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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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
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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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