Eben FAIRCHILD
1784 - 1865 (~ 80 years)
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Name Eben FAIRCHILD Born Nov 1784 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States 
Gender Male Occupation Saddle then Paper Manufacturer _UID D9B7155F7C75FA4D83ED86F52CA5682080A1 Died 13 Sep 1865 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Person ID I2674 SteveParker Last Modified 24 Apr 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 Betsey A NICHOLS Married Abt 1809 United States [1] _UID CDD3C8FC272CE84881A7CD742FF9D13E876B Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 Family ID F970 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Eben had only the advantages of a common-school education, and was then apprenticed to a cabinet firm in Danbury, Connecticut to learn that trade, but on account of ill health did not continue long, but returned to Trumbull and joined his brother Reuben in the manufacture of saddle-trees, at the village of Nichols' Farms. The business was very successful. The principal markets were New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Bridgeport. 30 May 1817, they purchased the store and dock property at or near the foot of Wall Street, in the then borough of Bridgeport and opened a store and ran a connection therewith packets to New York, Boston, and other places, doing a coasting business. At the commencement of the store business, Eben moved to Bridgeport and had charge of the store and business there. Reuben continued in charge of the business at Nichols' Farms.
About the year 1818 they commenced the manufacturing of saddles in Bridgeport, taking Hanford Lyon and Lemuel Coleman into the firm, under the firm-name of Fairchild, Lyon & Co., with a branch house at Charleston, S. C.
This firm continued the business about nine years, when the Fairchilds (on account of being extensevely engaged in other manufacturing enterprises) withdrew from the firm.
Aabout the year 1826 they turned their attention to the manufacture of paper at Trumbull, associating their brother Lewis with them, under the firm=name of L. Fairchild & Bros. Eben then returned to Trumbull and lived near the paper-mill, and continued in the business about twenty years, or until 1847, when he disposed of his interest to his nephews, D. and P.N Fairchild, who are still connected with the business. Eben and Betsey had no children. He moved to Bridgeport in 1847, purchasing the property corner of Main and Franklin Streets, were he lived a retired life until his death in 1865.
- Eben had only the advantages of a common-school education, and was then apprenticed to a cabinet firm in Danbury, Connecticut to learn that trade, but on account of ill health did not continue long, but returned to Trumbull and joined his brother Reuben in the manufacture of saddle-trees, at the village of Nichols' Farms. The business was very successful. The principal markets were New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Bridgeport. 30 May 1817, they purchased the store and dock property at or near the foot of Wall Street, in the then borough of Bridgeport and opened a store and ran a connection therewith packets to New York, Boston, and other places, doing a coasting business. At the commencement of the store business, Eben moved to Bridgeport and had charge of the store and business there. Reuben continued in charge of the business at Nichols' Farms.
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Sources - [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Eben Fairchild; Male; Birth: 1784 Of, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut; Spouse: Betsey A. Nichols; Marriage: About 1809 Of, , , Usa
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 06 May 2006
- [S44] International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.