FARNSWORTH, Oliver

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p.362 Farnsworth Memorial
Elizabeth Wheeler and Oliver Farnsworth * see p.612 of Hist. of Charlestown NH
(above)

Oliver Farnsworth b. Dec 8, 1742 son of Stephen Farnsworth (founder of Fort 4,
Charlestown, NH) and his wife, Eunice Hastings of Watertown, MA.
Oliver Farnsworth m. July 5, 1768 Elizabeth Wheeler b. June 24, 1750 dau.
of Moses Wheeler and his wife Elizabeth (Holden) Wheeler of Groton, MA & Fort
4.
They lived in Charlestown, NH 5 years before moving to Woodstock, VT, where
they purchased a 420 acre farm in District Nine.  He held several public
offices
and the D.A.R. listed him for civil service and patriotic service.   He was a
printer
and probably the 1st of the family to learn the art.  He was taken sick about
Nov 1, 1785 and died then or shortly after at Woodstock, VT.

p.364
Oliver Farnsworth and his wife, Elizabeth Wheeler had issue at Charlestown, NH
and at Woodstock VT:
1.  Havilah Farnsworth b. May 11, 1769 d. Feb 8, 1834 at Euclid, Ohio  He m.
     Abigail Huntington b. 1767 d. 1805 prob. at Euclid.  She was the dau of
     John Huntington and his wife Mehitable (Steel) Huntington of Tolland CT.
     He was 1st in the printing business at Newport RI with his brother Oliver
Jr.
     but later became a doctor and removed to Euclid Twp. Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
     He was the 1st doctor in that township.  His visits to his patients were
on
     horseback and often 15 or 20 miles.
2. Abijah Farnsworth b. Mar 12, 1770 m. Betsey Peck
3. Biel (or Abiel) Farnsworth b. Dec 25, 1772 m. at Woodstock, VT Elizabeth
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    He went west prob with his uncle, Warren Cottle and was at St. Charles Co.
    MO in 1830
4. Oliver Farnsworth Jr. b. Dec 10, 1775 and d. 1859 at Newport RI m. Nancy
    (or Anne) Mumford.  He and his brother, Havilah, having learned their
father's
    trade, on June 14, 1797 commenced the publication of a newspaper at
    Suffield, CT called "The Impartial Herald". They continued it for a year
when they
    sold out and removed to Newport, RI where they opened a printing office
and 
    the schedules of the General Assembly of that state for the year 1798 bear
the
    imprint of "H. & O. Farnsworth".  In 1799 Oliver Farnsworth Jr. commenced
the
    publication of the "Rhode Island Republican" and continued it two years.
He
    also published a life of Washington under the title "A Memory of
Washington
    His life and character and the National Testimonies of Respect."  It was a
first
    attempt at a collection of the most important of Washington's papers.
After
    leaving Newport, RI he went to Cinncinnati, Ohio then the "far west" on
the
    verge of the wilderness.  There he opened the first printing office and
published
    the first newspaper in that region of the country.  In his old age he
returned to
    Newport, RI.
5. Elizabeth Farnsworth
6. Phebe Farnsworth.
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