The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . beJjruary,185,;, and is descended frum the nld baron-ial family of. that name. The ancestry canbe traced back through many centuries andthe name of Joseph was l>orne by the eldestso!i in each successive generation. From anearly ])criod in the history of England thelairhails were connected with progress andad\-ancement in the counties of Sussex andKent. Tradition says that the ancestors ofthe Doctor were paid soldiers of Williamthe Conqueror. Josei)h Fairball. the fatherof Doctor, was also born on tlie isle )py and there wed
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . beJjruary,185,;, and is descended frum the nld baron-ial family of. that name. The ancestry canbe traced back through many centuries andthe name of Joseph was l>orne by the eldestso!i in each successive generation. From anearly ])criod in the history of England thelairhails were connected with progress andad\-ancement in the counties of Sussex andKent. Tradition says that the ancestors ofthe Doctor were paid soldiers of Williamthe Conqueror. Josei)h Fairball. the fatherof Doctor, was also born on tlie isle )py and there wedded Esther Shaw,whose birth occurred in the same l. and both were laid to rest in the fam-ily \;uilt at Oueensboro. in Kent Dr. Fairball acciuired bis earlv cduc:i-. DR. JOSEPH FAIRHALL. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 391 tion in what was known as the NationalSchool of Minster on the isle of Sheppy andafterward entered the grammar school atSheerness. Later he became a student inthe Uni\ersity at London, England, inwhich institution lie was graduated withthe class of 18S1. He next entereil theCharing Cross Medical University in Lon-don, where he remained for three years. In1877 lie joined the Irish Rifles, in which reg-iment he served with credit as a volunteerfor eight years, being mustered out in continued to remain in London, how-ever, until 1887, and in that year he came Making his way westward, hebecame connected with the South ChicagoDock Company and also with the GrapeCreek Coal Company, iKjlding the ofiice ofvice president of botli. During the firstthree years after his arrival in America his home in Chicago, having becomeinterested in the coal company while en-route, he acted as its vice president un-til the compa
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