Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 465. WILLIAM H. FAIRFIELD proprietor of the Kent Hotel at Kent, Oregon, was born in California, on August 6, 1871. His parents, William and Ella (Rawson) Fairfield, are natives of Michigan, and now reside in California. They moved to Clackamas county, Oregon, when he was three years old and there cleared a farm from heavy timber. Twelve years later, they sold the place and moved to Douglas county, and two years after that our subject, having completed his education in the common schools, struck out for himself. He did various work until his people went to California, then he came to this part of Oregon. He herded sheep for a time, then spent two years or so in farm work. Following that, he raised wheat on rented land for four years, then bought three-fourths of a section and also took up a homestead. He later sold the land he had bought and in December, 1903, purchased the place he now conducts at Kent. Since that time Mr. Fairfield has given his attention to handling the hotel and livery barn and is doing a nice business. On December 7, 1898, at Grass Valley, Mr. Fairfield married Minnie Smith, whose parents dwell in Grass Valley. To this union one child has been born, Kenneth. Mr. Fairfield has three brothers, Edward, Harry and Wallace, in California, and one sister, Minnie, wife of Bud Lewis, Roseburg, Oregon. Politically, Mr. Fairfield is a Republican. He is also a man of good standing and takes an interest in everything that is for the building up and the welfare of the country. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2010 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.