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R. J. Fairchild, planter, Lisbon, Ark. Mr. Fairchild has passed the allotted age of three score years and ten, but were one to judge by personal appearance and alertness of manner, we should consider him far younger than the majority of men of middle age, for he is well preserved and of bright intellect. His birth occurred in Georgia on November 9, 1818, und he was the son of John A. and Margaret M. (Brown) Fairchild, the father a native of Georgia, and the mother of North Carolina. They were born in 1790 and 1796, respectively, and were married in 1817, and to them were born seven children: Mary Ann (wife of James W. Kirkpatrick), William L. (deceased), Joseph B. (who married Mary Williams), Harriet C. (wife of Samuel Herd), John A. (deceased), and Elizabeth M. (who married Dr. Dupree). The father had always followed the occupation of a farmer, and held the position of justice of the peace for one term (two years). He served in the Indian wars, and died in 1866, and his wife in 1865. Both were members of the Baptist Church. R. J. Fairchild was educated in the Raymond Academy, Miss., and in 1841 he emigrated to Arkansas, settling in Union County, where he opened up a small farm. In 1855 he moved from there to the Golden State, and remained there for four years, engaged in mining. He opened a mine in Nevada County, and in 1859 emigrated back to Arkansas. Here he has remained ever since, and is classed among the pioneers of Union County.