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Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Philander Blakeslee Cole (1815-1892) — also known as Philander B. Cole — of Marysville, Union County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 10, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1852-60; member of Ohio state senate, 1860; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884 (voted for James G. Blaine and John A. Logan). Died in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, February 17, 1892 (age 76 years, 130 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Blakeslee) Cole and James Cole; married, July 30, 1839, to Dorothy Barden Witter; father of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (who married Charles Warren Fairbanks); second cousin twice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; third cousin twice removed of Almer Fisk Gallup; fourth cousin of Ida Martha Lundy; fourth cousin once removed of Frank L. Stiles.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Merton William Fairbank (1847-1918) — also known as Merton W. Fairbank — of Mt. Morris, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Sweden town, Monroe County, N.Y., September 10, 1847. 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. Died in 1918 (age about 70 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Genesee Township, Genesee County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Fairbank and Sophronia (Coolidge) Fairbank; married, February 21, 1868, to Julia Rogers; married 1890 to Lucy A. Todd; first cousin once removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; second cousin thrice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; third cousin of Isaac Davis; third cousin once removed of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis; fourth cousin once removed of John Prescott Bigelow.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Charles W. Fairbanks 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. Republican. Lawyer; general solicitor for Ohio Southern Railroad, and for the Dayton and Ironton Railroad; president, Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad; director and general solicitor, Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896 (Temporary Chair; speaker; chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900, 1904, 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, from renal failure, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 4, 1918 (age 66 years, 24 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide DeForest (Smith) Fairbanks; brother of Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; married, October 6, 1874, to Cornelia A. Cole (daughter of Philander Blakeslee Cole); first cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Gott; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis; third cousin twice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis; relative *** of Earl Fairbanks.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Fairbanks, Alaska is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Moore's Hoosier Cyclopedia (1905)
  Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (1852-1913) — also known as Nellie Fairbanks; Cornelia A. Cole — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, January 14, 1852. Second Lady of the United States, 1905-09. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., October 24, 1913 (age 61 years, 283 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Daughter of Philander Blakeslee Cole and Dorothy Barden (Witter) Cole; married, October 6, 1874, to Charles Warren Fairbanks (brother of Newton Hamilton Fairbanks); second cousin of Llewellyn James Barden; second cousin thrice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; third cousin of George Mortimer Beakes; third cousin once removed of Samuel Willard Beakes; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; fourth cousin of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt, Joshua Perkins, Ida Martha Lundy and Almer Fisk Gallup.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Newton Hamilton Fairbanks (1859-1937) — also known as Newton H. Fairbanks — of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Born in Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, December 10, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924. Died in Clark County, Ohio, March 22, 1937 (age 77 years, 102 days). Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide DeForest (Smith) Fairbanks; brother of Charles Warren Fairbanks (who married Cornelia Cole Fairbanks); married, November 17, 1887, to Lucy Joy Cruikshank; first cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Gott; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis; third cousin twice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Earl Fairbanks (b. 1860) — of Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Fillmore Center, Allegan County, Mich., July 19, 1860. 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.
  Relatives: Relative *** of Charles Warren Fairbanks.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Douglas Stanley Fairbanks (1910-1981) — also known as Douglas S. Fairbanks — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born November 21, 1910. Democrat. Tavern proprietor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1960; candidate for mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1961, 1971. Died March 27, 1981 (age 70 years, 126 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Mr. Pearl Fairbanks and Eugenia (Powell) Fairbanks; brother of Leone Fairbanks Burrell; married to Ruth Simmons; second cousin thrice removed of Merton William Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis.
  Political family: Fairbanks #1 family of Ohio (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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