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  1. James G. Fair. James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831 – December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode.

  2. Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith. Added: Sep 11, 2003. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7861239. Source citation. US Senator and Businessman. He immigrated to the United States in 1843, settled in Illinois, and received a thorough business education. He moved to California in 1849 and engaged in gold mining until 1860, when he moved to ...

  3. Feb 28, 2023 · Death: December 28, 1894 (63) Lick House, San Francisco, California, United States. Place of Burial: Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States. Immediate Family: Son of James Hay Fair and Susanna Margaret Fair. Ex-husband of Theresa Fair. Father of Theresa Alice Oelrichs; Charles Lewis Fair; James Fair, Jr. and Virginia Graham Vanderbilt.

    • Clogher, County Tyrone
    • December 3, 1831
    • County Tyrone
    • December 28, 1894
  4. Sep 25, 2012 · John Mackay, James Fair, William O’Brien and James Flood were four such Irishmen. They were destined to become partners and to be known worldwide as the Silver Kings. John W. Mackay was the engineering genius of the Silver Kings. One of four children, he was born in Dublin in 1831 and immigrated with his family to New York in 1840.

  5. James Graham Fair was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode. Fair later became a real estate investor and railroad builder in California. In 1881, he was elected a United States ...

  6. Jun 2, 2014 · The richest Americans in history. By Steve Hargreaves @hargreavesCNN June 2, 2014: 6:18 PM ET. 19. James G. Fair. 19 of 20. Adjusted wealth*: $52.9 billion. Lived: 1831-1894. Fair, along with ...

  7. Jan 17, 2018 · The Bonanza firm had just built a 15-mile-long V-flume that extended from its 12,000-acre timber tract on the high slopes of the Sierra Nevada to Huffakers Station on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, in present-day Reno. Two of the tycoons to emerge from the Comstock Lode, James C. Flood and James G. Fair, principals of the Bonanza firm ...

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