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- Charles Farwell
Charles Farwell was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, July 1st, 1809. His
Grandfather Farwell moved from Massachusetts previous to the revolution, and
took part in the war, leaving his family at Nelson. He hastened to the battle
of Bennington, where he fought bravely for the cause of Independence. M
Farwell was of English extraction. His son, Robert Farwell, father of t
subject of this sketch, was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, in August, 1786. In
1808 he married Miss Polly Bassett. The fruits of this marriage was a family
of ten children, of which Charles is the oldest. His vocation was that of a
farmer. The subject of this sketch received his education in New Hampshire. At
the age of sixteen his father moved to Kane, Coshocton County, Ohio. At the
age of twenty-five he married Miss Grace Ann Vail, daughter of Samuel Vail,
Esquire. In 1842 he removed to Schuyler County, Illinois. Here he engaged in
the grain and mercantile business. The firm of Farwell & Co. is one of the
most reliable firms in the county. He carried on pork packing for twenty-three
years. Mr. Farwell is a large landholder. During the dark days of the
rebellion, when Union men's lives were hardly safe, it was then that Mr.
Charles Farwell stood forth boldly against the cohorts of treason. He has only
one son, who is married and resides with him at this beautiful residence on
the hill above Frederick which is overlooking the Illinois River.
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1809 - Deceased