Name/Title
Fairleigh, William G., Portrait Photo, c. 1870Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.252Description
Fairleigh, William G., Portrait Photo, c. 1870, b/w, Copy of formal portrait photo of a young man, balding, with handle-bar mustache, wearing dark jacket, high collar, with slim ribbon bow tie. Handwritten at bottom: "William G. Fairleigh".
Fairleigh was a St. Joseph businessman about 1870, joining Thomas & Joseph Tootle in the dry goods business, and later the firm of Bailey, Fairleign & Weil. He did well in the cattle business and lived on N. 5th street near the Tootles, Lemons & Comstocks, marrying, Alice, the daughter of James O'Neil. He later built a 30 acre home site which in modern times has been divided into home lots known as Fairleigh Place at Noyes Blvd & Frederick Avenue.
Original digital scan located on History CD 01Made/Created
Date made
1870Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fairleigh Family, Fairleigh Place, Bailey, Fairleigh, Weil Wholesale Co.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William G. Fairleigh