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Surnames: Fairchild, Olmstead
Classification: Query
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A possible sister of your Ira Fairchild is Hannah Fairchild (b. 1 Feb 1816, New York, d.
10 Sept 1897 Vanderburgh Co., Indiana) [Birth and death dates from “Cemetery Records of
Vanderburgh County, Indiana” - Vol. 1, pg. 125] married 1 Apr 1832 William Olmstead (b. 18
June 1807, Manlius, New York, d. 20 Nov 1879, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana) [Birth and death
dates same source]. Sorry I don't have the 1860 census information on this family, but
I do have the 1870 census record which is:
Indiana, Vanderburgh Co., Center Twp. [Census taker R.P. McCutchan]
#6 - 24 June
Olmstead, William - 63 - NY - Farmer
Olmstead, Hannah - 55 - NY
Olmstead, William - 24 - IN
Olmstead, Malinda - 16 - IN
Children of this family are: Geneva, Lucy, Harriet (abt. 1841), Charles D. (b. 1843, d.
1917), William S. (abt. 1846), David (abt. 1848), and Melinda (abt. 1854).