Brief Life History of John Horace
When John Horace Fairbanks was born on 15 November 1858, in Ohio, United States, his father, Alpheus Fairbanks, was 24 and his mother, Amanda Jane Claypool, was 19. He married Ruth Ann Bailey on 18 March 1884, in Jackson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in St. Clere Township, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Saint Clere, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 24 February 1920, in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.
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- John H Fairbanks in household of Wallon Fairbanks, "United States Census, 1870"
- John H. Fairbanks, "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935"
- John H Fairbanks, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Fair Banks in Derbyshire or any of various other minor places so called.
variant of Fairbank , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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