Grandison Fairchild
Grandison Fairchild | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1792 |
| Died | 1890 (aged 97–98) |
Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890) was an American reformer and active in the founding of Oberlin College.
Family
[edit]His sons became presidents of various educational institutions. James was president of Oberlin for a quarter of a century. Henry was president of Berea College at Berea, Kentucky. George was president of Kansas State University. Grandison Fairchild, a devout Christian, once jokingly expressed regret that all of his sons had not become full-time ministers. "They all petered out as college presidents," he is reported to have said.[1]
Grandison and his family settled in the wilderness in Ohio about 1818.[2][3]
He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts and died in Brownhelm, Ohio.
References
[edit]- ↑ The Pilgrim John Howland Society – Articles: Descendants: Three Fairchild Brothers – Three College Presidents Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ T. M. Fairchild and Sarah Ellen (Fairchild) Filter, The Name and Family of Fairchild, The Mercer Printing Company, Iowa City, IA, 1944
- ↑ History of Lorain County, Ohio with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Philadelphia, Williams Brothers, 1879 page 219
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