HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY 1911

John Fairbanks, Justice of the Peace and for many years a prominent and respected citizen of Mower county, was born at Royalton, Vt., March 24, 1840.
His boyhood was passed on his father's farm, near Bethel, Vt., to which the family moved shortly after his birth. The district schools afforded him the education usual to those times, the outbreak of the Civil war calling him from his books.

Enlisting in Co. F, 3rd Vermont Inf., May 10, 1861, he served with this company until May 3, 1863, being wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg and sent to an army hospital at Brattleboro, Vt., after his recovery being placed under detached service, from which he was honorably discharged January 27, 1864.

Returning to his family, he spent three years in Vermont, migrating west in 1869 and settling on a farm near Windom, Minn., on which he remained, carrying on general farming, until 1879, when he removed to Austin, where he engaged as carpenter and joiner.

Mr. Fairbanks is a progressive in politics and is serving his fifth year as Justice of the Peace. The local post of the Grand Army of the Republic counts him an active member.

October 8, 1863, he was married to Marina M. Newman, by whom he has eight children: Maud, now Mrs. Barr; May, Mrs. Stimson, a widow; Susan, wife of Al. E. Peaslee; Mattie, married to Frank Brown; Esther, living at home; Charles, of Seattle; Luke, located in Los Angeles, and Lee, of Minneapolis.

Lorenzo and Esther (Bowen) Fairbanks, parents of our subject, were natives of New England, the father being born in Barnard and the mother in Royalton, Vt.

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Civil War Vet
3rd Vermont Infantry Co. F
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John Fairbanks (Union)

Enlistment:
- Residing in Bethel, VT at time of enlistment
- Enlisted on Jun 1 1861 as Private

Mustering information:
- Enlisted into F Company, 3rd Infantry (Vermont) on Jul 16 1861
- Transferred from 3rd Infantry (Vermont) on Sep 1 1863
- Transfered on Sep 1 1863
- Discharged on Jun 26 1864

Promotions:
- Promoted to Corpl (date not indicated)

Listed as:
- Wounded on May 3 1863 at Marye's Heights, VA

Sources for the above information:
- Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66, (1892)

HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY 1911

John Fairbanks, Justice of the Peace and for many years a prominent and respected citizen of Mower county, was born at Royalton, Vt., March 24, 1840.
His boyhood was passed on his father's farm, near Bethel, Vt., to which the family moved shortly after his birth. The district schools afforded him the education usual to those times, the outbreak of the Civil war calling him from his books.

Enlisting in Co. F, 3rd Vermont Inf., May 10, 1861, he served with this company until May 3, 1863, being wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg and sent to an army hospital at Brattleboro, Vt., after his recovery being placed under detached service, from which he was honorably discharged January 27, 1864.

Returning to his family, he spent three years in Vermont, migrating west in 1869 and settling on a farm near Windom, Minn., on which he remained, carrying on general farming, until 1879, when he removed to Austin, where he engaged as carpenter and joiner.

Mr. Fairbanks is a progressive in politics and is serving his fifth year as Justice of the Peace. The local post of the Grand Army of the Republic counts him an active member.

October 8, 1863, he was married to Marina M. Newman, by whom he has eight children: Maud, now Mrs. Barr; May, Mrs. Stimson, a widow; Susan, wife of Al. E. Peaslee; Mattie, married to Frank Brown; Esther, living at home; Charles, of Seattle; Luke, located in Los Angeles, and Lee, of Minneapolis.

Lorenzo and Esther (Bowen) Fairbanks, parents of our subject, were natives of New England, the father being born in Barnard and the mother in Royalton, Vt.

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Civil War Vet
3rd Vermont Infantry Co. F
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John Fairbanks (Union)

Enlistment:
- Residing in Bethel, VT at time of enlistment
- Enlisted on Jun 1 1861 as Private

Mustering information:
- Enlisted into F Company, 3rd Infantry (Vermont) on Jul 16 1861
- Transferred from 3rd Infantry (Vermont) on Sep 1 1863
- Transfered on Sep 1 1863
- Discharged on Jun 26 1864

Promotions:
- Promoted to Corpl (date not indicated)

Listed as:
- Wounded on May 3 1863 at Marye's Heights, VA

Sources for the above information:
- Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66, (1892)