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Fairleigh-Davis Genealogy and Fairleigh Place ResidencesEntry/Object ID
L9999.999.3688Description
Fairleigh-Davis Genealogy and Fairleigh Place Residences. 3-page typed genealogy and profile of residences on Frederick Avenue between 26th & 28th that became known as Farirleigh Terrace taken from various sources by the author. Report is typed below.
The property at 2604 Frederick Avenue was built in 1893.
In 1875 William G. Fairleigh purchased approximately 28 acres of land and a 14 room house located at 27th & Frederick Avenue. The house had been built in 1858 by Mrs. John Scott, who had beneth widow of Wm. T. Harris, builder of the brick house located on the southeast corner of 19th & Francis Streets, later occupied by Milton Tootle III; and the Hamilton House located on the corner of 15th & Francis. Wm. T. Harris was also the developer of Harris addition. The Fairleigh house was taken down in 1915, and the land divided into lots which now make up Fairleigh Place.
The house at 2604 Frederick Avenue was built as a wedding present for Wm. G. Fairleigh's daughter, Mary Logan Fairleigh, who married Randolph Milton Davis in 1893. The property was given to the daughter by Mr. Fairleigh and his wife, Alice, free and clear in February of 1894. At the same time, Mr. & Mrs. Fairleigh gave their daughter, Jennie Fairleigh Enright, the property located at 2606 Frederick Avenue, free and clear. The house had also been built the previous year was a wedding present for Jennie, who married Charles Frederick Enright in 1893
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Frances Sublett and Thomas Logan were married in 1834 in Kentucky. They had two children, Mary Logan and John Sublett Logan. John S. Logan was later to become the grandfather of our well known local historian, Sheridan Logan, who wrote the book, "Old Saint Jo".
Thomas Logan died in April 1840, and in September 1840, Francis Sublett Logan married James O'Neill, and they had four children: Alice, Catherine, Virginia, and James Lawrence O'Neill, Jr. The family moved to St. Joseph by steamboat in 1857, where James O'Neill was in the banking business. After his death in 1865, Francis Logan O'Neill decided to taken in some boarders, two of whom were William G. Fairleigh and Milton Tootle.
William G. Fairleigh married Alice O'Neill in 1867 and they had four children: James O'Neill Fairleigh, Jennie Fairleigh, Mary Logan Fairleigh and Wm. G. Fairleigh, Jr.
On January 22, 1893, the two daughters of Wm. G. and Alice Fairleigh were married in a double ceremony at the Presbyterian Church. Mary Logan Fairleigh married Randoph M. Davis; and Jennie Fairleigh married Charles F. Enright. Jennied and Charles Enright had one child, Fairleigh Enright. Jennie died in 1900 when the child was six years old, and he then went to live in the big house with his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Fairleigh and his great grandmother, Gran O'Neill. Mr. Fairleigh was away from home a great deal of the time. Due to health reasons, he travelled extensively with his brother, Talbot, as his constant companion.
Randloph M. Davis was in the milling business with his father, Randolph Truitt Davis, which promoted the Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour. Randolph T. Davis built the imposing home on the southeast corner of 20th & Faraon in 1890, where he died in 1894. R. M. Davis left the milling company and headed the Metropolitan Paving Company. The children of Mary Fairleigh and R. M. Davis were: Randolph Davis and Alice Fairleigh Davis, who married Jarrott McCord in 1917. The daughter of Alice and Jarrot McCord was Mary Davis McCord, who married William Bell. This was the origin of the McCord-Bell Garage and Service which was located at 7th & Charles. Jarrott McCord was the son of Sam McCord, whose home was built in 1903 at 1901 Clay Street, and is still located there.
Sam McCord was the son of James (Walker Field) McCord and Mary Halleck, who were married in Savannah n 1854. Their children were: James H. McCord, Samuel S. McCord, W.H. McCord, George L. McCord, Francis McCord, Susan McCord, Lucy and Mary McCord.
The McCord Family was in the mercantile business and their home was located at 1851 Clay Street. A house was built at 1823 Clay for James H. McCord when he married Adele Calhoun Parker of Atchison in 1893.
Randloph Truitt Davis, father of R. M. Davis, was born in a log cabin at Rockhouse Prairie, an historical area located near Agency, Missouri. R.T. Davis had a brother, Wilma Franklin Davis, who was in the livestock commission business. The son of Wm. F. Davis was W. True Davis, who was associated with Anchor Serum Company, and his son was W. True Davis, Jr. who was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland in 1963, and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury in 1965.
Wm. G. Fairleight died January 2, 1912. His wife, Alice, had died the previous year in January, 1911. Mary L. Fairleigh died February 15, 1945.
Complied by Jean G. Swafford
1823 Clay
St. Joseph, Mo. 64501
81.232.1848
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