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- [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 292.
He learned the machinist's trade in Lowell and Boston. Was a genius of remarkable skill. Went to California, and afterward to Peru, S. A., where he lived many years. Was engaged there in "installing" sugar mill "plants," being agent of a Boston firm. For one or two years he was superintendent of the machinery department of the Mint in Lima.
He has not been heard from since about the year 1870, and is supposed to be dead. Was reported murdered; and again there was a report that he died in a hospital. Neither report has been confirmed. He was known to have considerable money, and may have been the victim of foul play. What became of him or his money, is an unsolved mystery.
He was a man of superior physique; weight 180 lbs., height 5 ft. 11 1/2 in., athletic, brave, and fearless, even to a fault. He was very daring, and often met mounted bands of Spanish robbers on the plains, sometimes having encounters with them. He would stand his ground against odds, or, by strategy and Parthian shots, escape on his fleet pacer. He was always peaceably inclined, but had a thorough contempt for the treacherous little Spaniards, and, with a fair show, was a good match for half a dozen of them. Perhaps, at last, he was overcome, robbed and killed.
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1830 - Abt 1870 (39 years)