Fairchild family

The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.

For the nineteenth-century children's book by Mary Martha Sherwood, see The History of the Fairchild Family.

Genealogy

Among the notable members of the family are:

• Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin and married Sally Blair
• Cassius (1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
• Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846)

Portrait of Elizabeth Nelson Fairchild, John Singer Sargent, 1887

• Lucia (1872-1924), a painter
• Blair (1877–1933), a composer

Portrait of Sally Fairchild, John Singer Sargent, c. 1885-1887

• Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813
• James Fairchild, who was President of Oberlin College
• Henry Fairchild, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt
• Charles Grandison Fairchild, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean.
• Edward Henry Fairchild
• Fred Rogers Fairchild
• Henry Pratt Fairchild
• George Fairchild, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted
• David Fairchild, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
• Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman

Other descendants

Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include:

• Muir Stephen Fairchild

Sources

• Fairchild Family History