Mr. Fairchild had an adventurous life. When just able to walk he went with his parents from North Carolina to Tennessee and four years afterward migrated to Missouri. Attracted by the mining rush, he crossed the plains by ox team for California in 1850, making and losing several fortunes during the gold craze. On October 17, 1862, he enlisted in San Francisco and was ordered to Vancouver, Wash., where he obtained an hnorable discharge from the Fourteenth Infantry of the Washington Volunteers July 17, 1865.
Two years later he came to Oregon, since when he has lived all his life in Washington County. Of a family of nine, two sons and two daughters live in Portland, Mrs. Oscar Baldwin and Mrs. C. H. Robbins, James Fairchild, who for four years has served at Station A of the Post office, and Robert Fairchild.
[Oregonian, Aug. 11, 1912]
July 8, 1919; Oregonian (photo)
"Civil War Veteran Dies at Cornelius"
Lewis Stinson Fairchild, 87, a veteran of the civil war, died July 4 at his home in Cornelius, Or. His sister, Mrs. S. S. Deardorff, whom he had not seen in the previous 62 years, was with him when he died. Mr. Fairchild crossed the plains to California from his native state of North Carolina in 1852. Ten years later he enlisted in the union army and served nearly three years at Fort Vancouver. He is survived by his widow and eight children, besides the sister.
Funeral services were conducted by the G.A.R. of Forest Grove.
Two years later he came to Oregon, since when he has lived all his life in Washington County. Of a family of nine, two sons and two daughters live in Portland, Mrs. Oscar Baldwin and Mrs. C. H. Robbins, James Fairchild, who for four years has served at Station A of the Post office, and Robert Fairchild.
[Oregonian, Aug. 11, 1912]
July 8, 1919; Oregonian (photo)
"Civil War Veteran Dies at Cornelius"
Lewis Stinson Fairchild, 87, a veteran of the civil war, died July 4 at his home in Cornelius, Or. His sister, Mrs. S. S. Deardorff, whom he had not seen in the previous 62 years, was with him when he died. Mr. Fairchild crossed the plains to California from his native state of North Carolina in 1852. Ten years later he enlisted in the union army and served nearly three years at Fort Vancouver. He is survived by his widow and eight children, besides the sister.
Funeral services were conducted by the G.A.R. of Forest Grove.
Mr. Fairchild had an adventurous life. When just able to walk he went with his parents from North Carolina to Tennessee and four years afterward migrated to Missouri. Attracted by the mining rush, he crossed the plains by ox team for California in 1850, making and losing several fortunes during the gold craze. On October 17, 1862, he enlisted in San Francisco and was ordered to Vancouver, Wash., where he obtained an hnorable discharge from the Fourteenth Infantry of the Washington Volunteers July 17, 1865.
Two years later he came to Oregon, since when he has lived all his life in Washington County. Of a family of nine, two sons and two daughters live in Portland, Mrs. Oscar Baldwin and Mrs. C. H. Robbins, James Fairchild, who for four years has served at Station A of the Post office, and Robert Fairchild.
[Oregonian, Aug. 11, 1912]
July 8, 1919; Oregonian (photo)
"Civil War Veteran Dies at Cornelius"
Lewis Stinson Fairchild, 87, a veteran of the civil war, died July 4 at his home in Cornelius, Or. His sister, Mrs. S. S. Deardorff, whom he had not seen in the previous 62 years, was with him when he died. Mr. Fairchild crossed the plains to California from his native state of North Carolina in 1852. Ten years later he enlisted in the union army and served nearly three years at Fort Vancouver. He is survived by his widow and eight children, besides the sister.
Funeral services were conducted by the G.A.R. of Forest Grove.
Two years later he came to Oregon, since when he has lived all his life in Washington County. Of a family of nine, two sons and two daughters live in Portland, Mrs. Oscar Baldwin and Mrs. C. H. Robbins, James Fairchild, who for four years has served at Station A of the Post office, and Robert Fairchild.
[Oregonian, Aug. 11, 1912]
July 8, 1919; Oregonian (photo)
"Civil War Veteran Dies at Cornelius"
Lewis Stinson Fairchild, 87, a veteran of the civil war, died July 4 at his home in Cornelius, Or. His sister, Mrs. S. S. Deardorff, whom he had not seen in the previous 62 years, was with him when he died. Mr. Fairchild crossed the plains to California from his native state of North Carolina in 1852. Ten years later he enlisted in the union army and served nearly three years at Fort Vancouver. He is survived by his widow and eight children, besides the sister.
Funeral services were conducted by the G.A.R. of Forest Grove.
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