Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 601-602] JOHN FAIRWEATHER, an enterprising farmer of Pilot Township, was born in Scotland, in June, 1835. He is a son of W. and SUSAN (CARNEGIE) FAIRWEATHER, also natives of Scotland; the father was a miller by trade. JOHN spent his boyhood in attending school and in assisting his father in the mill. He remained at home until he was nineteen years old, when he took a position as attendant in a lunatic asylum. Desiring to see America, and try what fortune there might be for him in the New World, he sailed from his native land in 1855, and after landing pursued his journey to Washington County, New York, where he remained one year. Thence he went to Chicago and worked there two years, principally at boiler-making. He then went to Will County, Illinois, and engaged in farm work until 1862, when he volunteered to defend the flag of his adopted country. He enlisted in September, 1862, in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company E, under Captain SIEGLEY. He was sent to Springfield, Illi- nois, and thence to the South. While at Lake Providence, Louisiana, he received an appointment as Second Lieutenant of the First Missi- ssippi Heavy Artillery, garrisoned at Vicksburg, and while at that place he was stricken with heart disease, and was sent to a hospital; there he was confined between three and four months, and in October, 1863, he was discharged. He returned to his home in Will County, Illinois, and it was some time before he was strong enough to resume his accustomed duties. In 1885 Mr. FAIRWEATHER removed to Cherokee County, and purchased 160 acres of land in Pilot Township, on which he is making his home. The farm is well improved, and everything indicates the thrift and prosperity of the owner. Mr. FAIRWEATHER was married in 1859, to Miss JANE HALL, and by this union eight children have been born: MUNGO, WILLIAM , DAVID, AGNES, ELIZABETH, SUSAN, MATILDA and JOHN. In January, 1876, Mrs. FAIRWEATHER died, deeply mourned by her sorrowing family. Mr. FAIRWEATHER was again married in 1879, to Miss ELLEN SCARRIET, a daughter of PERRY and NELLIE (BOARDMAN) SCARRIET. Two children have been born of this marriage: THOMAS and HAZEL. The parents are most worthy and con- sistent members of the Presbyterian Church. ===========================================================================