William Fairall Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth, came to Ohio in 1816 with their five children and settled in Jackson Township, Muskingum County, on what afterward became known as Fairall Ridge. They made themselves a home in the woods, having just enough money to pay an entrance fee on some land, and from this time dates the prosperity of this remarkable family.
William and Elizabeth Fairall, their sons, sons-in-law, daughters and daughters-in-law, 18 in number, lived to the average age of 73 years.
This family, exclusive of any but blood relatives, in 1889, when the account was written, controlled over 20,000 acres of land, divided into 159 farms with an average of 14 persons to the farm. They are natural farmers and stockraisers, there never having been a professional man or speculator among them.
As a rule, they are upright Christian people and good citizens, none ever having been sent to prison, and very few embroiled in lawsuits. On election day, this family turns out 184 voters, politically about evenly divided. The rapid increase of this family since the marriage of William Fairall and Elizabeth Hyatt, is remarkable in the extreme. The above facts were printed in "The Midland", Frazeysburg, Ohio, September 5, 1889.
When the family came to this county, it was a dense wilderness, and for a long time their principal meat was wild game, which abounded. They first built cabins, then double log houses with small windows, but later occupied substantial and beautiful frame and brick houses. They had many thrilling experiences with wild animals in the early times. Owing to scarcity of glass, they used greased paper for window lights. Old William Fairall purchased 320 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, and at this death, gave his land to his three sons - Horace, Levi and William Hyatt, and the money he had on hand to his five daughters. He and his wife entertained many travelers and thus obtained enough silver money to cover a breakfast table of good size.
William and Elizabeth Fairall, their sons, sons-in-law, daughters and daughters-in-law, 18 in number, lived to the average age of 73 years.
This family, exclusive of any but blood relatives, in 1889, when the account was written, controlled over 20,000 acres of land, divided into 159 farms with an average of 14 persons to the farm. They are natural farmers and stockraisers, there never having been a professional man or speculator among them.
As a rule, they are upright Christian people and good citizens, none ever having been sent to prison, and very few embroiled in lawsuits. On election day, this family turns out 184 voters, politically about evenly divided. The rapid increase of this family since the marriage of William Fairall and Elizabeth Hyatt, is remarkable in the extreme. The above facts were printed in "The Midland", Frazeysburg, Ohio, September 5, 1889.
When the family came to this county, it was a dense wilderness, and for a long time their principal meat was wild game, which abounded. They first built cabins, then double log houses with small windows, but later occupied substantial and beautiful frame and brick houses. They had many thrilling experiences with wild animals in the early times. Owing to scarcity of glass, they used greased paper for window lights. Old William Fairall purchased 320 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, and at this death, gave his land to his three sons - Horace, Levi and William Hyatt, and the money he had on hand to his five daughters. He and his wife entertained many travelers and thus obtained enough silver money to cover a breakfast table of good size.
William Fairall Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth, came to Ohio in 1816 with their five children and settled in Jackson Township, Muskingum County, on what afterward became known as Fairall Ridge. They made themselves a home in the woods, having just enough money to pay an entrance fee on some land, and from this time dates the prosperity of this remarkable family.
William and Elizabeth Fairall, their sons, sons-in-law, daughters and daughters-in-law, 18 in number, lived to the average age of 73 years.
This family, exclusive of any but blood relatives, in 1889, when the account was written, controlled over 20,000 acres of land, divided into 159 farms with an average of 14 persons to the farm. They are natural farmers and stockraisers, there never having been a professional man or speculator among them.
As a rule, they are upright Christian people and good citizens, none ever having been sent to prison, and very few embroiled in lawsuits. On election day, this family turns out 184 voters, politically about evenly divided. The rapid increase of this family since the marriage of William Fairall and Elizabeth Hyatt, is remarkable in the extreme. The above facts were printed in "The Midland", Frazeysburg, Ohio, September 5, 1889.
When the family came to this county, it was a dense wilderness, and for a long time their principal meat was wild game, which abounded. They first built cabins, then double log houses with small windows, but later occupied substantial and beautiful frame and brick houses. They had many thrilling experiences with wild animals in the early times. Owing to scarcity of glass, they used greased paper for window lights. Old William Fairall purchased 320 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, and at this death, gave his land to his three sons - Horace, Levi and William Hyatt, and the money he had on hand to his five daughters. He and his wife entertained many travelers and thus obtained enough silver money to cover a breakfast table of good size.
William and Elizabeth Fairall, their sons, sons-in-law, daughters and daughters-in-law, 18 in number, lived to the average age of 73 years.
This family, exclusive of any but blood relatives, in 1889, when the account was written, controlled over 20,000 acres of land, divided into 159 farms with an average of 14 persons to the farm. They are natural farmers and stockraisers, there never having been a professional man or speculator among them.
As a rule, they are upright Christian people and good citizens, none ever having been sent to prison, and very few embroiled in lawsuits. On election day, this family turns out 184 voters, politically about evenly divided. The rapid increase of this family since the marriage of William Fairall and Elizabeth Hyatt, is remarkable in the extreme. The above facts were printed in "The Midland", Frazeysburg, Ohio, September 5, 1889.
When the family came to this county, it was a dense wilderness, and for a long time their principal meat was wild game, which abounded. They first built cabins, then double log houses with small windows, but later occupied substantial and beautiful frame and brick houses. They had many thrilling experiences with wild animals in the early times. Owing to scarcity of glass, they used greased paper for window lights. Old William Fairall purchased 320 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, and at this death, gave his land to his three sons - Horace, Levi and William Hyatt, and the money he had on hand to his five daughters. He and his wife entertained many travelers and thus obtained enough silver money to cover a breakfast table of good size.
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