Charles W. Fairfield

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Charles Williams Fairfield (born February 9, 1882 in Colorado Springs , Colorado , † December 31, 1955 in Prescott , Arizona ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Charles Williams Fairfield, son of Jason Williams Fairfield Jr. and second wife Margaret Smith, was born in El Paso County in 1882 . The Fairfield family then moved to California in 1887 . There he attended the local community schools. He lived in San Diego at the age of 18 according to the 1900 census . He moved to the New Mexico Territory in 1903 . From 1903 to 1909 he was a commercial accountant. He then worked for three years as an auditor in the territorial auditor's office. He was living in Santa Fe at the 1910 census . He married Jean MacKenzie (1888–1953) there in 1910. The couple then lived for a short time in Los Angeles, California. Fairfield moved in 1913 with his family to Arizona and settled there in Winslow ( Navajo County ) down. There he started a job with the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company .

Fairfield also had a political career. He ran for the post of State Auditor of Arizona in 1918 , but lost to Democrat Jesse L. Boyce in the elections . He was elected State Auditor of Arizona in the 1920 elections. He held the post from 1921 to 1923.

According to the census in 1920, he lived in Phoenix ( Maricopa County ). The couple had two children, an eight-year-old daughter named Margaret and a five-year-old son named John. After the end of his tenure as a state auditor, he and his family moved to Clarkdale, Arizona. Fairfield was buried next to his wife in Valley View Cemetery .

He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Shriners and Sons of the American Revolution .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arizona Gravestone Photo Project - Charles Williams Fairfield
  2. ^ A b c d Charles W. Fairfield , The Coconino Sun, November 1, 1918, p. 1
  3. ↑ 1900 Census - Charles Williams Fairfield
  4. ↑ 1910 Census - Charles Williams Fairfield
  5. ^ Arizona Gravestone Photo Project - Jean MacKenzie Fairfield
  6. ↑ Election results for the post of State Auditor of Arizona in 1918
  7. ↑ Results of the election for the post of State Auditor of Arizona in 1920
  8. ^ Charities Caring For All Suffering Mexican Families , The Arizona Republican, July 8, 1921, p. 14
  9. ↑ Local Brevities , The Coconino Sun, July 14, 1922
  10. ^ Rail Bonds Check for $ 105,891.28 Has Reached Yavapai , Prescott Evening Courier, October 21, 1922, p. 1
  11. ↑ 1920 Census - Charles Williams Fairfield and wife Jean Fairfield
  12. ^ Charles W. Fairfield in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Fairfield, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fairfield, Charles Williams (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Colorado Springs , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1955
Place of death Prescott , Arizona