Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in 18(5? of the Hale andNorcross. In the latter year he also formed a part-nership with John \Y. Mackay. James C. Flood,and William T. OBrien, and purchased thecontrolof several well-knowu mines. The yield of goldand silver in these mines during Mr. Fairs serviceas superintendent is estimated to have reached$200,000,000. Mr. Fair was elected to the U. from Nevada, as a Democrat, to succeedWilliam Sharon, Republican, and served from1881 till 1887. He is largely interested in manu-factories on the Pacific coast. FAIRBANKS, Erastus, manufactu
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in 18(5? of the Hale andNorcross. In the latter year he also formed a part-nership with John \Y. Mackay. James C. Flood,and William T. OBrien, and purchased thecontrolof several well-knowu mines. The yield of goldand silver in these mines during Mr. Fairs serviceas superintendent is estimated to have reached$200,000,000. Mr. Fair was elected to the U. from Nevada, as a Democrat, to succeedWilliam Sharon, Republican, and served from1881 till 1887. He is largely interested in manu-factories on the Pacific coast. FAIRBANKS, Erastus, manufacturer, b. inBrimfield, 28 Oct., 1792; d. 24 Nov., was fifth in descent from Jonathan Fairbanks,who came from England and settled in Dedham,Mass., in 1633. The old Fairbanks house in Ded-ham. built by Jonathans brother John, and still inpossession of the family, is represented in the ac-companying illustration. Erastus began to studylaw. but gave it up on account of an affectionof the eyes, and engaged in trade in various places,. finally removing to St. Johnsbury, Vt. He formeda partnership with his brother Thaddeus in 1824,and began the manufacture of cast-iron plowsand stove-castings. In 1826 the firm, with sev-eral others, formed the St. Johnsbury hemp-dress-ing company, and in 1831 the brothers gave theirentire attention to making the platform-scales in-vented by Thaddeus. Erastus remained at thehead of the firm till his death. He was a memberof the legislature in 1836-8, president of the Pas-sum psic railroad company in 1849, and was electedgovernor of Vermont in 1851 and 1860, renderingefficient aid to the government in the early days ofthe civil wrar.—His brother, Thaddeus, inventor,b. in Brimfield, Mass., 17 Jan., 1796; d. in , Vt., 12 April, 1886, removed with hisfather in 1815 to St. Johnsbury, Vt., and aidedhim in a saw- and grist-mill, also making had an aptitude for mechanics, and in 1826,while engaged in the business of dre
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