Reuben FAIRCHILD
1784 - 1855 (71 years)
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Name Reuben FAIRCHILD Born 1782/1784 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States 
Gender Male Occupation Manufacturer of saddle-trees, paper, carriages, farmer _UID A01D8DD57ADA094883CC2C18DCCA556EC044 Died 4 Oct 1855 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Person ID I2672 SteveParker Last Modified 23 Nov 2008
Father Lewis FAIRCHILD, b. 14 Mar 1746, North Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 1817, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 70 years) Mother Mary UFFOOT (UFFORD) Married 22 Sep 1768 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States _UID 9BCE7FEAD8337145A4E31CAC82D75FF79159 Family ID F954 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna HAWLEY _UID 64280DAFC8F7664BBE4E41D29A4D770E43CA Children 1. Caroline FAIRCHILD 2. Elizabeth FAIRCHILD 3. Mary Ann FAIRCHILD 4. Starr FAIRCHILD 5. Lewis FAIRCHILD 6. Charles Nichols FAIRCHILD, b. 27 Oct 1818, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 6 Sep 1891, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 72 years)Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 Family ID F969 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Reuben's education was limited to the advantages of a common school. When a young man he was apprenticed to a cabinet firm and learned that trade, and soon after commenced the manufacture of saddle-trees, at Nichol's Farms, Trumbull, Connecticut, where he resided during his life. The business was very prosperous, and, taking his brother, Eben in company with him, under the firm-name of R. & E. Fairchild, they soon had a very large business, with a demand for all they could produce. They continued in the business together until 1817, when Eben moved to Bridgeport and took charge of the business there.
Reuben became interested in the paper-manufacturing with his brothers, Lewis and Eben, in 1826, and continued with them for several years.
About the year 1836, Reuben commenced the manufacture of carriages, at what was then known as the stone factory, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, associating with him Messrs. Haight, Hurd, and Keeler, under the firm-name of Haight, Fairchild & Co. They continued until 1840, when Reuben withdrew from the business. From that time until his death he made farming his chief occupation.
- Reuben's education was limited to the advantages of a common school. When a young man he was apprenticed to a cabinet firm and learned that trade, and soon after commenced the manufacture of saddle-trees, at Nichol's Farms, Trumbull, Connecticut, where he resided during his life. The business was very prosperous, and, taking his brother, Eben in company with him, under the firm-name of R. & E. Fairchild, they soon had a very large business, with a demand for all they could produce. They continued in the business together until 1817, when Eben moved to Bridgeport and took charge of the business there.