FAIRBANKS, Mortimer A 1840-1930

FAIRBANKS, WOOLLEY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/9/2011 at 12:29:43

Mortimer A Fairbanks 1840-1930

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BODY OF M. A. FAIRBANKS BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL
DIED LAST WEEK AT THE HOME OF HIS SON IN CANADA

M. A. Fairbanks, 89 years old, a former Osage resident, died Tuesday of last week at th e home of his son John, in Brantford, Ont. Canada. He fell last June and injured himself so that he had to be confined to his room ever since. His body was brought here Saturday by his son, John Fairbanks, and wife. The funeral was held in the Champion funeral home Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. E. B. Frye in charge. Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.
Mr. Fairbanks was a resident of Osage for many years. When his wife died he went to Brantford to make his home with his son, John. Those from away who were here for the funeral were Willie Fairbanks of Waterloo, Mrs. W. J. Greenhalgh, Mr. and Mrs. John Warburton, Ray and John Warburton and wives, and Mrs. Mabel Warburton White of Riceville.

Kindly made available by J A Nelson….date unknown..found on Ancestry.com under a family tree

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Name: Mortimer A. Fairbank
Death Date: 9 Apr 1930
Page #: 37
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1840
Cemetery: Osage
Level Info: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records

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1900 US Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Mortimer J Fairbank 58 born June 1841 New York
Marie, 56 born May 1841 England
John 20 born May 1880 Iowa

Note* part of the family might have used the spelling Fairbank and others Fairbanks, or it’s incorrect in the Osage Cemetery listing.
His parents are listed in the Osage Cemetery as Fairbanks and so is his son, John Nelson Fairbanks. Mortimer was the son of Joseph Nelson Fairbanks and Mary Jane Woolley Fairbanks.