U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Farnsworth, J. J. (1841-1911) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 445 J. J. FARNSWORTH born May 12, 1841, son of Nathaniel Farnsworth and Susan P. Simon, grandson of Daniel Farnsworth and the great grandson of Thomas Farnsworth. His grandfather was born in April, 1766, and came to Buckhannon in 1821, and founded the town. J. J. Farnsworth lives in the house which Daniel Farnsworth constructed on his arrival with his family to the now County Seat of Upshur, and Daniel Farnsworth's sons who came here with him, were: James S., Nathaniel, John and Thomas. Nathaniel was born in New York February 22, 1797, and his wife was born in May, 1806. In the year 1850, J. J. went to the gold fields of California and worked there as a blacksmith and store keeper until 1865, when he went to South America. Not liking the southern hemisphere, he returned to Buckhannon and entered into the mercantile business, which he has pursued almost continuously at various points in the county ever since. He was shipwrecked on his return to New York. He has been a Free Mason for forty-five years, has been an Odd Fellow for twenty-five years, town sargeant and Chief of Police of Buckhannon for six years. He was a Democrat in politics. He married Henrietta Wise Fidler, daughter of William Martin Fidler and Mary Jane Hudson, natives of Fluvana county, Va. His wife was the youngest daughter of a family of ten, born November 1, 1859; married on March 17, 1881, and their children are: Gladys Mabel born May 30, 1882; Mary Parmelia, born August 29, 1884; Ernest Spencer and Forrest, born September 15, 1886; James B., born May 20, 1888; George Byron, born May 21, 1890, and Hudson Fidler, born February 2, 1899. Ernest Spencer and James B. are dead. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 248) FULL-NAME: Jackson J. Farnsworth DEATH-DATE: January 25, 1911 AGE-AT-DEATH: 69y-0m-13d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Merchant CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy (wife of J. J. Farnsworth) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #'56-016575 FULL-NAME: Henrietta Fidler Farnsworth BIRTH-DATE: November 1, 1859 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County DEATH-DATE: December 7, 1956 at age 97y-1m-6d DEATH-PLACE: Reeds Rest Home, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: FATHER: Robert W. Fidler MOTHER: Mary Jane Hudson CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senile Arterio-sclerotic / Heart disease INFORMANT: Mrs. George Dixon BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------