Joshua Moroni Fairchild Jr (1797 - 1891)

Born 16 Jan 1797 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Skinner) Fairchild — married 1818 (to 1823) in New York, United States

Husband of Prudence (Fenner) Fairchild — married 1827 (to 1837) in New York, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Buckingham) Fairchild — married 1840 (to 1874) in Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1891 at age 93 in Basin, Idaho, USA

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Biography

Joshua had three children with first wife Mary Skinner. Benjamin, Joshua and Mary Elizabeth.

He had one child, Harvey, with his second wife. (unknown name)

With third wife Prudence Fenner-Kinyon, he had three children: Elizabeth, Alma and Moroni.

His fourth wife was Mary Ann Buckingham-Curtis. They had seven children together. Clarinda, Isaac, Lucy, Rebecca, Mary Ann, Phoebe, Benjamin.

That is a total of fourteen children in four, non-polygamist, marriages.

Joshua Fairchild, Jr. was born on January 16, 1797 in Townsend, Norfolk Canada. Joshua Jr's family moved to Niagara Falls in 1803/04, where his father operated a tavern. At the age of sixteen, when the young Joshua began to pick up wrong ideas, his parents sent him to live with his uncle Peter Fairchild, a somewhat important Baptist minister, at or near Townsend.

Joshua later wrote," I was raised in a wicked place, by the Falls of Niagara, and never heard a prayer or sermon preached until I was fourteen. When in my 16th year, I went to live with my Uncle Peter, the Baptist preacher who was a very exemplary man. There, while reading a book called Baxters Call to the Unconverted, I became alarmed about my Salvation. When I was eighteen much by myself, I prayed much. All of a sudden, I was filled with love to God and all He had made. I loved the worst of men as I had never done before and much wished their salvation. I united with the church called Latter Day Saints in good conscience and wishing to obey God in all this I moved to Missouri and suffered much abuse and the loss of all things by a wicked mob."

In 1818, Joshua Fairchild married Mary Skinner, the Baptist daughter of Benjamin Skinner. Presumably Uncle Peter Fairchild performed the marriage ceremony. After the death of Joshua's first wife in August 1823, her parents took the three children to live with them in Townsend, Norfolk County, Canada. Joshua Jr. bought land at Table Grove in Vermont Township, Illinois. He married again and had a child named Harvey, born in 1824. He lived with this wife, Harvey's mother "near eighteen months.... I was then 400 miles from my first children. I went for them and never saw my wife again."

Joshua Fairchild, Jr. married a third time to Prudence Fenner, a Mormon widow with two children. "We lived together eight or ten years and were blessed with three children." Their first child was born in 1828 in Marion, Ohio and named Elizabeth (Betsy). In 1831, Joshua and Prudence went with a group to northwest Missouri. Two sons were born to them: Alma and Moroni were born in Clay County, Missouri in 1833 and 1835 respectively. They were baptized in the Mississippi River. Later they moved with their parents, Joshua Fairchild and Prudence Fenner to Jackson County Missouri.

Mary Ann Buckingham Curtis was Joshua's fourth & last wife. Joshua wrote, "I married another woman and she had two children, Helena and Ann Elisa Curtis." They married in Illinois in 1840; their first child Clara Fairchild was born March 20, 1842 in Illinois. "We had eight children: Clarenda, Isaac, Lucy, Ruth Rebekah, Mary Ann, Phoebe Ann and Benjamin Shiloh." Isaac Fairchild was born in 1844; he fought in the Civil War when he was only fifteen years old. His old father, Joshua, wrote: "He was under age, yet I let him go to save his country which broke me up for he never done me any good afterwards." Isaac never married.

A few years before he died in 1891, Joshua wrote to his son, "I am living in my own house; no wife for to scold, no children to squall how happy is the man that keeps bachelor's hall. I would like to come out [to Parker] to see you but money's rather scarce, and I know not whether you want to see me or not and I mean to be as independent about it as anyone else. I don't mean to move in where I am not wanted. I would hear and hear of all their welfare. I hope you are well and doing well. I have no desire to injure anyone but can say Lord lay not his sin to their charge or Father forgive them, they know not what they do Christ came to save sinners and I am one."

In his old age, Joshua moved out to Idaho to be near his son Moroni. In 1891, a few days before his 94th birthday, Joshua died and was buried in the Basin cemetery in Oakley, Idaho.

For analysis, history, articles and observations on Mormonism, please see these web pages (2006): http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1840s/1840mag1.htm http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1850s/1850Hous.htm#pg01b http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1850s/1859Tiff.htm

Joshua Fairchild Jr. was baptized in 1831, at 34 in the Spoon River near Lewistown Illinois, confirmed by John Kearl and Lyman White was ordained an Elder and sent on a mission the same year. He was rebaptized 1836/1837 by Joseph Smith near Far West Missouri. After moving to Missouri he suffered abuse and the loss of all things by a wicked mob. After this experience He stated, ‘being by myself for many years the revengeful spirit left me and I can say, Father forgive them, Thy will be done, Amen” Joshua owned property in Nauvoo. Later separated, Prudence his wife also owned property in Nauvoo.

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5171320

• https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/3935156

• Joshua Fairchild Jr (1797) Seventies Quorum in Nauvoo
  Ancestry.com. Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
  (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=916%3a3176&db=70membershipvitals&indiv=1&customerid=8197703&o_xid=56898&o_lid=56898&o_sch=Affiliate+External : 28 July 2014)
  Name: Joshua Fairchild
  Birth Date: 1797
  Birth Place: Upper Canada
  Death Date: 1891
  Death Place: Idaho
  Father: Joshua Fairchild
  Mother: Elizabeth Cooley
  Wives: ___, Mary; Buckham, Mary Ann; Fenner, Prudince (4); Slunner, Mary
  Quorum: Q26
  Nauvoo Data: City of Joseph (Nauvoo); Mission IL in OH (1832)
  Post-Nauvoo Data: Cassia ID

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Library Digital Catalog "Information concerning persons driven from Jackson County, Missouri in 1833, 1863-1868," digital images, (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record?id=c7765a92-3e6a-4224-a21a-f49860b57124&view=summary Accessed: 24 August 2023). Digital Image: Viewer Page 21 of 26 Found in: Information concerning persons driven from Jackson County, Missouri in 1833, 1863-1868 Call Number: MS 6019 Non- digital format: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/2993305f-c3d6-45db-a178-4996855f7efe/0/4
  John Killian in the Prairie Branch, Jackson county, Missouri
  The event of the saints being driven out of Missouri took place in 1833. This record source was created between 1863 and 1868 by Thomas Bullock, a Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Deseret (currently Utah).
  -----
  The actual date is 1833, not 1838 (1838 is when church members were expelled from Missouri. The Jackson County expulsion occurred in 1833.
  NOTE: In 1864 Brigham Young requested to know who had been in Jackson County, Missouri.
  
  Under that direction, Thomas Bullock and George A Smith, (church historian) compiled a list of names given by the individuals themselves who were still alive, or from the informants from the various branches who had lived in Jackson County. (There were 5 branches). Another complete list is under MS 3419.
  Another source for the Big Blue Branch is found in Ronald A Romig, "Early Jackson County, Missouri: The Mormon Settlement on the Big Blue River", 1996, Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation.

• 1838 - Joshua Fairchild Land Patent - Clay Co MO
  BLM General Land Office Records https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MO1190__.322&docClass=STA&sid=dsivvrya.tes
  (http://familysearch.org/patron/source/photoId/48674753 : 21 February 2018)
  Land office Lexington, Total Acres 80

• 1839 - Joshua Fairchild Land Patent - Caldwell Cty MO
  Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  (http://familysearch.org/patron/source/photoId/48673487 : 21 February 2018)
  Name: Joshua Fairchild
  Issue Date: 20 Sep 1839
  Place: Caldwell, Missouri, USA
  Land Office: Lexington
  Meridian: 5th PM
  Township: 57-N
  Range: 29-W
  Section: 17
  Accession Number: MO1270__.037
  Document Number: 11150
  Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/deta...

• Residence of child Moroni Fenner Fairchild: "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  FamilySearch Record: QL3Z-G93K (accessed 31 January 2024)
  http://nauvoo.byu.edu/ViewPerson.aspx?ID=61239
  Name: Joshua Fairchild; Note Misc: Harriet Lucinda McMurray; System Of Record: SLS.

• Residence: "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  FamilySearch Record: QL3Z-GDSP (accessed 31 January 2024)
  http://nauvoo.byu.edu/ViewPerson.aspx?ID=27254
  Name: Joshua Fairchild; Birth Date: 16 January 1797; Birth Place: Townsend Twp, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada; Death Date: 5 January 1891; Death Place: Basin, Cassia, Idaho; Residence Date: from 1839 to 1846; Residence Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; Note Misc: Hannah J ; Mary Skinner; Clarinda Gleason; Prudence Fenner; Mary Ann Buckham; System Of Record: SLS.

• Marriage: "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 007687001; FHL microfilm: 1683304; Record number: 80; Packet letter: C
  FamilySearch Record: HSX8-V4MM (accessed 31 January 2024)
  Joshua Fairchild marriage to Mary Ann Buckham on 15 Jul 1841 in LaSalle, Illinois, United States.

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 42; Digital film/folder number: 004193360; FHL microfilm: 7684; Image number: 487; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00998-7
  FamilySearch Record: M851-5YM (accessed 31 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DYK3-W31
  Joshua Fairchild (53) in West Galena Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States. Born in New York.

• 1855 Census: "Wisconsin State Census, 1855"
  citing Line: 39; Digital film/folder number: 004245038; FHL microfilm: 1032687; Image number: 270; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01301-8
  FamilySearch Record: MMML-HLN (accessed 31 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6W99-HMH
  C Fairchild in Dodge, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 54; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005171776; FHL microfilm: 805409; Image number: 604; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01836-0
  FamilySearch Record: MWMR-714 (accessed 31 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSX-YBG
  Joshua Fairchild (63) in Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, United States. Born in Canada.

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 11; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 38; Digital film/folder number: 004263342; FHL microfilm: 000545617; Image number: 239; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01457-9
  FamilySearch Record: M4ZD-RFJ (accessed 31 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DRZ3-ZB2
  Joshua Fairchild (73) head of household in Elk Point, Union, Dakota Territory, United States. Born in Canada.

• 1876 - Joshua Fairchild about his parents
  Handwritten transcription of Joshua Fairchild, born 1797, prepared by his son Moroni Fenner Fairchild. This is an excerpt of the transcription wherein Joshua told his son about his family and his earlier life and experiences.
  (http://familysearch.org/patron/source/photoId/49826729 : 11 March 2018)
  Joshua was born in January 1797.
  His father was Joshua
  His mother's name was Hall

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00026; Digital film/folder number: 005157321; FHL microfilm: 1254114; Image number: 786; Sheet number: 381; Sheet letter: A
  FamilySearch Record: MCV4-JTG (accessed 31 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBZ-6YW
  Joshua Fairchild (83), married, Retired Clergyman, head of household in Elk Point, Union, Dakota Territory, United States. Born in Canada.

• 1888 - Joshua Fairchild - Application for War of 1812 Pension Benefit
  National Archives Publication Title: War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files Content Source: NARA Content Partner: Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), NARA Fold3 Publication Year: 2011 National Archives Catalog ID: 564415 National Archives Catalog Title: War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900 Record Group: 15 Fold3 Job: 11-010 Language: English Country: United States Short Description: The War of 1812 pension files resulted from a man's service during the war, 1812-1815. They were granted to the veteran, his widow, or his heirs. Roll: RG15-1812PB-Bx1192
  (https://www.fold3.com/s.php?advanced=1&s_given_name=Joshua&s_surname=Fairchild#s_given_name=Joshua&s_surname=Fairchild&ocr=1&dr_year=m,1810-1860&offset=5&preview=1 : 9 July 2016)
  Application for benefits filed by Joshua Fairchild in 1888. Includes a description of his service at the Battle to Queenstown. Also includes his places of residence between the war and time of the application.

• Burial: "BillionGraves Index"
  citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Basin Cemetery, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States
  FamilySearch Record: 27MP-D5P (accessed 31 January 2024)
  http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/person/4999270
  Joshua Fairchild burial (died on 5 Jan 1891) in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. Born on 16 Jan 1797.

• First Council of the Seventy records 1835-1885: Joshua Fairchild
  , First Council of the Seventy records 1835-1885. Selected material from Seventies Book B, page 90, 1844-1848, Joshua Fairchilds, CR 3 51_r0004_00058.jpg, Courtesy of the Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  (http://app.researchties.com/uploads/18/40582-CR%203%2051_r0004%20%281%29%2058.pdf : 18 December 2015)
  For more information refer to http://nauvoo.byu.edu

• Joshua Fairchild - LDS Church Membership Info
  Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.
  (http://familysearch.org/patron/source/photoId/48662902 : 21 February 2018)
  Name: Joshua Fairchild
  Gender: Male
  Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head)
  Father: Joshua Fairchild
  Mother: Elizabeth Cooley
  Birth Date: 16 Jan 1797
  Birth Place: Townsend, Canada
  Death Date: 5 Jan 1891
  Death Place: Basin, Cassia, Idaho, USA
  Burial Date: Jan 1891
  Burial Place: Basin Cemetery, Cassia, Idaho, USA
  Residences: Cassia, Idaho, USA
  LDS Church Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: January 21, 1846
  LDS Temple Ordinance Data: Endowment Date: February 20, 1919
  Comments: Joshua served a mission in 1832 to Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
  Household Members:
  Name Relation
  Joshua Fairchild Self (Head)
  Mary Slunner Spouse
  Mary Spouse
  Prudince Fenner Spouse
  Elizabeth Fairchild Child
  Alma Fairchild Child
  Moroni Fenner Fairchild Child