Joel Fairbanks (abt. 1807 - abt. 1885)

Born about 1807 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey (Unknown) Fairbanks — married 17 Apr 1867 in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died about 22 Aug 1885 at about age 78 in Almer Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Joel was born about 1802. He passed away about 1880. Joel was born about 1802 in Maine.

Joel was born about 1808. He is the son of Samuel Fairbanks.

Occupation: farmer.

1830 lived with wife, 1 son under age 5, daughter Almena, and daughter aged 10-14 yrs, in Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York.

1850 lived with wife, 8 children, and brother-in-law, John Marsh, on family farm in District No. 7 Plymouth, Ashtabula County, Ohio. 1850 owned $300 in real estate.

1850 lived with wife, brother-in-law John, and 8 children in Plymouth District, Ashtabula County, Ohio. 1850 was farming. Owned $300 in real estate.

Presume wife died between 1850 census and 1860 census.

1860 lived with no wife, and 3 children on family farm in Ogden Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. 1860 owned $600 in real estate and $500 in personal property.

1870 lived with second wife and son, John in Fairgrove Township, Tuscola County, Michigan. 1870 owned $590 in personal property and no land.

1880 was farming per ag census special schedule, in Ogden Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. 1880 had 18 acres tilled, 3.5 acres pastured, 14 acres wooded, and 8 acres unimproved. (43.5 acres total), valued at $1,500. $20 in machinery, $150 in livestock.

He passed away about 1885.

Sources

1830 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Rossie, Saint Lawrence, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 213; Family History Library Film: 0017167; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010; Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1850 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Plymouth, Ashtabula, Ohio; Roll: 659; Page: 266a; Family: #69; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Ogden, Lenawee, Michigan; Page: 448; Family: #1556; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1870 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan; Roll: M593_705; Page: 82B; Family: #81; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch; Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1880 U.S. Census, non-population schedule, OS Page: 19, Line Number: 4; Source Citation: Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Ogden, Lenawee, Michigan; Archive Collection Number: T1164; Roll: 46; Page: 19; Line: 4; Schedule Type: Agriculture; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

??? unsure this is same person; 1885 Michigan Death & Burial Record index abstract, FHL Film Number: 983956; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011; Original data: "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

Son, Dewitt Clinton Fairbanks' 1899 death certificate, Michigan #628.

Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, page 238, entry #202 and page 452, entry #461 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing & Engraving Co.], 1897).