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Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Fagan, Jane d. 9 Feb 1863 R88/71 Fagan. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Jane Fagan, formerly of Virginia and for the last 32 years an exemplary member of the Old School Baptist Church of this city. Her funeral will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 o'clock, from the Island Baptist Church, Virginia avenue, near 4 1/2 st., to which her friends are respectfully invited. Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 02/12/15 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Fague, Addie W. d. 4 Apr 1892 R20/97 Fague. On Monday, April 4, 1892, after a short illness, Addie W., beloved wife of Joseph Robert Fague and daughter of Sarah R. and the late Washington Bacon. Funeral from her late residence, 1002 6th street northwest, Wednesday, April 6 at 4 o'clock p.m. Friends and relatives invited to attend. Fague, Rosa V. d. 24 Apr 1905 R20/98 Fague. On Monday, April 24, 1905, at 7 o'clock a.m., Rosa V., beloved wife of Joseph Robert Fague. Funeral from her late residence, No. 300 11th street southwest, Wednesday, April 26 at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend. The Evening Star, April 27, 1905, p. 16 Funeral of Mrs. Fague The funeral of Mrs. Rosa V. Fague, wife of Joseph Robert Fague of the District bar, took place from her late residence, 300 11th street southwest, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J.T. Wightman officiated, assisted by Revs. J.C. Hawk and Claudius F. Smith. The hymns "Beautiful Valley of Eden" and "Lead, Kindly Light," were sung by Mrs. Grace Miller and Messrs. Benjamin F. and Lynn Taylor. The Dorcas Rebecah Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Naomi Chapter, O.E.S., conducted services at the grave. The pallbearers were six nephews of the deceased, Messrs. James, Clarence, Samuel, Frederick, Arthur & Elmer Springmann. The floral offerings were beautiful and numerous. Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 02/12/15 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Fairall, Alfred J. d. 24 Oct 1863 10 mos. R86/71 Fairall. On Saturday, 24th inst., Alfred J. Fairall, aged 10 months, youngest child of Joseph F. and Sarah C. Fairall. Fairall, Alfred d. 21 Feb 1891 62 yrs. R86/350 Fairall. On February 21, 1891 at 11:30 p.m. after a short and painful illness, Alfred, beloved husband of Helen Fairall in the 63d year of his age. Funeral service from his late residence, 747 Fifth street southeast Tuesday evening at 3 o'clock. Friends and relatives are respectfully invited to attend (Baltimore papers please copy). Fairall, George Earl d. 16 Mar 1913 20 yrs. R117/177 Fairall. On March 16, 1913, at 2:35 a.m., George Earl, beloved son of Minnie and Alfred Fairall, in the twenty-first year of his age. Funeral from his parents' residence, Nichols avenue, Congress Heights; thence to St. Teresa's Church, Anacostia, on Wednesday, March 19, at 10 a.m.; requiem mass. Interment Congressional cemetery. (Baltimore papers please copy). Fairall, Helen d. 1 Apr 1899 57 yrs. R118/177 Fairall. On Saturday, April 1, 1899 of pneumonia, Helen Fairall, widow of the late Alfred Fairall, aged 57 years. Had he asked us well we know We should have said 'Oh spare the blow.' Yet with streaming tears should say Lord we love her let her stay. In love she lived, in peace she died. Her life was asked but God denied. Gone but not forgotten. The trial is hard, the pain severe. To part with one we loved so dear. But in our hearts she will remain Until we meet in Heaven again. By Her Children Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Helen Lusby, 530 11th street southeast on Wednesday morning, April 5 at 8:30 o'clock, thence to St. Peter's Church. Omit flowers. Fairall, Jessie Wilemina d. 23 May 1890 33 yrs. R31/237 Fairall. Departed this life on 23d of May 1890 at 10:15 o'clock after a long and painful illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, Jessie Wilemina Fairall, the beloved wife of Joseph Fairall and daughter of Henrietta and the late William Henry Clementson, aged 33 year. Her busy hands are folded Her work on earth is done Her trials are all ended Her heavenly crown is won. By Her Husband Funeral service at the Epiphany mission and interred in the Congressional Cemetery at 3:30 o'clock on the 26th inst. Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend. Fairall, Joseph F. d. 3 Jan 1871 R89/232 The Evening Star, September 8, 1856 Mr. Joseph Fairall, a carpenter employed on Bryant’s building who fell from an upper floor to the ground, a distance of 50 feet – and to which accident we made an allusion on Saturday – is, we are happy to learn, in a fair way of recovery. Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 02/12/15 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Fairchild, John b. 30 Jan 1797 - d. 24 Dec 1847 50 yrs. R54/108 © See the on-line "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress" Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 02/12/15 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Fairfax, Betsy Jane b. 1856 - d. 14 Mar 1942 86 yrs. R86/317 The Washington Post, March 16, 1942, p. 7 Ex-Slave Dies; Served Family for 80 Years Betsy Jane Fairfax, 86-year-old Negro, who was born in slavery and lived to receive from the District Federation of Women's Clubs a certificate commemorating her long and faithful service to three generations of the Swingle family, will be buried today in Congressional Cemetery. She died Saturday at the home of Col. and Mrs. Charles S. Reed, 5437 Nebraska Avenue Northwest. Betsy, who was born near Martinsburg, W. Va., and whose memory reached back to the Battle of Antietam, spent several years with the Reeds in Honolulu, caring for their children. Col. Reed is now on duty with the Ordnance Department in Washington. The Swingle families, served by Betsy for more than 80 years, included Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Swingle, 3917 Military Road Northwest; Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Swingle, 6151 Thirtieth Street Northwest; Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Clark, 21 West Irving Street, Chevy Chase, Md.; Mrs. Suzanne S. Cannon and Dr. and Mrs. D.B. Street, Jersey City, N.J., and Col. and Mrs. Reed. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. today from the Reed home, to be followed by burial in Congressional Cemetery in the Reed family plot. Fairfax, Evelyn Leopoldine d. 18 Sep 1896 R34/19 Fairfax. On September 18, 1896, Evelyn Leopoldine, youngest daughter of Frederick and Mary Allen Fairfax. Attendance of friends requested at funeral service on Sunday the 20th at 4 o'clock p.m. Cremation private, 235 2nd street s.e., Capitol Hill. Fairfax, Mary A. d. 15 Jun 1909 R34/19 Fairfax. At the Home for Incurables, Mrs. Mary A. Fairfax, widow of Frederick Fairfax. Relatives and friends invited to the services at her late residence, 235 3rd street s.e., Thursday June 17 at 5 o'clock. Interments in the Historic Congressional Cemetery Last Updated: 02/12/15 Name Birth/Death Age Range/Site Faithful, Mary E. b. 1864 - d. 7 Feb 1920 63 yrs. R8/185 The Evening Star, February 4, 1920, p. 2 Crime Prompted By Desire to Wed Robbery Alleged Motive for Perrygo's Murderous Attack on Mrs. Faithful Desire to obtain funds to wed Miss Mabel Hill, seventeen years old, was given by Edgar Randolph Perrygo, also seventeen, of Oxon Hill, Md., as the motive for his attack on Mrs. Emily Faithful, sixty-three, and subsequent robbery, in an alleged confession obtained by the police. Mrs. Faithful was attacked in her home at Alabama avenue and 10th street, Congress Heights, yesterday afternoon, and beaten on the head with an iron bar. She is at Casualty Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. Physicians are unable to hold out any hope for recovery. Nurses at Casualty Hospital, on examining Mrs. Faithful's clothing today, discovered $2,470 sewed up in the skirt. Three hours after the attack yesterday Perrygo was under arrest as the alleged assailant. When first questioned, he denied any knowledge of the affair. Five hours later, according to the police, he admitted his guilt. Perrygo's first excuse for having committed the deed, police declare, was that he was suffering from the effects of a drink given him by an unidentified man on the street. Later his explanation contained a statement of an intended elopement with Miss Hill, who resided not far from the Perrygo farm. He admitted, according to the police, that it was lack o finances which prompted him to commit robbery. With plans made for the elopement, he went to the city yesterday morning to get a marriage license, the police say he told them. Before reaching the marriage clerk's office, he declared, he became ill on the street and was given a drink by a stranger. He then told of proceeding to Congress Heights, picking up an iron bar about eighteen inches long on the road to Mrs. Faithful's home, where he was going to get the money. He partly concealed the bar up his sleeve and partly in a pocket of his rain coat, at the time he entered the Faithful home, according to the alleged confession. When the Attack Occurred The attack occurred some time after Mrs.