Alice Fairleigh (b. O'Neill) (1842-1911) was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and died in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her family moved to St. Joseph around 1859, and she married William G. Fairleigh, a dry goods merchant, there in 1867. In 1887 Fairleigh was healed using Christian Science treatment through prayer. She studied Christian Science with John F. Linscott, a student of Mary Baker Eddy, and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1897. In June 1901 she took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She was a member of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Joseph, Missouri, and served as Second Reader in 1900 and as First Reader in 1903. Fairleigh became a member of the General Association of Teachers in 1904. She was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in St. Joseph from 1901 until her death. Fairleigh was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of various St. Joseph charities.

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