Benjamin Shiloh Fairchild

Brief Life History of Benjamin Shiloh

When Benjamin Shiloh Fairchild was born on 29 July 1855, in Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Joshua Fairchild, was 58 and his mother, Mary Ann Buckham, was 47. He married Emma L. Lemont on 18 July 1878, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Stanley, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Topbar Township, Haakon, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 May 1940, in Philip, Haakon, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Philip, Haakon, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Shiloh Fairchild
1855–1940
Mabel Grace Wayne
1881–1960
Marriage: 18 December 1899
John Fairchild
1899–
Emma Mable Fairchild
1900–1999
Leah Grace Fairchild
1901–1909
Jasper Shiloh Fairchild
1903–1980
Joseph J Fairchild
1905–1998
Clinton E Fairchild
1906–2003
Byron L Fairchild
1908–1997
Wayne Leo Fairchild
1911–2002
Mildred Grace Fairchild
1914–1999
Russel Eugene Fairchild
1916–1986

Sources (30)

  • Shiloh Fairchild in household of Emory Morris, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Shiloh Fairchild, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
  • Shiloh Benjamin Fairchild, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1861: Dakota Territory, United States 1862: Cole, Dakota Territory, United States 1864: Union, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Union, South Dakota, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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