Timothy Fairchild
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Timothy Fairchild (1837 - 1915)

Timothy Fairchild
Born in Mount Pleasant, Brantford, Brant, Canada Westmap
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Husband of — married 1862 in Coralville, Iowamap
Died at age 77 in Coralville, Johnson, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Timothy was born September 30, 1837 in Mount Pleasant, Brantford, Brant, Ontario. Timothy married Joanna Smith, daughter of John and Anna Smith, in the year 1862 in Brant County, Ontario. They had five children. Timothy died in Coralville, Iowa March 15, 1915 but is buried in lot 22 of Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.


The following notice appeared on page 8 of the Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, (Ottumwa, Iowa), Saturday March 20, 1915:

PIONEERS ARE DEAD
Iowa City, March 19

Timothy Fairchild, Sr., is dead here, in his seventy-ninth year. Surviving are his four sons, Timothy, Jr., formerly county attorney of Johnson county, now a resident of Misouri [Sic], and Harry, James and Stephen of Iowa City. Mr. Fairchild was a cousin of Richard Montgomery, commander of the colonial forces, who was killed at Quebec New Year's eve, 1775.


Excerpt from "The Name and Family of Fairchild - 1944

TIMOTHY FAIRCHILD, father of Timothy Marsh Fairchild, the writer of the genealogy which is the basis of most of this compilation, was born in Brant County, Ontario, 30 September 1837. He married JOANNA SMITH, a daughter of John Smith and Anna Smith, of Brant County. Joanna was born in Dumfries, Scotland, 12 November 1840, and moved with her parent, when very young to England, and later, then she was about seven years of age the family moved to Canada and settled in Brant County, Ontario, where they resided until their deaths.

Timothy and Joanna (Smith) Fairchild were married in Brant County and resided on a farm about forty rods from the house of his father until January 1871, at which time they sold their farm and moved to Johnson County, Iowa, where they engaged in farming and stock-raising for many years. During the late years of their lives they resided in Coralville, a suburb of Iowa City, Iowa, where they died.

Joanna Fairchild died 3 May 1908, at the age of 67 years 3 months and 21 days and Timothy Fairchild died 15 March 1915, at the age of 77 years 6 months and 15 days. They are buried in Lot 22, Greenwood cemetery, Brantford, Ontario, in the same lot in which Joanna's parents and some of her sisters and brother are buried.

Timothy Fairchild was the first man to introduce the Tamworth breed of hogs into Johnson County, and Timothy Marsh Fairchild believed the herd book will show he was the first man to introduce this breed of hogs into Iowa. They were registered animals named Sampson and Rosie and were registered in the herd books with the dates of their importation into Iowa, which Timothy Marsh Fairchild believed would show the earliest dates of this breed of hogs in Iowa.

They developed into half-ton hogs, Rosie weighing 1050 pounds when sold and Sampson weighing a little less. Later Timothy Fairchild sold some of their descendants averaging over 600 pounds each to the Independence Milling Company, at Independence, Iowa, all of which were registered animals.

He also imported to Iowa in 1870, the fall before the family moved to Iowa, two blooded stallions from the Bow Park Farm, Brant County, Ontario.

The children of Timothy and Joanna (Smith) Fairchild were all born in Brant County, Ontario.


The following announcements have been culled from Iowa City papers:

"T. FAIRCHILD CALLED BEYOND. PIONEER PASSES AWAY
AT HIS HOME IN CORALVILLE, AGED NEARLY 78 YEARS."

"Timothy Fairchild, Sr., aged 77 years, 5 months and 15 days, passed away last evening. He had been ill seven weeks at his home in Coralville and the end came at 9:45. The ailments incident to old age coming in complicated form proved fatal. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the house. The remains will be taken to Brantford, Canada, for internment.

"Mr. Fairchild was a resident of this country for 45 years. Surviving to mourn his death are four sons and a large circle of true friends. The sons are Timothy, Jr., a resident of Missouri and former County Attorney of Johnson County; Harry, James and Stephen, all of whom, save Timothy, were present with their father when the end came." (He died March 15, 1915).

Sources

The Name and Family of Fairchild. - Timothy Marsh Fairchild & Sarah Ellen Fairchild - Published 1944

Find A Grave: Memorial #134551360 Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada





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