Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-05-27
GEN. FAIRCHILD DEAD.
One of Wisconsin, Foremost
Citizens Gone.
Heroic Deeds il War and Valuable
Services IL Time of Peace.

Madison, Wis, May 25.-Gen. Lucius
Fairchild died Saturday evening at $50
o'clock.
Gen. Fairchild's condition took a
change for the worse about noon, and he
gradually sunk until about 4 O'Clock
when he wen. into comatose state.
Up 20 that time he was conscious and
called by name his daughters and Mrs
Fairchild.
Gen FairchiId has not been in viGor-
Gus health for about 4 year: he was
which affected his kidneys. He was
taken to his bed about ten days ago, and
although he had the best of medical
care be grew weaker daily.
From 10 O'clock Sunday morning until
late in the evening there was n continual
stream of sympathetic callers at the
home of the berea ved family on Lake
Monona's shore Gov. w. III. Upham
was among the first TO offer condolences:
Telegraphic condolences came from all
over the country
A Military Funeral.
Gen. Fairchild will be buried with all
of the military ceremony which his rank
as brigadier-generaL entitIe him to. Gov
Upham has charge of the arrangements
and he has selected Adjt.-Gen. Charles
King to look after details Gen King
will have personal charge of the military
escort The funeral will take place from
the house at 2 o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
The Rev Fayette DUrfin of Grace
Episcopal church will conduct the serv-
ices, which will be the regular ritual
of that church for the dead. No sermon
will be preached, nor will the remains lie
in state.
After the services at the house the
governor will have Charge. THE remalDs
will be taken to the east entra ace to- the
capitol where platform will be erected.
Public services will be held there Iast-
ing about an hour. and consisting OF
short addresses by prominent men and
chorus singing. Among. the speakers Will
be the Rev. Joseph Sanderson of Angus
ia, national chaplain of the Loyal Ee~
giOn.
The body will be- escorted to the ee1z1e>
terry by a regiment of the state militia,
eight companies in ALL, TWO of the best
drilled companies, from each regiment;
also the Light Horse, squadron Of Mil
waukee and platoon of artillery. This
is the regular escort provided for g mEan
with the rank of major-general.
Lucius Fairchild's S character WIS full
of color. The story of his life is most
interesting. He was ONE of the sons of
Ohio who was' truly great. Born in
1881 at Kent, Portage county, In the
state of Presidents, he got Iris early
education in the common schools of
Cleveland Latter. ne passed Through
Carroll college in Waukesha, Wis, hon
orably. His, father came from Ohio to
Wisconsin in 1876 and settled In Ma6i-
son. Soon after; when the fire of the
gold discovery In California spread ri
over the world, T4ueius, then % sturdy
lad of 49,, left his home with several OF
his companions and set out aeroSS the
plains with four-yoke oxteam It was
+ho ho n
on this Journey that laid the founda ton
for the rugged manhood that character
lied him In later years. After many
months of infinite toll the party reached
| San Francisco with a combined capita
of just II cents.
ESare1 Work in the Mines.
For six years young Fairchild worked
as digger, miner, prOspector and labor
| err and saw every phase of the wild life
! of the mountain and Of the camp. IL
1855 he returned to Wisconsin, rich il
! experience, but as poor in pocket as wheI
| he set out.
Fairchild's first experience in polite:
! was had IN California, when he was
| elected a delegate to 4 convention called
for the nomination Of governor. On hi:
way to the convention his mule, which
carried every earthly possession that the
young miner could call his own, tel
| from height on the mountain trail ana
was killed This accident left the mas
| ter without q cent or a change OF dress.
He finished the Journey on foot and sat
| in the convention without a coat.
A short time after his return to WIS
consin he was elected clerk of the CIR
cult court and, meanwhile, studying law
! was admitted to the bar in 1860. Al
the beginning Of the Civil war he Va VA
member Of company called me
Governors guard" and promptly enlist
cd in the regular army. His work IN
drumming up volunteers for wal
service marked him as efficient II