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THOMAS B. FAIRLEIGH was born in Meade County, Ky., January 27, 1837, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Enlow) Fairleigh, early settlers of Hardin County, and originally from Maryland. The former, William Fairleigh, was made county and circuit clerk of Meade County, upon its organization, and held both offices for thirty-five years, and Circuit Clerk for nine years more, making a total of forty-three years continuous service in the office. He was born in 1797, and died in 1865. The subject of this sketch was reared in Meade County, and was educated at Elizabeth Academy, and at Brandon College. He studied law and graduated from the law department of the University of Louisville, in 1858, and at once began practice at Brandenburg, Ky. In 1861, when the war clouds gathered over the country, he recruited Company G, of the Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, and on the 5th of May, 1862, was promoted to major; on the 12th of June following, to lieutenant colonel of the regiment, and January 3, 1865, was promoted to colonel. At the close of the war he came to Louisville, where he has since practiced his profession. He was married, in 1869, to Miss Alice Graham, of Meade County. They have one child, Ellen G.