Biography of Abraham Fair, page 493 / 494.  History of De Kalb County,
Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Abraham Fair, second son of Peter Fair, was born in Frederick County, Md.,
in 1815.  In 1827 his parents moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and there he
grew to manhood and was married in the winter of 1835 to Christena (De Long.
Immediately after his marriage he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled 
on Section 33, Butler Township, where he had previously entered 160 acres of 
land.  He built a small cabin, and cleared and improved his land, adding to 
his first entry till he owned 313 acres. He was an energetic and successful 
business man.  When he first came to the county his nearest neighbor was three
miles distant.  He helped to build the first house in Auburn, a dwelling for 
Wesley Park, in which the first court was afterward held. Politically he was 
a Whig till the organization of the Republican party, with which he afterward 
affiliated. He and his wife joined the Methodist church in their young days, 
and have been among the most earnest workers in its ranks.  Mr. Fair died in 
February, 1867.  Mrs. Fair is living at  Auburn, aged sixty-eight years. To 
them were born twelve children, nine of whom are living---Barbara, E.W., 
Matilda, William, James, Calvin, Mary, Alice and Laura.  The deceased are---
Charles Irwin, (twin brother of D.W.), Henrietta and Jane.  Mr. Fair’s father 
came with his family to De Kalb County in 1835, and met with the first Board 
of County Commissioners July 28, 1837. He was widely known and was recognized 
as a man of good judgment and executive ability.  He was a successful farmer 
and accumulated a large property.  He and his wife were members of the German 
Reformed church.

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