The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . HARRISON MRS. HARRISON FAIRCHILD. LlBFtARYUNIVERSITY ^OF ILLINOIS THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 407 exertions attained an honnrahle position andmarked prestige among the representativemen of the \vest, and with signal consistencyit may be said that he is the architect of hisown fortunes and one whose success anii)lyjustilies the application of the somewhathackneyed but most expressive title, a self-made man. Mr. Iairchild, wln) is now li\ing a re-tired life, in a beautiful residence at Xorth XerniiHon street, in Danville,com
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . HARRISON MRS. HARRISON FAIRCHILD. LlBFtARYUNIVERSITY ^OF ILLINOIS THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 407 exertions attained an honnrahle position andmarked prestige among the representativemen of the \vest, and with signal consistencyit may be said that he is the architect of hisown fortunes and one whose success anii)lyjustilies the application of the somewhathackneyed but most expressive title, a self-made man. Mr. Iairchild, wln) is now li\ing a re-tired life, in a beautiful residence at Xorth XerniiHon street, in Danville,comes of a very old and prominent familyof \ermilion county. He is a native of thiscounty, his birth having occurred on Crist-mas Day of 1840. His parents were Danieland Lucv ( Hemmingway) Fairchild. Thefather was a native of New York, born in1810, and he and four brothers left the Em-pire state in 1828, coming direct to Xermil-ion CDunlw Illinois, iov the opi)i)rtunities ofthe l)road west attracted them. Daniel Fair-child settled in Blount township, among itshrst residents.
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