When William M Fairchild was born on 14 October 1799, in New York, United States, his father, Pvt Jesse V Fairchild, was 45 and his mother, Zeruah Doty, was 36. He married Melinda Waters on 1 November 1821, in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States in 1850. He died on 17 October 1854, in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Maple Grove New Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).
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