Fairchild, Edward Henry, Dd

Fairchild, Edward Henry, D.D.

a Congregational minister, was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 29, 1815; graduated from Oberlin College in 1838, and from the Theological Seminary in 1841. He became acting pastor at Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42; Birmingham, Michigan, 1842-49; Elmira, N.Y., 1849-50; Hartford, Ohio, 1850-53; principal of the preparatory department of Oberlin College, 1853-69; president of Berea College, Kentucky, from 1869 until his death, October 2, 1889.