Notes for Robert Thomas Fairchild
Marriage record of Robert and Melissa states he was 22 when they married.
1860 Caney Township, Petersburg PO, Quachita Co, Arkansas 27 September 1860, p209a:
#35/35 R. T. Fairchild 32 m w mechanic $-/200 Ms
Martha 5 f w Ar
[where is Melissa Jane Caruthers Fairchild, his wife?]
Served in the Civil War, Confederate per Early Fairchilds in America, p530.
Is this Robert Thomas:
R. T. Fairchild and Tennessee McCarty married 02 September 1866 in Hopkins Co, Texas. If so, where are they in 1870?
Went to Texas and was with his brother William Patrick Henry Fairchild in 1871 according to the following:
Bowie Co, Texas
1871 Dec 18
Robert T. and P. H. Fairchild borrowed money from Samuel Story to buy a steam engine and a mill.
[Early Fairchilds in America by J. F. Gilmore]
One researcher believes Robert died in 1874 in Jones Co, Mississippi - but no proof.
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