Biography of D.W. Fair, page 493. History De Kalb County, Indiana, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

D.W. Fair, the eldest son and second child of Abraham and Christena (DeLong) Fair, was born in Butler Township,
DeKalb County, Ind., Aug, 9, 1838.  His boyhood was passed on the farm, where he early learned the practical part 
of agriculture.  He obtained a good education in the district school, and after leaving school assisted his father till 
twenty-three years of age, when Nov. 20, 1861, he was married to Irene Perry, who was born in Noble County, Ind., 
Oct. 6, 1841, a daughter of Oliver and Mary (Francis) Perry. After his marriage he settled on the farm where he has 
since resided, which contains ninety-two acres of choice land, the greater part of which he has cleared and improved.
He has been successful, and has won the confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and by them has been elected to 
several offices of trust.   Mr. and Mrs. Fair have eight children---Perry W., Carlton G., Aldrainie, Caroline, Vinnie M., 
Wells, Mary and Fay. Politically Mr. Fair is a Republican.  He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church,
and are earnest workers in all departments of their church.

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