Thaddeus S Fairbanks

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Thaddeus S Fairbanks

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Birthplace: Brimfield, Hampden, MA, United States
Death: April 12, 1886 (90)
St Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT, United States
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Son of Joseph Fairbanks and Phebe Fairbanks
Husband of Lucy Peck Fairbanks
Father of Henry Peck Fairbanks, Rev. and Charlotte Fairbanks
Brother of Erastus Fairbanks, Governor and Joseph Paddock Fairbanks

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About Thaddeus S Fairbanks

Thaddeus FAIRBANKS (1796-1886), with brothers Erastus FAIRBANKS (1792-1864) and Joseph FAIRBANKS (1806-1855), founder and benefactor of St. Johnsbury Academy, VT and founder of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. (now Fairbanks Scales, Inc.), and inventor and developer of the platform scales (1830, patented 1831).

Thaddeus Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, in 1796 and moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in 1815. He was an inventor with many patents including a cast iron stove and plow. In 1830 he and Erastus became interested in the raising and processing of hemp, and Thaddeus patented a hemp dresser (and was for a time manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company). His most successful invention was the platform scale in 1830

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Thaddeus S Fairbanks's Timeline

1796
January 17, 1796
Brimfield, Hampden, MA, United States
1830
May 6, 1830
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, VT, United States
1837
1837
1886
April 12, 1886
Age 90
St Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT, United States