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- History of Erie County, Town of Alden (1884)
Jerry Farnsworth, of Alden village, was born in Williamstown, Orange
county, Vermont, June 2, 1801, and remained in the State during his ear
life, working on his father's farm a greater part of each year, and attending
school during the inclement weather of the winter. His father removed to Alden
in 1822, and settled on the farm where Jerry now lives. This was lot
seventeen, range five of the Holland Purchase, at that time in the town of
Clarence, and covered the greater portion of the present site of Alden
village.
In November, 1827, Mr. Farnsworth was united in marriage with Eliza,
daughter of David Bassett, who moved from Connecticut to Oneida county, N.Y.,
where he resided when the above named marriage took place in Alden. Mrs.
Farnsworth was an earnest Christian woman and during the last twenty years of
her life a great sufferer. She died September 29, 1857, aged forty-eight
years, nine months and ten days, and much lamented by all who knew her, as her
life had been most exemplary, and her charitableness to others worthy of the
name she bore. She left one son - George D., who controls her father's farm,
and who was married in February, 1861, to Sarah Tyler, by whom he became the
father of two children, both now dead.
In November, 1858, Mr. Farnsworth was again married to Laura Bassett,
half-sister of his former wife. He has always avoided public office, and aside
from some position held on the school board, or as trustee of his church, has
lived a retired life, free from publicity, and has strictly attended to his
business as a farmer. He became a member of the Presbyterian Church about the
year 1832, and for many years was an official of that society. He formerly
possessed some ability as a singer, and for over sixty years was a member of
some church choir both in this State and in Vermont. In 1859 he built his new
house and now lives surrounded with every convenience in lif
His father, Thomas Farnsworth, and wife, Miss Ladd, were active members
of the Presbyterian Church, and the former an official of that society many
years before his death, which occurred April 13, 1852, at the age of eighty-
four. He made his home with his son Jerry from 1840 until his death which was
occasioned by a sudden stroke of paralysis, which though a hale and hearty man
of younger years than he really was, he survived only thirty-six hours. His
wife, Mrs. Farnsworth, died October 31, 1864, at the advanced age of ninety-
three years, nine months and nineteen days, and as though in a peaceful
sweet sleep.
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