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Fairhead, John Sterling

soldier, lumber manufacturer, was born Dec. 23, 1841, in New Hartford, N. Y. He served for three years during the civil war in the one hundred and seventeenth New York volunteer infantry. He came to Jacksonville in 1885, and became a partner in a large lumber exporting firm, which is now known as Fairhead, Straw and Company.

FAIRLAMB, JAMES REMINGTON, musician, was born Jan. 23, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. Between 1867 and 1880 he was successively director of the music in different churches in Washington, D. C.

He was called to a similar office in the Church of the Ascension, New York city, and a year later to that of St. Ignatius.

His published works, chiefly sacred compositions and songs, number nearly hundred, exclusive of Valerie and Leonello, two operas. a