Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 412.
 
HORACE G. FAIRCLO
 
     On the Merrill road, about ten miles south of Klamath Falls is the ranch of
Horace G. Fairclo, one of Oregon's native sons and representative citizens. He
was born near Roseburg, on Deer creek, December 25, 1859, and is the son of Paul
and Amanda (Burt) Fairclo. The father, a native of Indiana, was reared in De
Kalb county, Illinois, and the mother was born and reared in Wisconsin. They
were married, however, at Roseburg. Oregon, the father having crossed the plains
in 1850, while the mother came by the same route in the '50s, the Burt family
settling on Deer creek. The parents of our subject spent the greater part of
their lives in Jackson and Josephine counties. Mr. Fairclo following mining most
of the time. He died in Yreka, California, and his wife in Benton county,
Oregon. Paul Fairclo had active experience in the Indian war of 1855 and 1856,
serving as a volunteer in that struggle for the supremacy of the civilized race.
He actively assisted in the development of southern Oregon and at all times and
on all occasions proved himself a worthy and valued citizen. His wife was at one
time shot by Indians, causing her the loss of the use of her right arm for a
year. Their home was burned by Rogue river Indians a number of times when they
were living in Jackson and Josephine counties, but notwithstanding all these
hardships they continued to make their home on the frontier and aided largely in
its development and progress, being now numbered among the honored pioneers to
whom the state owes a debt of gratitude for the work which they accomplished in
the improvement of the west. They had five children: Clara, the wife of Charles
Craft, of Kennett, California; Horace G., of this review; Isabelle, who is the
wife of Enoch Powell and resides near Lebanon, Oregon; Eva, the wife of Thurston
King, of Spokane, Washington; and Eunice, deceased.
 
     Horace G. Fairclo spent his youthful years in Jackson and Josephine
counties, and in 1888 came to his present ranch, which comprises one hundred and
sixty acres and which he homesteaded. He has been identified with mining in
California and Oregon during much of his life and has always been a busy man,
occupied with important interests. He received a normal-school education, being
graduated in 1885 from the Philomath Normal School of Oregon and for seven years
engaged in teaching in Oregon and California. He has since followed mining and
farming and has today a good property, which yields substantial returns through
the care and labor which he bestows upon it. His ranch presents a neat and
attractive appearance and upon it are many good improvements which he has made.
 
     In 1887 Mr. Fairclo was married to Miss Anna Murray, who was born in
Illinois and crossed the plains with her parents about 1880. By her marriage she
became the mother of three children, James, Bessie and Jay. In 1906 Mr. Fairclo
was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who was then about thirty-seven
years of age, her birth having occurred in 1869. He is a well known
representative of a worthy pioneer family and has for more than a half century
witnessed the growth and upbuilding of Oregon. He has seen its wild lands
reclaimed and cultivated, its rich mineral resources developed and its waterways
utilized. At all times he has rejoiced in what has been accomplished and his
work has brought to him substantial returns.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.