Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), 1820-1906
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Lawyer, land-holder, agent and dealer in real estate, writer, military officer.
Rainsford Fairbanks was born in 1817, and died in 1942. He was Clerk of the Superior Court, a State Senator, a promotor of Southern Universities, a newspaper editor, a writer of Florida history, and a Major and Quartermaster during the American Civil War.
From the description of Fairbanks collection, 1817-1942. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50659676
Lawyer, soldier.
Clerk of U.S. District Court and later mayor of St. Augustine FL, Fairbanks was a trustee of the University of the South (Sewanee TN) before becoming the Chief Quartermaster of the Army of Tennessee. He retired to Fernandina FL in 1880.
From the description of Letters, 1836-1901. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 49960897
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Authors, American
- Church buildings
- Lawyers
- Real property
- Seminole Indians
- Timber
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- St Johns--12109 (as recorded)
- Nassau County (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Putnam--12107 (as recorded)
- Florida (as recorded)
- Florida (as recorded)
- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
- Nassau--12089 (as recorded)
- Volusia--12127 (as recorded)
- St. Johns--12109 (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- New Smyrna Beach (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Florida (as recorded)
- Daytona Beach (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Palatka (Fla.) (as recorded)
- Leon--12073 (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Florida--Palatka (as recorded)
