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Second wife (listed in 1880 census): Lizzie, born abt 1847; James Y. Fairley m. Lizzie Raber 4 Nov 1879, Highland Co, OH.
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Ohio Marriage
Name: James Y. Fairley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Nov 1879
Event Place: Highland, Ohio, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Spouse's Name: Lizzie Raber
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Reference ID: p153 cn180 ,...
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Second wife (listed in 1880 census): Lizzie, born abt 1847; James Y. Fairley m. Lizzie Raber 4 Nov 1879, Highland Co, OH.
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Many thanks to fellow Find A Grave contributor Marianna Kerns Morgan for contributing all of the following to this memorial:
Ohio Marriage
Name: James Y. Fairley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Nov 1879
Event Place: Highland, Ohio, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Spouse's Name: Lizzie Raber
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Reference ID: p153 cn180 , GS Film Number: 570618 , Digital Folder Number: 004701455 , Image Number: 00113
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Lizzie Fairley
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1880: Paint, Highland, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James Y. Fairley
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y. Fairley 57
"The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio March 4, 1885, Image 1 Notice Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the undersigned and Lizzie J. Fairley, his wife, have this day separated and have mutually agreed that such separation shall be, and is final and permanent.
And having made suitable provision for her separate support and maintenance, all persons are hereby warned not to harbor her or give her credit upon my account, as I will not pay any debt of her contracting.
James Y. Fairley
Dated February 19th, 1885
"The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio, September 23, 1885, Image 4 Legal Notice Lizzie J. Fairley, who place of residence is unknown, is hereby notified that James Y. Fairley did on the 21st day of September, A.D. 1885, file his petition in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Highland and State of Ohio, charging the Lizzie J. Fairley with gross neglect of duty, and with adultery, and praying that he be divorced from the said Lizzie J. Fairley, which petition will stand for hearing on and after the 7th day of November, A. D. 1885.
James Y. Fairley
Dated September 21st, A.D., 1885
Pavey & Bowles, Attorneys
"The News-Herald: Hillsboro, Ohio, February 6, 1890, Page 2 Image 2 Public Sale of Valuable Land We will offer for sale at public auction on the premises, on Wednesday, February 12th, the valuable farm of the late James Y. Fairley. Situated on Fall Creek, 7 miles northeast of Hillsboro, on the Creamer Pike, consisting of about 240 acres of land, 140 acres of which is black soil and bottom land. This farm has good fences, is well-watered and well-timbered. There are two large, frame dwelling houses, with outbuildings of a superior quality and altogether is one of the best farms in this part of the state. This land divides well in two farms, one of 145 acres and another of 95 acres, and will be offered for sale in two tracts and as a whole. We will offer at the same time and place 500 shocks of corn in the field.
Terms of Sale - One-third cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two years. Deferred payments to bear 6 percent interest and to be secured by mortgage on the premises. Sale positive.
A credit of nine months will be given to purchasers of the corn.
Sale to commence at one o'clock P.M.
J. J. Dwyer
E. V. Grim
Executors of the last will and testament of James Y. Fairley, dec'd.
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Find a Grave contributor, Marianna Kerns Morgan has made the following suggested edits [Aug 2021].
James Fairley (116765520)
Suggested edit: Ohio Marriage Index
Groom's Name: James Fairly
Bride's Name: Rosannah Barrett
Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1844
Marriage Place: Highland, Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01132-7
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 570613
Reference Number: p4 cn4381
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy A Fairley
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio
Family Number: 223
Household Members: Name Age
James Fairley 36
Elizabeth Fairley 31
George Fairley 12
Nancy A Fairley 4
Michael H Fairley 2
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James Y Fairley
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Paint, Highland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: New Petersburg
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y Fairley 30
Rosanna Fairley 33
Sarah Fairley 14
Nancy Fairley 13
William Fairley 10
Mary Fairley 7
David Fairley 5
Richard Fairley 3
John Fairley 6/12
Alonzo Spargur 16
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: James Y Fairley
Age in 1870: 47
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Paint, Highland, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Greenfield
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y Fairley 47
Rasannah Fairley 42
Nancy E Fairley 22
William C Fairley 21
Mary L Fairley 17
David M Fairley 15
Richard B Fairley 13
John W Fairley 10
Ellen B Fairley 8
Grant Fairley 6
Wilmore Fairley 3
Selected U.S. Federal Census
Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: James Y Fairley
Location: Paint, Highland, Ohio, USA
Enumeration Date: 25 Oct 1850
Schedule Type: Agriculture
Line Number: 28
Ohio Marriage
Name: James Y. Fairley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 04 Nov 1879
Event Place: Highland, Ohio, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Spouse's Name: Lizzie Raber
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Reference ID: p153 cn180 , GS Film Number: 570618 ,
Digital Folder Number: 004701455 , Image Number: 00113
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: James Y. Fairley
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Paint, Highland, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lizzie Fairley
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y. Fairley 57
Lizzie Fairley 33
Mary L. Fairley 27
David M. Fairley 25
Richard B. Fairley 22
John W. Fairley 20
Ella B. Fairley 18
Charles G. Fairley 16
Wilma P. Fairley 13
"The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio
March 4, 1885, Image 1
Notice
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the undersigned and Lizzie J. Fairley, his wife, have this day separated and have mutually agreed that such separation shall be, and is final and permanent.
And having made suitable provision for her separate support and maintenance, all persons are hereby warned not to harbor her or give her credit upon my account, as I will not pay any debt of her contracting.
James Y. Fairley
Dated February 19th, 1885
"The Highland Weekly News" Hillsboro, Ohio
September 23, 1885, Image 4
Legal Notice
Lizzie J. Fairley, who place of residence is unknown, is hereby notified that James Y. Fairley did on the 21st day of September, A.D. 1885, file his petition in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Highland and State of Ohio, charging the Lizzie J. Fairley with gross neglect of duty, and with adultery, and praying that he be divorced from the said Lizzie J. Fairley, which petition will stand for hearing on and after the 7th day of November, A. D. 1885.
James Y. Fairley
Dated September 21st, A.D., 1885
Pavey & Bowles, Attorneys
Ohio, County Death Records
Name: James Y. Fairley
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Dec 1888
Event Place: Highland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Reference ID: v 1 p 238 , GS Film Number: 570611 ,
Digital Folder Number: 004016881 , Image Number: 170
Recorded at Highland Co., Ohio Probate Court
"The News-Herald: Hillsboro, Ohio
February 6, 1890, Page 2 Image 2
Public Sale of Valuable Land
We will offer for sale at public auction on the premises, on Wednesday, February 12th,
the valuable farm of the late James Y. Fairley.
Situated on Fall Creek, 7 miles northeast of Hillsboro, on the Creamer Pike, consisting
of about 240 acres of land, 140 acres of which is black soil and bottom land.
This farm has good fences, is well-watered and well-timbered.
There are two large, frame dwelling houses, with outbuildings of a superior quality and
altogether is one of the best farms in this part of the state.
This land divides well in two farms, one of 145 acres and another of 95 acres, and will
be offered for sale in two tracts and as a whole. We will offer at the same time and place
500 shocks of corn in the field.
Terms of Sale - One-third cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two years.
Deferred payments to bear 6 percent interest and to be secured by mortgage on the
premises. Sale positive.
A credit of nine months will be given to purchasers of the corn.
Sale to commence at one o'clock P.M.
J. J. Dwyer
E. V. Grim
Executors of the last will and testament of James Y. York, dec'd.
"State Centennial History of Ohio and Highland County"
The County of Highland by Rev. J. W. Klise, Page 293
James Fairley, one of the notable pioneers of Highland county, was a native of Scotland, who came to Ohio from Rockbridge county, Va., in 1815, and settled on a farm afterward owned by the Pattons, in Paint township.
He built a distillery on his farm on Fall creek in 1818, and was engaged in that industry, common in that time, for some years.
His death occurred in 1860.
By his marriage to Nancy Lackey, he had eleven children: William, Jane, Nancy Y., Addison, Samuel M., Mary A., James Y., Amanda, Christina and David A. Samuel M.
Fairley was born December 8, 1816, and married Sophia, daughter of Enoch and Sally Overman. She was the granddaughter of Zebulon Overman, a native of Green Brier County, Va., who came from the Shenandoah valley to Paint township, with his children, in 1805.
The family has always been very prominent in the Friends society of Highland county.
By this marriage Samuel M. Fairley had eight children: Caroline, wife of Amosiah Baldwin; James W., deceased; Levi B.; Mary L., wife of James Hughey; Enoch O.; Nancy, wife of F. M. Johnson; Elizabeth, and a son who died in infancy. Enoch Overman Fairley, son of Samuel M. and Sophia Fairley, was born in Highland county, October 26, 1852, and married in early manhood Mary Hindman, born December 9, 1859, daughter of William and Lucinda (Clark) Hindman. She is one of the children (the others being David C, Mary C., and Carrie Ellen) of William Hindman, born in Brooke county, W. Va., April 30, 1814, and died at New Petersburg, October 2, 1895, and his wife, Lucinda Clark, born April 3, 1831, in Highland county, and died at New Petersburg November 9, 1887.
Enoch O. Fairley is a prosperous farmer of Paint township, residing about half a mile north of New Petersburg, where his home has been since childhood. He is a popular and estimable citizen, maintains a membership in Emerald lodge, No. 211, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at New Petersburg, and is active and enterprising in his social and business relations.
He and his wife have three children: Marie, born August 14, 1878, formerly a teacher in the public schools and now the wife of James E. Haines of Fayette county; Lula, born May 10, 1881, and Herbert, born March 18, 1884.
Cyrus W. Fairley, the well known grocer and livery stable proprietor at Hillsboro, is descended from one of the old pioneer families of Highland county.
His grandfather was James Fairley, above mentioned, who came to Ohio from Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1815, and settled on the farm in Paint township afterward owned by Joseph Patton.
Among his eleven children was James Y. Fairley, born in Highland Countv, Ohio, December 25, 1822, and married in 1844 to Rosannah, daughter of Richard Barrett, an early settler of Paint township.
The children of this union, consisting of five sons and five daughters, were Sallie J., wife of Joseph Dwyer, of Paint township; Nannie E., wife of Valentine Graff, of Iowa; Cyrus W., further sketched below; David M., farming on the old homestead; Richard B., superintendent of the new chair factory; Mary, deceased, wife of Barney Grimm, a farmer of Penn township; John W., a shoe merchant of Greenfield ; C. Grant, farming in Fairfield township ; Ella, who died in girlhood ; Wilma P., living at Hillsboro. Cyrus W. Fairley, third of the above enumerated children, was born in Highland county, Ohio, August 30, 1849, and reared on his father's farm in Paint township.
In August, 1897, he came to Hillsboro and embarked in the grocery business, which he has since continued with success and now has a very fair trade.
As a side line, he added the livery business, which he has conducted for four years, and in the spring of 1902 purchased the Jacob Uhrig stock on Beech street, adjoining the Clifton House, where he has since enjoyed an increased patronage.
August 22, 1876, Mr. Fairley was married to Hannah E., daughter of Martin S. and Margaret B. Swain of Clinton county.
Mrs. Fairley is a sister of William Swain, who was for many years superintendent of schools at Montgomery, Ohio. Charles W. Swain, another brother, is a prominent attorney at Wilmington, Ohio, and Emma, a sister, is the wife of James L. Fullerton, a shoe dealer of Greenfield.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Fairley are Charles E., born in July, 1878, and farming in Fairfield township; Rosa B., a graduate of the Hillsboro high school residing at home; and Herman, a partner with his father in the grocery business.
The Faris family is one of the oldest, as it is certainly one of the most numerous and influential of all the familv connections in Salem township. The first of the name to settle in America was James Collins Fans, born in Scotland in 1715, and an emigrant to Virginia in 1740.
His son James was born in Virginia in 1742 and there reared a large number of children, among them being John Faris, who was born in 1770 and married Jane Watson, whose father was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who had come to Virginia about 1740 and later served in the Revolutionary war.
It was from the last mentioned couple that all the Highland county Fariss descended.
In 1813, John and Jane Faris located in New Market township and reared a family of sons and daughters which in numbers as well as sturdy qualities, was one of the strongest of the pioneer period. Every one of the entire thirteen grew to maturity, married, and reared children of their own.
By the inexorable law, from which no mortal can escape, all have long since paid the debt of nature, but they left upon the communities in which they resided an impress for good which still remains as a precious heritage to their descendants.
A few brief biographical details of each one will prove of interest: Elijah married Alary Miles, settled on one hundred acres of land where Pricetown now is, and had six children. Catharine married Samuel Sweinhart in 1815, and first lived south of Pricetown, in a rough shanty enclosed on three sides only, from which, in her husband's absence, she had to fight away the wolves with an axe.
They had seven children.
Beniah had eight children and lived west of Pricetown. Mary married Jacob Cochran, settled in New Market and had eight children. Sarah married Abraham Wilkin, settled near Sonner's Mill in White Oak township and had eight children. Rachel married Daniel Scott, lived east of Pricetown in Salem township and had three children. James W. married Mary Hoop, settled east of Pricetown and had three children. John B., eighth of the family, is sketched more fully below. Jesse married Nancy Davidson, a woman of remarkable character, by whom he had eleven children. Jane married Samuel Gibler and settled in Liberty township. Eli S. married Lucilla Pulliam and settled in New Market. Andrew F. married Susan Hoop, lived on a farm south of Pricetown, and had eight children. Uriah married Eliza Couch, settled south of Pricetown and had seven children. John Faris, the patriarch of this interesting family,' soon after his arrival in the county, bought about 600 acres of wild land in New Market township, but later purchased 1,000 acres in Salem township which became the basis for his children's homes.
He was a man of prominence and influence, and active in the promotion of good enterprises. He and his wife were members of the Christian church at Pricetown and for many years interested in religious work.
He died in 1850 at the age of eighty-one and his wife one year later in the eightieth year of her age. J
ohn B. Faris, eighth in age of the thirteen children above described, was born in Virginia January 2, 1802, and hence was about eleven years old when his parents arrived on the banks of the Scioto. In 1823 he married Catherine, the seventeen-year-old daughter of David Welty, who came from Kentucky to Hamer township in 1811.
The newly married couple settled on a farm in what was known as the Bowyer Survey in Salem township, north of Pricetown, where they retained their residence to the end of life. About 1824, Mr. Faris constructed on White Oak creek the first gristmill in Salem township, which he conducted in connection with a sawmill until his death, which occurred in 1837 at the comparatively early age of thirty-five years.
This ended prematurely a life of usefulness, as his business enterprises were at that time the most important in the township and he himself one of its most progressive men.
After his death his wife showed unusual business ability, by superintending and carrying on all the industries in which her husband had been interested.
She married Mathias Gibler, who, however, only lived a year afterward, and she herself passed away September 2, 1889, aged eighty-two years.
This good woman had eight children, all by her first husband, of whom Eliza, Mary N., Sarah and Elizabeth are dead.
The four still living are David, a resident of Illinois; Josephus and Levi, of Pricetown, and John B. Faris, Jr.
The latter was born in Salem township, Highland county, Ohio, July 27, 1837, and in early manhood went to Pike county, Illinois, where he spent some time in work for monthly wages.
Returning to his Ohio home he was married to Chaffalio, daughter of Jacob and Anna Fender, of Clay township, located at Pricetown and for thirty-two years followed the profession of teaching.
This, however, was interrupted in 1864 by his military service with Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth regiment Ohio infantry. This command was first sent to Robinson Station, Ky., where they did guard duty and later part of the regiment was captured after a fight near Cynthiana with General Morgan.
Subsequently they were sent back to Cincinnati, where they did guard duty, afterward to Camp Dennison and there they were mustered out of the service September 13, 1864. After this brief but rather rough experience of war, Mr. Faris returned to Pricetown and resumed his occupation as a teacher, which he did not again abandon for many years.
In 1872, he was ordained as a minister of the Christian church and held several charges, but of later years has given up regular work on account of his health.
He lives a retired life at the same home he has occupied since his marriage, with the exception of two years spent in Liberty township.
His estimable wife passed from the scenes of earth April 4, 1901, and was laid away in the Plainview cemetery. The living children are John S., who is postmaster of Pricetown; Laura B., widowed wife of J. W. White; and Anna, at home. Mary and Moody, the first born and twins, and J. Walter, next in order of birth, are dead. Josephus Faris, fourth of the children of John B. and Catharine (Welty) Faris, was born in Salem township, Highland county, Ohio, July 21, 1829, and remained at home until his marriage to Millie, daughter of Philip and Rachel Baker.
He enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth regiment Ohio infantry, and shared the service of that command, above described. Shortly after his return home from the army, he removed with his family to Illinois, where he spent sixteen months and then came back to Highland county.
For twenty years he followed the occupation of teaching school, during which time he has held the positions of assessor, clerk, supervisor, notary public, and member of the school board. In the spring of 1902 he was elected justice of the peace for Salem township, to take office in November. Like most of his family connection, he is a member of the Christian church and is a most excellent citizen in all the relations of life. He has had eleven children, of whom Lucilla C, John P., Eliza J., William C. and Flavins J. are dead. Those living are Sarah E., wife of William T. Wardlow, of Salem township; Levi S., Rachel B., and Rosa N., at home, and Evadean, wife of E. L. Gomia, of Salem township. In 1889 was held the first Faris family reunion, which has been kept up annually ever since. John B. Faris is president and historian of this reunion association. As many as four hundred of the descendants of John and Jane (Watson) Faris have attended a single reunion, and this annual event has now become a fixture among the annual entertainments of Salem township
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