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ROBERT HURD FAIRBAIRN
Robert Hurd FAIRBAIRN, author of the Chickasaw and Howard County History, 1919.

He was born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada on October 9, 1842.  He arrived in Chickasaw County in 1872, after first spending time in Wisconsin and California.

At Nashua, Iowa he engaged in a law practice, became interested in newspaper work, and in 1884 he purchased the New Hampton Courier, which he owned and published for almost a third of a century.

He was very much interested in the politics and public men that left their mark on the history of the state of Iowa.  He represented the Fourth Iowa District in Congress 1883 - 1884.  Mr FAIRBAIRN never accumuated wealth but was always generous in extending a helping hand to others in sending young men and women to college or commerical schools.  With his knowledge of men, memory of events, his industry and his desire to procure results he has undertaken the preparation of his History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties.

Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, Synopsis of pages 497 - 498



FAUST FAMILY
Henry FAUST, Jr is the proprietor of the Forest View Stock Farm consisting of three hundred and forty-five acres, situated on Section 13, in Stapleton Township, Chickasaw County.  He was born in Palatine, Illinois on September 11, 1852, the son of Henry Faust Sr, (picture insert) a native of Prussia, Germany and Margaret WILLMAN born in Alsace, France.  After their marriage, they farmed on land that later became Palatine.

When the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad was built through that district,
some of the first trains killed a number of his cattle and they sold their farm.  He (Henry, Sr) removed to Iowa with three prairie schooners drawn by oxen and brought with him forty head of cattle, arriving in Chickasaw County on the 4th of July 1855.  From the government, he obtained 320 acres of raw land upon which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made.  The first habitation was constructed of poles covered with wild hay and during the winter of 1855-56, the cold was intense.  It was a memorable winter in the history of Iowa and the family suffered many hardships.

Henry FAUST, Sr died in 1888 at age 77 and Mrs FAUST died in 1893 at age 69.  Henry FAUST, Jr left home at age nineteen and went to Deerfield, Illinois, there working in a wagon shop.  His brother died two years later and Henry returned to operate the family farm with his sister Margaret FAUST, who are the only two living representatives of a family of seven children.  Neither has married and they keep house together; with having operated the farm for over forty-six years, they have now rented their land and are semi-retired.

Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, Synopsis of pages 384 - 287



B. H. FORKENBROCK
Rev B.H. FORKENBROCK, in charge of St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Hampton, Chickasaw County was born October 17, 1865 in Vienna, Iowa.
 At the age of twelve, he was sent to St Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended school through college.  On June 24, 1889, he was an ordained priest and on July 5, 1894, he drove (a carriage) into New Hampton from his prior assignment in Festina, Iowa, being obliged to make the drive on account of the great railroad strike of that year.

He splendidly organized the work of St Mary's Church and saw the church school expand rapidly from 1894 so that in 1908 additional buildings had to be built.  He served seven terms as president of the Catholic Mutal Protective Society of Iowa from 1906 to 1918.

Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, pages 78 - 81



FRAZEE FAMILY
Benjamin FRAZEE a native of Perry County, Ohio, was born June 11, 1828.
His wife, Mary S. MICHAEL was born in Carroll County, Indiana on December 30, 1845. Benjamin FRAZEE's father was James L. FRAZEE.
  Benjamin FRAZEE was a successful farmer, and also served many times as assessor, trustee and school director.  Benjamin died at age 85 on Feb 8, 1914.  His wife survived him until July 4, 1919.

Mr and Mrs Benjamin FRAZEE farmed five hundred and sixty-seven acres of fertile land in Chickasaw County.  They were the parents of James O. FRAZEE, born January 30,1871 and E.R. FRAZEE, born March 10, 1867.

Source: History of Chickasaw and Howard Co (1919), Vol II, Synopsis of pages 448 - 451


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