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Thomas Grandison Farnsworth Sr (1796 - 1870)

Thomas Grandison Farnsworth Sr
Born in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USAmap
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Brother of , , and
Husband of — married Jul 1822 (to Dec 1867) in Lewis, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 74 in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

Thomas Farnsworth, son of Daniel and Rachel Stout Farnsworth, born 1796 in Staten Island, New York and died January 17 1870 in Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. [1][2]He married Catherine Simons, daughter of Leonard and Christina Simons, July 1822.[3]

They were the parents of:

  1. Daniel b 1823
  2. Clarissa Louisa b 1825 m John Davis June 20 1847, [4] died June 4 1906 in Burnet County, Texas[5]
  3. Lydia b 1817
  4. James R b 1829
  5. Susanna Permila b Nov 10 1830, m (1) Zepheniah Boswell Nov 25 1847 [6] (2) Jacob Ruhl, died July 20 1918. [7]
  6. Caroline b Jan 2 1833, William Hawkins Oct 23 1857 [8]
  7. Thomas Grandison b Nov 9 1836, d Feb 11 1921,[9] m Mary J M Marshall, Sep 10 1856
  8. Franklin Lenard b Sep 251838, d Apr 16 1925, m (1) Ann Greer, (2) Martha Currence Zickefoose, a widow [10] [11]
  9. Joseph Rapp b 1840
  10. William Lloyd b 1842
  11. Christina Jane b 1843[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ Farnsworth, Moses Franklin. Revised R Glen Nye:1974. Farnsworth memorial II : second edition of the Farnsworth memorial. published by author:1897. Page 763. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/487070-farnsworth-memorial-ii-second-edition-of-the-farnsworth-memorial-published-1897?viewer=1&offset=0#page=763
  2. ↑ Descendants of Thomas Farnsworth & Susannah Smith, Entries: 221, Updated: Mon Oct 16 07:23:30 2000, Owner: Rowan Fairgrove https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=farns&id=I453
  3. ↑ West Virginia Vital Research Records, Record Image http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=825112&ImageNumber=29
  4. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10708516&Type=Marriage
  5. ↑ Created by: Tiffany Nash, Added: 23 May 2012 Find A Grave Memorial 90598635, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90598635/clarissa-louisa-davis
  6. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10708524&Type=Marriage
  7. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5945999&Type=Death
  8. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11230759&Type=Marriage
  9. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=91570&Type=Death
  10. ↑ WVVS Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2124498&Type=Death
  11. ↑ Created by: Ryan Hawk, Added: 3 May 2007, Find A Grave Memorial 19202628 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19202628/franklin-leonard-farnsworth
  12. ↑ Farnsworth memorial II : second edition of the Farnsworth memorial. page 763. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/487070-farnsworth-memorial-ii-second-edition-of-the-farnsworth-memorial-published-1897?viewer=1&offset=0#page=763

Research Note

There were two death records for Franklin Leonard Farnsworth the URL given is the one with his birth date, middle name, status as a widower and parents as well as date of death. His Find A Grave memorial is well sourced in this work Autobiography/Biography of Franklin Leonard Farnsworth (1838-1925), By his grandson Avis Roy Clark.





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