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FAIRALL, E. J. — Of the firm of Williams & Fairail, real estate agents. Mr. F. was born near Zanesville, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1833, and was raised and resided on a farm until he was seventeen years of age. In 1863 he came to Iowa, locating on a farm in Washington township, this county, where he resided until the following year, when he removed to Des Moines and engaged in contracting and building — he being a carpenter by trade — which business he followed until 1879. During this time he had the con tract for building the Jones House, superintended the work on the Fifth Ward School and Lewis' Opera Block, also built many of the finer build ing's both on the east and west sides of the river; and in addition to these had the contract for and built the principal school-house at Council Bluffs. He engaged in the real estate business in 1878 with his present partner. In December, 1852, he was married to Miss Jane Finleoats. She died in 1866, leaving five children: Mary (now Mrs. C. M. Cook), William H., Howard, Edgar and Belle. In November, 1868, he married his present wife, her maiden name being Anna J. Adams, a native of Indiana. From this union he has three children: Nellie M., John A. and Robert 0.