Fairchild family
The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.
Notable members
Among the notable members of the family are:- Blair Fairchild, a composer
- Cassius Fairchild, who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
- Charles Grandison Fairchild, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean.
- David Fairchild, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
- Edward [Henry Fairchild]
- Edward T. Fairchild, 15th chief justice of the Wisconsin [Supreme Court]
- Fred Rogers Fairchild
- George Fairchild, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted
- Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman
- Grandison Fairchild, who married Nancy Harris in 1813
- Henry Fairchild, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Jairus C. Fairchild, who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and married Sally Blair
- James Fairchild, who was President of Oberlin College
- Lucia Fairchild Fuller, a painter, married Henry Brown Fuller
- Lucius Fairchild, Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull
- Thomas E. Fairchild, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and later chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit