U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fair, Absalom Titus (1843-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 638-639 ABSALOM TITUS FAIR, president of the Board of County Commissioners of Wetzel County, West Virginia, a prominent farmer and for the past 20 years a merchant at Red Mills, was born in Marshall County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1843. His father, Conrad Fair, was born in Pennsylvania, and died at the age of 83 years, in 1895. He was a farmer and a general merchant in Marshall County, where he located at an early day. In politics he was a Democrat prior to the Civil War, but afterward supported the Republican party. He belonged to the Christian Church. His first wife, Rebecca Kerns, who was born in Pennsylvania of German stock, died when her son, our subject, was six months old. Conrad Fair subsequently married Elizabeth Holmes, and his third marriage was to Jane Allen. Six children were born to the first marriage, namely: an infant, deceased, Eliza, Susan, John, William M., and Absalom. Mr. Fair has been a very successful farmer and merchant, and has been prominently identified with public affairs in Wetzel County. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners and is efficiently serving as its president. Under his administration a handsome new court house has been erected, at a cost of $125,000. He manages the affairs of the board with the same careful attention he has always given his private affairs and with corresponding success. Mr. Fair has paid much attention to public education and has been a valued member of the Board of Education for 16 years and its president for 12 years, during which time many reforms have been introduced and abuses corrected. He is a Democrat politically. He is a member of the Silver Dollar Oil Company. In 1862 Mr. Fair married Louisa Rogers, who was born, August 6, 1843, in Staffordshire, England, and is a daughter of William and Lydia (Brommell) Rogers. She migrated to Ohio County, Virginia, now West Virginia, with her parents, when six years of age. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fair were: Eliza Jane, deceased; Josephus, William, Conrad and Friend. Mrs. Fair is a consistent member of the Christian Church. Mr. Fair is held in very high esteem in his locality. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Wetzel County WV, #15632 FULL-NAME: Absalom Titus Fair BIRTH-DATE: May 3, 1843 BIRTH-PLACE: Glen Easton, Marshall Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 6, 1938 AGE-AT-DEATH: 95y-6m-3d DEATH-PLACE: New Martinsville, Magnolia District, Wetzel County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: New Martinsville, Magnolia Distr., Wetzel Co., WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower (Louisa Fair) OCCUPATION: Farmer & Merchant FATHER: Conrad Fair MOTHER: Rebecca Kerns CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Bronchial Pneumonia / Senility INFORMANT: C. O. Fair BURIAL: Williams Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tombstone in Williams Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV FAIR FATHER MOTHER Absalom T. Louisa Rogers 1843 - 1938 1843 - 1921 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Wetzel County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/wetzel/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------