Sophia C. Farnsworth
- Born: 12 Apr 1834, Wolcott, Lamoille County, Vermont
- Marriage (1): John W. Straw on 14 Sep 1859 in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont
- Died: 30 Mar 1892, Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont at age 57
- Buried: Riverbank Cemetery in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont
Cause of her death was heart disease.
General Notes:
Per Stowe Cem records she is Sophia C. or G. and her parents both born NH surname per S. Phaneuf
1850 Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont She is living there at age 16 years (born 1834) with a 69 [c1781] yr old James Wilkins [probable maternal grandfather of her future husband John Straw and Sophia's stepfather] and a 32 (c1818) year old Rebecca Wilkins.[probable w/o James] No relationships are given. Sophia's father was Levi Farnsworth and her mother may have remarried before 1850 to Wilkins as she is known as Rebecca Wilkins and lives with Sophia and John Straw in 1870
Name: Sophia C STRAW Age: 46 Estimated birth year: <1834> Birthplace: Vermont Occupation: Keeping House Relation: Wife Home in 1880: Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: John STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH
genforum on Nov 2000: I am looking for parentage of Seth Farnsworth, born 1827 in Lamoille Co. VT, married 07/16/1854 in Youngstown, Niagara Co, NY to Maria L. Sumner. Seth and Maria moved to Iowa City, IA and had two children. Seth fought for Union in Civil War and was captured by Rebels and died in Andersonville Prison, GA on 08/01/1864. I have info on his daughters and their various offspring (including myself) but I have nothing on Seth's parentage. Any help would be appreciated. Steve Caldwell, caldwellroots@att.net [my notes: Seth was in Champlain, Clinton, NY in 1850 as a carpenter; age 22 and lived in a boarding house. He was s/o Seth Farnsworth b. 6 July 1799 Charlestown, NH and d. 26 Mar 1837 in Hillsborough, NH. and Amelia M. Utley. Seth Farnsworth [1799] was s/o Ebenezer and the father of Levi also]
Sophia married John W. Straw, son of Thomas Akeley Straw and Phebe Downer Wilkins, on 14 Sep 1859 in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont. (John W. Straw was born on 20 Sep 1832 in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont, died on 16 May 1911 and was buried in Riverbank Cemetery in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.)
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