Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Fair, Lemuel L. July 7, 1843 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

LEMUEL L. FAIR,
the founder of Fair's addition to Juniata, on the north of Altoona, and who
was a soldier in the Army of the Potomac, is a son of William and Mary
(Cribbs) Fair, and was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1843.
His paternal grandfather, Peter Fair, and his two brothers, John and Jacob,
came from Germany to Philadelphia, which Peter soon left to reside a short
time successfully in Blair and Westmoreland counties, after which he became
one of the early settlers of what is now Black Lick township, in Indiana
county, where he died in 1830, at seventy-seven years of age. He was a spy
and scout during the last Indian troubles in Pennsylvania, and often gave
notice to the frontier forts of threatened Indian attacks. He was one of the
first jurors ever impaneled in Indiana county. His son, William Fair
(father), was born in Black Lick township in 1798, and died there in 1885. He
was a prosperous farmer, had been a useful member and officer of the
Evangelical Lutheran church for over sixty years, and was an old-line whig
and republican in politics. He was a stirring, energetic man, had held
several of his township's offices, and married Mary Cribbs, a daughter of
Jacob Cribbs, of German descent, who owned a farm and followed wagon making
in Black Lick township, where he died in 1832, aged sixty-seven years. To Mr.
and Mrs. Fair were born eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all of
whom except two are now living. Mrs. Fair was born in 1805, has been a member
of the Lutheran church for sixty-seven years, and is now residing with her
son, the subject of this sketch.
   Lemuel L. Fair was reared on the farm, received his education in the schools
of his native township, and was engaged in teaching, which he followed for
some time. He went, in 1867, to Dakota county, Nebraska, where he was engaged
in farming in the Missouri valley and in teaching until 1876, when he disposed
of his property and returned to Indiana county to take care of his parents.
After returning to his native county he purchased the home farm, which he
tilled until 1887, when he sold it in order to purchase a farm near some
city. After visiting several cities, he was most favorably impressed with
Altoona, and accordingly purchased his present farm, just beyond the northern
limits of the city. He has now laid out a part of his farm in town lots, in a
plan known as Fair's addition to Juniata, which will be one day a part of
Altoona. He has sold over one hundred and fifty of the lots, and
circumstances seem to warrant that the entire number of those lots will soon
be disposed of to those who are seeking city homes of their own. His farm is
only twenty minutes' walk from the engine works in the northern part of
Altoona. Mr. Fair still follows farming, and has a nice vineyard, which he
intends to increase in size.
   On November 27, 1867, Mr. Fair married Mary, daughter of John Bridenbaugh,
of Dakota county, Nebraska, and they have five children: John S., a student
of Pennsylvania college; Mary V., attending Altoona High school; Elda May; H.
Maud; and Philip W.
   In 1863 Mr. Fair enlisted as a private in Co. D., 206th Pennsylvania
infantry, and served until June 1, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He
was in the battles of Fort Harrison and Spring Hill, besides many skirmishes.
Lemuel L. Fair is a republican in politics, and has held several township
offices. He owns, besides his farm, some valuable property in the village of
Juniata. He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church; Grange No. 889,
Patrons of Husbandry; and Fred. C. Ward Post, No. 46, Grand Army of the
Republic. 

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