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The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.

Notable members

Among the notable members of the family are:

Blair Fairchild (1877–1933), a composer
Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
Charles Grandison Fairchild, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean.
David Fairchild, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
Edward Henry Fairchild
Edward T. Fairchild, 15th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Fred Rogers Fairchild
George Fairchild, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted
Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman
Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813
Henry Fairchild, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt
Henry Pratt Fairchild
Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and married Sally Blair
James Fairchild, who was President of Oberlin College
Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1872-1924), a painter, married Henry Brown Fuller
Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846)
Thomas E. Fairchild, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and later chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include:

Fairchild Family History
Fairchild, T. M.; Fairchild Filter, Sarah Ellen (1944). The Name and Family of Fairchild. Iowa City, Iowa: The Mercer Printing Company – via Internet Archive.