Ezekiel Fairchild, b. 28 Jul 1878, Illinois , d. 1 Aug 1959 (Age 81 years)2. Jesse Daniel Fairchild, b. 19 Jan 1876, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 27 Apr 1950, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 74 years)3. Nettie Agnes Fairchild, b. 14 Jan 1881, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 2 Apr 1939, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 58 years)4. Nathaniel Robert Fairchild, b. 10 Feb 1885, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 22 Jul 1972, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 87 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F151 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 15 Aug 1843 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 21 Apr 1869 - Vermilion County, Illinois Married - 31 Mar 1875 - Vermilion County, Illinois Census - 1880 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census - 1920 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 8 Feb 1920 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Buried - 10 Feb 1920 - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Nathaniel R. Fairchild was born at the home place August 15, 1843. He had a twin brother named Daniel who died in the army. Mr. Fairchild married, in 1869, Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and she died in 1874. She was the mother of three children. He then married Mrs. Sarah Dove, who was born in Vermilion County June n, 1842. Mr. Fairchild's entire life has been spent in Vermilion County.
[1] - History of Vermilion County. H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, IL, H.H. Hill and Co., 1879. Chapter on Blount Township, page 900.
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 of a farmer through life. He attended the high-school at Danville for four years. Mr. Fiarchild 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: Marshal 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 Sarah 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 Jly, 1878. The father of Mr. Fairchild, Daniel Fairchild, was one 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. [8]
- Nathaniel R. Fairchild was born at the home place August 15, 1843. He had a twin brother named Daniel who died in the army. Mr. Fairchild married, in 1869, Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and she died in 1874. She was the mother of three children. He then married Mrs. Sarah Dove, who was born in Vermilion County June n, 1842. Mr. Fairchild's entire life has been spent in Vermilion County.
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S4] Cemeteries of Vermilion County, Illinois: Blount and Newell Townships, v.1, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1995).
- [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.
- [S86] Past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois, Beckwith, H. W., (Chicago, IL, H. H. Hill and Co., 1879).
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S52] Marriage License Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1875-1877, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1994).
- [S12] Illinois Marriages.
- [S20] History of Vermilion County, H.W. Beckwith, (H.H. Hill and Company, 1879).
- [S2] Find a Grave.