Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Fairbanks, George Rainsford |
Titles & honors |
-Recognized as a "Great Floridian" in the Great Floridians 2000 Program and has a plaque at the Fairbanks house commemorating this |
Born |
July 5, 1820 |
Birthplace |
Watertown, New York |
Deceased |
Aug 3, 1906 |
Deceased where |
Sewanee, Tennessee |
Spouse |
Sarah Catherine Wright Fairbanks, (died), Susan Beard Wright Fairbanks(1860) |
Children |
Sarah Wright Fairbanks: Florida Fairbanks Charles Fairbanks Gertrude Fairbanks Sarah Catherine Fairbanks Susan Beard Wright Fairbanks: Susan Rainsford Fairbanks Eva Lee Fairbanks |
Father |
Jason Fairbanks |
Mother |
Mary Massey Fairbanks |
School |
Belville Academy La Petit Seminaire in Montreal, Canada B.A. and M.A. from Union College in Shenectady, NY (1836-1839) M.A. from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut |
Notes |
-Knew English, French, and Spanish -His second wife was his brother-in-law's widow -Came to Florida in 1842 -Helped found the Florida Historical Society in 1856 and served as vice president -Major for the Commissary Department in the Confederate Army -Active in St. Peter's Episcopal Church -Robert Schuyler constructed the "Fairbanks House", the first house in Fernandina to have an elevator -Member of the Florida State Senate (1846-1848) -Admitted to the bar in 1842 -Close friend of David Levy Yulee -President of the Florida Fruit Growers Association -Member of Adelphi Literary Society at Union College -Member of Sigma Phi Fraternity at Union College |
Occupation |
-Attorney -Historian -Clerk of the Superior Court of the Territory of Florida -Citrus Magnate -Newspaper Editor for the "Florida Mirror" (1879) -Soldier/Major -Author -Politician -Mayor of St. Augustine, 1857 |
Places of residence |
Montreal, Canada St. Augustine, Florida Fernandina, Florida Sewanee,Tennessee |
Publications |
"The History and Antiquities of the City of St. Augustine, Florida" (1858) "History of Florida" (1871) ^ 2nd ed (1898) ^3rd ed (1904) "History of the University of the South" (1905) |
Relationships |
Step Daughter: Anna Beard Wright Brothers: Samuel Fairbanks Andrew Jackson Fairbanks Jason Massey Fairbanks |
Role |
Historian |
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