Stanley Brooks Fairbanks

Stanley B. Fairbanks, filling the office of sheriff of Teton county and making his home at Driggs, was born in Garfield county, Utah, July 11, 1874. He is a son of Cornelius M. and Emily (Davis) Fairbanks, natives of New Jersey. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of Utah, having crossed the plains in 1847 with one of the early trains of the Latter-day Saints. He shared in all of the hardships, privations and difficult experiences that constituted the lot of the early settlers. The mother made her way to Utah in 1856, each coming to the west with their respective parents. They were reared in Salt Lake City and finally became residents of Utah, where Mr. Fairbanks followed the occupation of farming for several years. He afterward went to southern California and to Nevada, spending several years in those states, but had to leave that section on account of high taxes. Finally he returned to Utah, settling in Garfield county, where he purchased land and engaged in stock raising for a number of years. His next removal took him to Sevier county, that state, where he made his home until 1912, when he removed to Driggs, Teton county, Idaho, where he has since resided. The mother is also living.

Stanley B. Fairbanks was largely reared in Sevier county, Utah, and remained with his parents until he attained his majority. He came to Idaho in 1900 and filed on land near Driggs, thus becoming one of the agriculturists of Teton county. He continued to till the soil and further improve his property until 1916, when he rented his place and accepted the position of deputy sheriff of the county, in which capacity he served for two years. He was then elected sheriff in November, 1918, and has since occupied that position, the duties of which he has discharged in a most prompt and fearless manner. His fellow townsmen, appreciating his worth and ability, have on various occasions called him to public office. For some years he served as school trustee and the cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion. In former years he was for some time actively engaged in the cattle business, but his attention is now concentrated almost entirely upon his official duties.

On the 16th of May, 1895, Mr. Fairbanks was married to Mary R. Beautler and they became the parents of the following children: Lloyd, who was born September 8, 1897, and died April 6, 1902; David E., who was born March 27, 1902, and died on the 6th of April of the same year; Maude, born November 7, 1903; Cornelius M., May 6, 1906; and Reed Stanley, October 27, 1911.

Mr. Fairbanks is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is serving as a member of the high council and has held other offices in the church. For years he was counselor, was superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, and for twenty-six months he served on a mission in northern Illinois, laboring in Chicago, Rockford, Joliet and Nauvoo.

His efforts have been attended with excellent results in the upbuilding of the church and in all connections he is recognized as a capable and forceful man who accomplishes his purposes and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.