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Fairbanks, Sheldon[1, 2]

Male 1801 - 1868  (66 years)


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  • Name Fairbanks, Sheldon 
    Born 9 Jul 1801  Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Mar 1868  Augusta, des Moines, Iowa, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2062  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Father Fairbanks, Nathan Jr.,   b. Abt 1760, Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1825, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Sheldon, Clarissa,   b. 1772, Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1794  Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sage, Mercy Ann,   b. 7 Feb 1802, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1860, Augusta, des Moines, Iowa, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [3
    Married 12 Dec 1821  Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fairbanks, George,   b. 1822, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1895, Kelsey, el Dorado, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Fairbanks, Augustus D,   b. 17 Feb 1826, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1883, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     3. Fairbanks, Hiram Tolbert,   b. 29 Dec 1827, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1915, Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. Fairbanks, Jason,   b. 1830, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1851  (Age 21 years)
     5. Fairbanks, Henry,   b. 1833, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1854  (Age 21 years)
     6. Fairbanks, Mary Lucinda,   b. 3 Apr 1835, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1907, La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     7. Fairbanks, Harriet J,   b. 12 Jul 1839, Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1880, Augusta, des Moines, Iowa, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F1138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Gene Pool Individual Records:

      Sheldon Fairbanks Birth: 9 July 1801 Weston, Cheshire, NH
      Death: 3 March 1868 Augusta, Des Moines, IA,
      Marriage: 12 December 1821 Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, IN Mercy Ann Sage
      Parents: Nathan Fairbanks Clarissa Sheldon

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Late Counsellor at Law, (Boston: The American Printing & Engraving, Company, 1897), reprinted by the Fairbanks Family in America 1991 3rd ed.., page 134 (under father) & page 261-262.
      229. SHELDON FAIRBANKS, of Augusta, Iowa.
      (97), Nathan VI, Nathan V, John IV, John III, John II, Jonathan I.

      Born in New Hampshire, July 9, 1801; removed with his parents to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1821. Settled in Manchester, Ind., where all his children were born, and where he resided until he removed to Augusta, Iowa. He died March 3, 1868.

      Married, in Lawrenceburg, Dec. 12, 1821, Mercy Ann Sage, who was born in New York, Feb. 7, 1802, and died in Augusta, April 4, 1860.

    2. [S1] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)*, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org.

    3. [S16] Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Late Counsellor at Law, (Boston: The American Printing & Engraving, Company, 1897), reprinted by the Fairbanks Family in America 1991 3rd ed.., page 262.