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Individual Record for: Harriet FARNSWORTH (female)

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BIO also at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbiog/jfrink.htm] Source: Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois with Portraits 3rd ed. revised and extended (Chicago: Calumet Book & Engraving Co., 1895), pp. 139-140 ......
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....Mr. Frink was first married to Martha R. Marcy, who died in Chicago in 1839, leaving three children: John, Harvey and Helen. The last-named became the wife of Warren T. Hecox, one of the original members of the Chicago Board of Trade, and all are now deceased. For his second wife he chose Miss Harriet Farnsworth, who was born in Woodstock, Vermont, July 2, 1810, and died at Wheaton, Illinois, March 7, 1884. Her father, Stephen Farnsworth, was a descendant of Matthias Farnsworth, an early settler of Groton, Massachusetts. The descendants of the last-named, in direct line, were Samuel, who was born at Groton, October 8, 1669; Stephen, born in 1714, died at Charleston, New Hampshire, and who took part in the French and Indian War, in which two of his brothers were killed. Stephen, Jr., father of Mrs. Frink, was born in Charleston, New Hampshire, June 20, 1764. He moved to South Woodstock, Vermont, where he became a prominent farmer and miller. He served as a member of the Vermont Legislature, and was a Justice of the Peace for a great many years. [new para] Mrs. Harriet Frink was one of the earliest members of St. James' Episcopal Church of Chicago, and when Trinity Church was formed on the South Side she joined that society. She afterwards became a member of Christ Church, and continued to be a communicant thereof until her death, both she and her husband being buried from that church. Their children are George, Henry F., and Eva, Mrs. John W. Bennett, all of whom reside at Austin, Illinois. [End of 1895 bio.] // Other notes: Resided in Peoria ILL, says FM II (after H's death?). FM II says he had two sons, but 1860 census suggests 2 sons & 1 dau. [Series M653 Roll 216 p332]. The 1860 census has Harriet's ae 48 (giving a est DOB of 1812) in Peoria Co. (location 5-WD Peoria). It shows her as head of household, born in VT, with apparently 3 children, George ae 14; Henry ae 12; and Eva ae 9, all born in Illinois. Harriet had real property worth $80,000 & personal property worth $4,700. Each of the children had real property worth $83,300. (Does this suggest the husband died intestate?) Two servants are shown, Ellen (25, illiterate) amd James (24), both born in Ireland, who were said to have the last name Frink. She also was identified in 1868 as being presumptively among the heirs at law in her brother Terah's estate (see Terah Bennet Farnsworth herein).
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SOURCE: Birth: Frank L. Hoisington, "Names of the 'Friends who have crossed the River:' Farnsworth-Myrick Ancestors, Felchville, Vt. 1909, -- Family Record" (ms.). Birthplace suggested by 1810 census. Death: Farnsworth & Nye, "Farnsworth Memorial 2d ed.," p. 367. Marriage: Farnsworth & Nye, op. cit., p. 367; see also, Probate Docket #99 of Terah B. Farnsworth, Jo Daviess Co., Galena, Illinois (she is named as both Harriet & Mrs. John Frink in her brother Terah's probate in 1868). BURIAL: The only record is a surprising note in a transcription of data from "Farnsworth Family Data" [unknown source, unknown author, unknown reliability; doc at Green Mountain Perkins Academy archives] saying the Harriet was buried in the family plot at the Morgan-Farnsworth Cem. back in Woodstock VT.

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