The following individuals were appointed to the committee to locate a suitable site and became the “Founding Fathers” of Fairview Cemetery:
Albert A. Drake Moses T. Crane
Squier Pierson James T. Pierson
Rev. Edward B. Edgar William W. Connoly
John Q. Dudley Lyman H. Pierson
Orren Pierson Mathias Clark
Gideon E Ludlow Chauncey B. Ripley
Nathaniel G. Foster