Samuel J. Fair and Wildia McCracken

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Husband Samuel J. Fair ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Sep 1866 - Armstrong Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Philip Fair (1832-1898) 1 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Jane Gregg (1840-Aft 1904) 1 2 3

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Wife Wildia McCracken ⁴

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           Born: 1867 - Armstrong Co, PA 4
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         Father: James McCracken (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 F Margie Ethel Fair ⁴

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           Born: 22 Oct 1893 4
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel J. Fair

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He attended public school and became quite proficient in all studies required in a business course. He assisted his father on the farm during summers, and acted as clerk in the general store of his uncle, John Fair, during the winter months. This was continued until his twenty-first year. He then followed contracting and building at Leechburg, Pennsylvania, in partnership with one of his brothers. For two years they were very successful. Mr. Fair then sold his interest to his brother and retired from that line of work. In company with his brother George, he bought property and started a bakery and confectionery store. One year later, he sold his interest to his brother. He then went to Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and started a similar store, which he conducted for three years. In 1892, he sold his store in Williamsport and moved to New Brighton, Beaver County, where he opened a grocery store. He did a successful business there for over two years, but finally sold out. He then invested in a dwelling house in New Brighton, which he rented. Soon after he purchased a general store of T. L. Minesinger, at Smith's Ferry. This was a large general store and contained a large and very complete stock of groceries, hardware, house furnishings, cutlery, patent medicines, feed, dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, hats and caps, clothing, gent's furnishings, crockery, harness, ploughs, harrows, and all kinds of farm implements. Mr. Fair was special agent for Johnston's Harvester Company's machinery, and carried in stock a thousand and one things necessary in a country store.
He was a prominent stockholder in the Iron City Building & Loan Association. He was a Republican, but too busy for political ambitions. He favored the Presbyterian church. Socially, he was allied with the Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of Glasgow Lodge, No. 485, F. & A. M., and passed through the chairs.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 270.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 910.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 382.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 272.