Person:Allen Fargo (1)

In 1870, Allen's two nieces, Adaline and Harriet (daughters of David) and their families are living with him. Adaline had been widowed in 1867.

From History of Warsaw, New York by Young

Page 279 "In 1823 a library was established under the act of April 1st, 1796. The following were the subscribers: James Crocker, Chauncey L. Sheldon, Theophilus Capen, Benjamin L. Watkins, John Crocker, Howard Bosworth, Daniel Rockwell, Henry Woodward, John A. McElwain, Jonas Cutting, Aaron Rumsey, Lyman Morris, Josiah Hovey, Eli Dibble, Jr., William. Whitney, Hiram Giddings, Allen Fargo, Silas Kidder, Oliver Lee, Elisha W. Scovel, Soloman Morris, Jr., John Feagles, Augustus Frank, Cyrus Rice, Elijah Norton, E.C. Kimberly, John Wilder, Francis Newton, Samuel McWhorter, Mayhew Safford, Nehemiah Park, Jr., Elizur Webster, Samuel Barnard, John Truesdell, Francis Yates, Matthew Hoffman, Augustine U. Baldwin, Edward Putnam and John R. Knapp."

From Biographical Review of Livingston and Wyoming Counties, NY

Chester A. Cole married Miss Lucia Amelia Fargo, a daughter of Allen and Polly (Merchant) Fargo. She was born in Warsaw in the old house on the corner of Main and Livingston Streets, the oldest portion of which was built by her father... Lucia was the only daughter of her parents who grew up. Two sisters died in early childhood. An older brother, Marvin, died in 1878, at fifty-two years of age; and Wheeler, another brother, died in 1863, aged thirty. Lucia A. Fargo completed her education under the care of Miss Sill of the village seminary, and under her mother's tutelage at home afterward became versed in those equally essential arts of housewifery, which are so necessary to the woman who intends to take upon herself the responsibility some day of a home and family.

... Their youngest son, Allen, who was born in Barrington, Mass., April 4, 1802, married on October 20, 1822, Miss Polly Merchant, who was a native of Connecticut, born in 1800. Their first child, John M. Fargo, was born in November, 1824, and is a farmer in Warsaw. Two children died; and one daughter and four sons reached maturity, the youngest being Walter B... Mrs. Polly Fargo died in 1863, aged sixty-three. Her husband died December 26, 1888, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. The grandparents left some property, which increased in value under the careful management of the parents. A large portion of the original land was sold in lots, and is now occupied in village homes. Mr. Allen Fargo inherited a small estate from his grandfather, which, together with his lands in Iowa and other parts of the West, was valued at one time at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He was a man of strict morals, and was closely identified with the best interests of his town and county, in which he held several public offices, notably that of Supervisor. He was for years a Deacon in the Baptist church in Warsaw, and gave two thousand dollars toward the erection of the new church building, the sum being paid after his death.

Mr. Walter B. Fargo was appointed in his father's will as executor of the estate, which has only recently been settled. He had received in his youth a good education in the district school and academy of Warsaw... Mr. [Walter] Fargo... occupied the handsome house built by his father in 1844, and later modernized and renovated. This residence, with its spacious lawn and the towering elms planted by his father, attracts the admiration of the passer-by, and is one of the landmarks of the village...

The name of Fargo has a conspicuous place in the history of Warsaw, the family having been for generations prominent in local affairs. Captain Nehemiah Fargo owned one of the first four frame houses in the village, the site of it being now occupied by the mansion built by his son, Allen; and he was the purchaser of the first bell, whose brazen tongue called the villagers to worship in the only church in the vicinity, the very first built west of the Genesee River, in 1825.

Allen spent time in both Iowa (1853) and Wisconsin.

Allen's will, dated 8 May 1868 in Warsaw, names sons John M., Marvin V., and Walter B. (executor). Lucia A. Cole is named as his daughter. Chester A. Cole died December 4, 1893, aged 76y6m17d and is buried in the Warsaw Cemetery. Lucia is buried next to him, having died March 19, 1920, at age 70y17d. A child of theirs, Fannie C. who died July 28, 1869 at the age of 1y4m2d, is also buried there.

1. ↑ Leilani Spring (leilani@@iinc.com). Warsaw Village Pioneer Cemetery. ((c) 1999).
2. ↑ Andrew W. Young. History of the Town of Warsaw, New York. (Buffalo: Press of the Sage, Sons & Co., 1869).
3. ↑ Wyoming County, New York Historian's Office
   Will book Vol. 15, p. 284.
4. ↑ Biographical Review - This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties New York. (Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company 1895)
   p. 169-170, 204-205.