The Political Graveyard: Fairbanks-Fairbank-Cole family

Fairbanks-Fairbank-Cole family

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Philander B. Cole — of Marysville, Union County, Ohio. Married to Dorothy Witter; father of Cornelia Cole (who married Charles Warren Fairbanks). Republican. Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884. Burial location unknown.
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Merton William Fairbank (b. 1847) — also known as Merton W. Fairbank — of Mt. Morris, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Sweden town, Monroe County, N.Y., September 10, 1847. Son of Joseph Fairbank (1796-1867) and Sophronia (Coolidge) Fairbank (1801-1856); married, February 21, 1868, to Julia Rogers (1849-1889); first cousin once removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Alexander Warren Fairbank. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District, 1905-08. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) — also known as Charles W. Fairbanks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, May 11, 1852. Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary A. (Smith) Fairbanks; first cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; married 1874 to Cornelia Cole (daughter of Philander B. Cole); fourth cousin of Alexander Warren Fairbank; relative of Earl Fairbanks. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896, 1900, 1912; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 4, 1918. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
Alexander Warren Fairbank (b. 1852) — also known as Alexander W. Fairbank — of Chazy, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Rouses Point, Clinton County, N.Y., December 19, 1852. Son of Warren Calvin Fairbank (1801-1872) and Sarah Ann (Stearns) Fairbank (1813-1890); third cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; married, June 19, 1877, to Evelyn Little; fourth cousin of Charles Warren Fairbanks. Republican. Physician; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1914-15. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
- See also Fairbanks-Fairbank-Cole family
Earl Fairbanks (b. 1860) — of Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Fillmore Center, Allegan County, Mich., July 19, 1860. Relative of Charles Warren Fairbanks. Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896 (alternate), 1900; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1903-06; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1907-10. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
- See also Fairbanks-Fairbank-Cole family

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