Descendants of Adam Fair
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Generation No. 1
1. ADAM2 FAIR (BARNABAS1) was born 1800 in Pendleton District, SC, and died before 1853. He married MARY KESIAH HERRIN November 18, 1830 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL, daughter of HENRY HERRIN. She was born 1819 in GA, and died about 1867.
Notes for MARY KESIAH HERRIN:
From Family Tree Maker, Vol 13, Pedigree #1567:
Mary Kisiah Herrin Fair Creel died shortly after marrying her second husband, Joshua Creel. She and Adam Fair were the parents of eight children. After her death, Joshua Creel married Frances Jones Horton, another widow with children, and they raised the Fair children.
More About MARY KESIAH HERRIN:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 33, born in GA, cannot read or write1
More About ADAM FAIR and MARY HERRIN:
Marriage: November 18, 1830, Tuscaloosa Co. AL
Children of ADAM FAIR and MARY HERRIN are:
2. i. ELIZABETH3 FAIR, b. 1840, AL; d. Unknown.
3. ii. ANDREW JACKSON3 FAIR, REV.ANDREW JACKSON FAIR, REV., b. June 17, 1835, AL; d. October 08, 1881.
4. iii. JASPER FAIR, b. 1832, AL; d. Unknown.
iv. WILLIAM C. FAIR, b. 1839, AL; d. Unknown.
More About WILLIAM C. FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 12, born in AL, attended school within the year1
v. GEORGE W. FAIR, b. 1842, AL; d. Unknown.
More About GEORGE W. FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 9, born in AL1
vi. SUSANNAH FAIR, b. 1844, AL; d. Unknown.
More About SUSANNAH FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 7, born in AL1
vii. MARY CATHERINE FAIR, b. 1847, AL; d. Unknown.
More About MARY CATHERINE FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 3, born in AL1
viii. PLEASANT FAIR, b. 1837, AL; d. Unknown.
More About PLEASANT FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 13, born in AL, attended school within the year1
Generation No. 2
2. ELIZABETH3 FAIR (ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born 1840 in AL, and died Unknown. She married JOHN WILLIAM KORNEGAY December 24, 1859 in Bibb Co. AL2, son of FELIX KORNEGAY and SARAH LEE. He was born 1834 in Bibb Co. AL, and died 1913 in Bibb Co. AL.
More About ELIZABETH FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 10, born in AL3
More About JOHN WILLIAM KORNEGAY:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #267, age 15, laborer, born in AL, attended school within the year4
More About JOHN KORNEGAY and ELIZABETH FAIR:
Marriage: December 24, 1859, Bibb Co. AL5
Children of ELIZABETH FAIR and JOHN KORNEGAY are:
5. i. MARTHA W. 'ANN'4 KORNEGAY, b. July 22, 1872; d. September 01, 1899.
ii. DELLA KORNEGAY, b. 1861, Bibb Co. AL; d. 19416.
More About DELLA KORNEGAY:
Burial: Haysop Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
iii. BARNEY OLIVER KORNEGAY, b. 1865; d. Unknown; m. LEAH SHERBETT; d. Unknown.
6. iv. LELA KORNEGAY, b. 1870; d. Unknown.
3. ANDREW JACKSON3 FAIR, REV. (ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born June 17, 1835 in AL, and died October 08, 18817. He married SARAH F. STEELE about 1865, daughter of JOHN STEELE and NANCY MAJOR. She was born March 06, 1834 in Bibb Co. AL, and died Unknown.
More About ANDREW JACKSON FAIR, REV.:
Burial: Union Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 15, laborer, born in AL, attended school within the year8
Military: CSA
Occupation: Minister, Teacher
Religion: Pastor of Haysop Baptist Church, Bibb Co. AL 1875-1876
More About SARAH F. STEELE:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #268, age 16, born in AL9
More About ANDREW FAIR and SARAH STEELE:
Marriage: about 1865
Children of ANDREW FAIR and SARAH STEELE are:
i. JOSEPHINE4 FAIR, b. about 1866; d. Unknown.
ii. MARGARET E. FAIR, b. about 1868.
7. iii. MONROE FAIR, b. about 1870.
iv. MERIDITH FAIR, b. about 1874; d. Unknown.
v. ANDREW FAIR, b. about 1877.
4. JASPER3 FAIR (ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born 1832 in AL, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH SHUTTLESWORTH October 12, 1860 in Bibb Co. AL10, daughter of WESLEY SHUTTLESWORTH and LUCRETIA PARKER. She was born 1847 in AL, and died Unknown.
More About JASPER FAIR:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #261, age 18, laborer, born in AL, living with Joshua and Mary K. Creel.11
Occupation: Teacher
Information: 1860 Census lists Jasper Fair in the household of Wesley Shuttlesworth.
More About ELIZABETH SHUTTLESWORTH:
Census: 1850, Bibb Co. AL, Household #171, age 3, born in AL12
More About JASPER FAIR and ELIZABETH SHUTTLESWORTH:
Marriage: October 12, 1860, Bibb Co. AL13
Child of JASPER FAIR and ELIZABETH SHUTTLESWORTH is:
8. i. JAMES ANDREW4 FAIR, b. October 06, 1861, Bibb Co. AL; d. October 03, 1934.
Generation No. 3
5. MARTHA W. 'ANN'4 KORNEGAY (ELIZABETH3 FAIR, ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born July 22, 1872, and died September 01, 189914. She married JESSE HARDY MURPHY before 1893, son of WILLIAM MURPHY and CLARISSA PHELPS. He was born June 23, 1870, and died June 13, 193215.
More About MARTHA W. 'ANN' KORNEGAY:
Burial: Murphy Family Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
More About JESSE HARDY MURPHY:
Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
More About JESSE MURPHY and MARTHA KORNEGAY:
Marriage: before 1893
Children of MARTHA KORNEGAY and JESSE MURPHY are:
i. MUGGIE M.5 MURPHY, b. January 27, 1893, Bibb Co. AL; d. Unknown; m. EZEKIEL ROBERT STEELE, October 05, 1913; b. June 06, 1892, Bibb Co. AL; d. Unknown.
More About EZEKIEL STEELE and MUGGIE MURPHY:
Marriage: October 05, 1913
ii. GRADY MURPHY.
iii. NELSON STACY MURPHY.
6. LELA4 KORNEGAY (ELIZABETH3 FAIR, ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born 1870, and died Unknown. She married MAXWELL CHAMPION, son of SOLOMON CHAMPION and MARTHA GEDDIE. He was born 1868, and died Unknown.
Children of LELA KORNEGAY and MAXWELL CHAMPION are:
i. VICTOR5 CHAMPION.
ii. LELA CHAMPION.
iii. ROY CHAMPION.
iv. TAYLOR CHAMPION.
v. HUGO CHAMPION.
vi. ANNIE MAY CHAMPION.
7. MONROE4 FAIR (ANDREW JACKSON3, ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born about 1870. He married DAISIE BEATRICE CLEMENTS. She was born 1880, and died 1919.
Children of MONROE FAIR and DAISIE CLEMENTS are:
i. OSCAR5 FAIR, b. 1902.
ii. MARY FAIR, b. 1904.
iii. CLEMENTS PRINCE FAIR, b. 1906.
iv. WILLIAM CLARENCE FAIR, b. 1908.
v. ANNE BELLE FAIR, b. 1911.
vi. ERLINE FAIR, b. 1914.
vii. SARAH MAUDE FAIR, b. 1918.
8. JAMES ANDREW4 FAIR (JASPER3, ADAM2, BARNABAS1) was born October 06, 1861 in Bibb Co. AL, and died October 03, 193416. He married MARY ELLA 'MOLLY' SANDEFER 1890 in Athens, AL. She was born May 02, 1868, and died July 10, 193717.
More About JAMES ANDREW FAIR:
Burial: Centreville Memorial Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
More About MARY ELLA 'MOLLY' SANDEFER:
Burial: Centreville Memorial Cemetery, Bibb Co. AL
More About JAMES FAIR and MARY SANDEFER:
Marriage: 1890, Athens, AL
Children of JAMES FAIR and MARY SANDEFER are:
i. HASSIE RAMSEY5 FAIR, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; Adopted child; m. DANIEL SNEAD COTTINGHAM; b. November 07, 1898; d. Unknown.
ii. ROSALIE RAMSEY FAIR, Adopted child.
Endnotes
1. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 889.
2. Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944, Automated Archives, Inc. CD #3, "CD-ROM," Kornega, John W. m. Fair, Elizabeth Dec. 24, 1859.
3. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 889.
4. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 890.
5. Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944, Automated Archives, Inc. CD #3, "CD-ROM," Kornega, John W. m. Fair, Elizabeth Dec. 24, 1859.
6. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 323, Della Kornegay, 1861-1941.
7. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 550, Andrew Fair, June 17, 1835-Oct. 8, 1881.
8. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 889.
9. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 890.
10. Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944, Automated Archives, Inc. CD #3, "CD-ROM," Shuttlesworth, Elizabeth m. Fair, Jasper Oct. 12, 1860.
11. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 889.
12. Census Microfilm Records: AL, AR, LA and MS, 1850, Disk 1, Alabama, Microfilm Roll 2, Bibb County, page 876.
13. Marriage Index: AL, GA, SC, 1641-1944, Automated Archives, Inc. CD #3, "CD-ROM," Shuttlesworth, Elizabeth m. Fair, Jasper Oct. 12, 1860.
14. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 446, Martha Murphy, July 22, 1872-September 1, 1899.
15. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 461, J.H. Murphy, June 23, 1870-June 13, 1932.
16. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 263, James A. Fair, 1861-1934 (Masonic Emblem).
17. Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974, page 263, Mary E. Fair, 1868-1937 (Eastern Star Emblem).