Individual Details

Edwin apparently had an earlier marriage, or two:
1850 Census: Windsor, Broome Co, NY, Hh 443
Edwin Fairchild, 27
Catharine, 23
Jane A., 4
Emeline D., age 1
but what happened to Catharine and the daughters before 1855? Or - there must have been TWO Edwin Fairchilds of the same age, same county
1855 New York State Census: Windsor, Broome Co, Hh 258
Edwin E. Fairchild, 32
Catherine E., 27
Jane, age 8
1855 New York State Census: Windsor, Broome Co, Hh 231
Edwin Fairchild, 32, b. Broome Co, Farmer
Mary, 21, wife, b. Oneida Co
Willis B. Fairchild, age unreadable, b. Broome Co
Olive Fairchild, 68, mother, b. TN
Philo Fairchild, 23, brother, b. Broome Co

New Woodland Cemetery, Stanford, CT
Fairchild, Edwin M
Fairchild, Catherine J. Stuttler, wife of Edwin M., b. 1844, d. 1917.



A Marriage in Farmington, Waupaca Co, Wisconsin, 9 July 1889, for Edwin E. Fairchild to Ann E. Kennison. His parents were Isaac Fairchild & Olive Dayton; his birthplace Brown Co, NY. Ann's were Silas Hoskins and Amanda Allen Parents name on marriage record - Isaac Fairchild and Olive Dayton. However, this would sort out the two Edwins in 1855.


1890 Wisconsin Veterans Schedule: Residence, Veterans Home, Waupaca Co, WI. There is no image - only a transcription. And there was a Veterans Home at King, Waupaca Co.
Edwin E. Fairchild is buried Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, King, Waupaca, WI with these dates: b: 24 May 1823, New York. d: 5 Aug 1891, King, Waupaca, WI.
Served as a Private, Co. H, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, Union Army, Civil War
Eliza A. Fairchild is buried there as well - b. 1829 "Georgia" - probably taken from the marriage record. Died 11 Mar 1896, King, Waupaca, WI
Enlisted: 2 Dec 1861, Private. Mustered in 24 Dec 1861; mustered out 30 Mar 1863.

Civil War Pension Index Cards:
William Mars
Widow: Eliza Mars
Service: Co A, 21st Wis. Inf.
Applied for Invalid Pension, 25 Sep 1873, App. #186.892, Certificate #1136.488
Widow applied, 27 Jul 1881, App #284.231. Certificate #291.728

Edwin E. Fairchild
Widow: Ann E. Fairchild
Service: Co H, 3rd Wis. Cav.
Applied for Invalid pension from Wisconsin on 18 Jul 1889, App #717.112. Certificate #510.472
Widow's pension applied 18 Dec 1891, #536.260.
NOTE: no certificate # noted - perhaps not issued since she may have been receiving a pension re William Mars.

Wisconsin Death Record
Edwin Fairchild, white, male, age 68, b. 24 Mar, d. 5 Aug 1891
Wife, Eliza A. Fairchild
Died of Paralysis at the Veterans Home.

Buried Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Served in the Cavalry, Civil War.

Birth	24 May 1823	New York
Marriage	9 Jul 1889	Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin - Ann Eliza Hoskins
Death	5 Aug 1891	King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Spouse

Ann Eliza Hoskins (1830 - 1896)