FAIRCHILD, Ashbel Green, clergyman, born in Hanover, New Jersey, 1 May 1795; died in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, in 1864. He was graduated at Princeton in 1813, studied theology, and was licensed as a preacher in 1816, ordained in 1818, and served in various places as a missionary. >From 1822 till 1854 he was pastor at George's Creek, whence he went to Tent, Pennsylvania, where he remained until his death. Besides frequent contributions to the religious press, he published many tracts and discourses. His principal work was the "Great Supper," which was translated into German and had a circulation larger, with one or two exceptions, than any other book published by the Presbyterian board. Among his other works are "Baptism," "Faith and Works," "Confession of Faith," "The Faith in Hungary," "What is Faith? .... Faithful Mother's Reward," and "False Friendship."