- John FARNSWORTH and his wife, Sally PATTEN, had two children:
- 1. James Patten FARNSWORTH (b. May 10, 1810)
- m. (1) June 1834, Achsah HUDSON (1811-1853)
m. (2) the widow, Mrs. Mary Amelia HALLECK.
- 2. General John Franklin FARNSWORTH (b. March 27, 1820)
- m. October 12, 1846, Mary A. CLARK, daughter of John &
Mary CLARK
Note: He moved to Michigan and engaged in surveying, etc.
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- James Patten FARNSWORTH and his wife Achsah HUDSON had two
children at Green Oak, Livingston Co., Michigan:
- 1. Robert FARNSWORTH (died young)
- 2. Brig. Gen. Elon John FARNSWORTH
(July 30, 1837 - July 3, 1863; aged 26 years)
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- James Patten FARNSWORTH and his wife Mary Amelia HALLECK
had one child:
- 3. Julius M. FARNSWORTH (b. 1855)
- Note: Julius was 8 when Elon was killed in battle.
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- Elon died in the Battle of Gettysburg. He entered the University
of Ann
- Arbor, Michigan, and while a student there in 1857, he joined
the expedition then fitted out by the U.S. Army against the Mormons
in Utah and was assigned as foragemaster to the Quartermaster's
dept. In the spring of 1859, he was one of the detachment of
the Army sent from Camp Floyd, Utah, to the Mountain Meadows.
[See Whitney's History of Utah, Vol. I, p.707; speaking
of the massacre and its endings].
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- In 1861 he returned home and immediately joined the 8th Illinois
Calvary, then being organized
- by his uncle, Colonel John Franklin FARNSWORTH, and was appointed
Assistant Quartermaster. He was elected Captain of Company K
and served in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia. Early in 1863
he was acting Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster under
the command of General Pleasanton who commended him in his reports
for gallant and meritorious services. In May, 1863, he was aide
on his Staff, and earned the esteem of his commander and the
admiration of his fellow officers. June 29, 1863, on the eve
of the battle of Gettysburg, he was commissioned Brig. General
of Cavalry. He being on detached service at the time, the commission
did not reach him, but was among General Pleasanton's papers
at headquarters until after the battle in which he lost his life.
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- Courtesy of Janice
Farnsworth
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