Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut - a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (1911) (14597559480)

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Title: Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917 Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917 Bostwick, Frederick, b. 1852 Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920 Stearns, Ezra S
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Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Publishing
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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ng Island College Hospital and a directorof both the Brooklyn and jMontauk clubs. Inpolitics he is a Democrat, and to the prin-ciples and candidates of that party he hasgiven loyal support. In 1894 he was otTeredthe Democratic nomination for mayor ofBrooklyn, and his sense of public duty wouldhave caused him to accept the nominationand election, but he yielded to the judgmentof his family and declined to accept a largerburden. He also declined the nomination forcomptroller of the city of Greater New Yorkin 1896. He accepted appointment fromMayor Van Wyck, of New York, on the com-mission in charge of the construction of theWilliamsburg bridge, and there has beenno public work of this magnitude completedwith such absolute freedom from public sus-picion of graft or nusmanagcment. )\Ir. Fair-child was treasurer of the commission. Theeditor of the Long Island Gazette said of )\Ir.Fairchild recently: Julian D. Fairchild, president of the KingsCounty Trust Company, Brooklyn, is a notable in-
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CONNECTICUT 2035 stance of the old English saying, Good blood willtell; and also a remarkable example of the fact thatin the American Republic it is possible for a youngman to attain to the highest positions in commerciallife by self-reliance, energy and honesty in the faceof stupendous difficulties. Julian D. Fairchild is un-questionably one of the leading representative menof Long Island at the present time, and it is whenwe recall this long business career of more thanforty-three years, from the time when he was anoffice boy in New Haven to his present position asPresident of one of the strongest financial institu-tions in the city, that we see what a splendid ex-ample we have in a fellow-citizen, of what may beaccomplished by a steadfast application to fixed pur-poses, based on sound principles, with a constant de-termination to succeed in life. We must not omitto say that while i\Ir. Fairchilds success in life becredited to his indomitable energy, his popularityamong his fellow m