Fairchild, Ashbel Green – Fancher, Frederick Bartlett
Fairchild, Ashbel Green
clergyman, author, was born May 1, 1795, in Hanover, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Pennsylvania, among whose writings are The Great Supper, long a popular defense of Calvinism; Baptism; Faith and Works; and Confession of Faith. He died in 1864, in Smithfield, Pa.
Fairchild, Ben L
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1863, in Sweden, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of New York city, and has large real estate investments in Westchester county, adjoining New York city. He was the candidate of his party for delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1893; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Fairchild, Charles Stebbins
lawyer, financier, was born April 30, 1842, in Cazenovia, N. Y. In 1874 he was appointed deputy attorney general of the state of New York; and became attorney general. In 1885 he was appointed assistant secretary of the United States treasury department. He is a successful lawyer of New York city; has been president of the State Charities Aid association; and is now president of the New York Security and Trust company.
Fairchild, Herman Le Roy
educator, geologist, lecturer, was born April 29, 1850, in Montrose, Pa. In 1888 he was called to the chair of geology in the university of Rochester. Since 1889 he has been president of the Rochester Academy of Science. He is the author of a History of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Fairchild, James Harris
clergyman, college president, author, was born Nov. 25, 1817, in Stockbridge, Mass. He is a congregational clergyman; was president of Oberlin college in 1866-89; and the author of Moral Philosophy; Needed Phases of Christianity; Oberlin, the Colony and the College; Elements of Theology; and Woman's Right to the Ballot.
He has also contributed extensively to current periodicals.
Fairchild, Lucius
soldier, diplomat, governor, was born Dec. 27, 1831, in Kent, Ohio. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of second Iowa infantry in June, 1861; and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in August, 1862. He was secretary of state of Wisconsin in 1864 and 1865; governor in 1866 and 1867; and in 1880 was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Spain, where he remained until 1882.
Fairchild, Maria Augusta
physician, lecturer, was born in 1834 in New Jersey. She was physician to women in the late Dr. Troll's Health institution of New York city; and is now physician and proprietor in her own sanitarium at Quincy, Ill. She is the editor of The Health Magazine, and lectures upon the Science of Health, Happiness and Prosperity, and Metaphysical subjects; and contributes to the leading medical publications.
Fairfield, Francis Gerry
journalist, author, was born Aug. 18, 1844, in Stafford, Conn. He was a New York city journalist who was in early life a Lutheran minister. He was the author of The Clubs of New York; and Ten Years with Spiritual Mediums. He died April 4, 1887, in New York city.
Fairfield, Genevieve Genevra
author, was born in 1832 in New York She is the author of Genevra, or the History Fair of a Portrait; The Vice-president's Daughter; The Wife of Two Husbands; The Innkeeper's Daughter; and Irene.
Fairfield, Mrs. Jane Frazee
author, was born about 1810 in New Jersey.
She was the wife of S. L. Fairfield, the poet, of whom she wrote a Life in 1846.
She afterwards published an Autobiography.
Fairfield, John
lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Jan. 30, 1797, in Saco, Maine. In 1832 he was appointed reporter of the decisions of the supreme court. From 1835 to 1839 he was a representative in congress from Maine; and was governor of the state during the years 1839, 1840, 1842, and 1843. He was elected a senator in congress in 1843 to fill a vacancy; and in 1845 was re-elected for a term of six years. He died Dec. 24, 1847, in Washington, D. C.
Fairfield, Sumner Lincoln
educator, author, poet, was born June 25, 1803, in Warwick, Mass. He was an educator and poet of Philadelphia and elsewhere. He was the author of Abaddon, the Spirit of Destruction; Lays of Melpomene; The Sisters of St. Clara; Cities of the Plain; The Heir of the World; The Last Night of Pompeii; Poems and Prose Writings; and Select Poems. He died March 6, 1844, in New Orleans, La.
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
Fairman, Gideon
engraver, was born June 26, 1744, in Newtown, Conn. In the war of 1812 he entered the army as captain, and rose to a colonelcy. He contributed much toward the elevation of the art of engraving in the United States. He died March 18, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Fales, Almira L
philanthropist, was born in New York. At the beginning of the war she entered, fully prepared, on the care of sick and wounded soldiers, and at Pittsburg Landing and other battlefields of the west was busy in ministering to the wants of the sufferers. She died Nov. 8, 1868, in Washington, D. C.
Fales, Edward Lippitt
poet. He is the author of Underneath the Mistletoe, and Other Poems; and Songs and Song Legends of Dahkotah Land.
Falk, Benjamin Joseph
photographic artist, was born Oct. 14, 1853, in New York city. He has made many improvements in photography, the most important of which was that of photographing stage scenes by the aid of electric light in large masses. Among his best compositions and studies from life are: The Fisher Maiden; Judith; and The Curfew Shall not Ring To-Night.
Falkner, John W. T
railroad president, was born Sept. 2, 1848, in Ripley, Miss. In 1890 he became president of the Gulf and Chicago railroad.
Fall, Charles Gershom
lawyer, poet, was born in 1845 in Massachusetts.
He is a lawyer of Boston; and the author of Dreams, a volume of poetry; A Village Sketch, and Other Poems; and Employers' Liability for Personal Injuries to their Employés.
Fall, Delos
educator, author, was born Jan. 29, 1848, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Since 1879 he has been professor of chemistry in the Albion college, Mich. He has been a member of the Michigan state board of health; a member of the board of education of Albion; and in 1897 was president of the State Teachers' association. He is the author of Laboratory Manual in Qualitative Chemistry, and other works.
Falligant, Robert
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 12, 1839, in Savannah, Ga. As soldier, lawyer, legislator and judge, he has been successful, and is one of the best public speakers in the state of Georgia. He was chosen state representative in 1882, and as state senator in 1884.
Falloon, George
civil engineer, merchant, state senator, was born April 3, 1852. He was educated as a civil engineer and surveyor; elected county surveyor of Athens county in 1875 and 1881; and was elected to the Ohio state senate in 1895.
Fallows, Samuel
bishop, author, was born Dec. 13, 1835, near Manchester, England. He is a bishop of the reformed episcopal faith. In early life he was a methodist minister, and during the civil war a brigadier-general in the federal army. He left methodism for the reformed episcopal church in 1875, and was advanced to the episcopate the next year. He is the author of The Bible Story for Young People; Complete Hand-Book of Synonyms and Antonyms; Hand-Book of Abbreviations and Contractions; Hand- Book of Briticisms, Americanisms, etc.; The Home Beyond, or Views of Heaven; Past Noon; and Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms. He has edited a Supplemental Dictionary of the English Language.
Fancher, Fanny L
musician, poet, was born June 21, 1849, in Litchfield, Ohio. She has attained success as an instructor of music. She has contributed to Godey's Lady's Magazine; Ladies' Home Journal, and the periodical press, and her poems have been given a place in several standard works.
Fancher, Frederick Bartlett
business man, public official, was born April 2, 1852, in Orleans county, N. Y. He is a successful business man of Jamestown, N. D.; has been president of the North Dakota Hospital for the Insane; president of the constitutional convention of North Dakota in 1889; and in 1894 became commissioner of insurance of North Dakota.