Person:Alpheus Fargo (1)

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Alpheus Fargo
b.1799 Connecticut, United States
d.1804 Warsaw (town), Wyoming, New York, United States
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m. Jun 1783
  1. Silas C. Fargo1784 - 1876
  2. David Fargo1786 - 1855
  3. Lavina Fargo1791 - Aft 1860
  4. Martha Fargo1793 - 1852
  5. Palmer Fargo1796 - 1873
  6. Polly FargoAbt 1798 - Abt 1801
  7. Alpheus Fargo1799 - 1804
  8. Allen D. Fargo1802 - 1888
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Name Alpheus Fargo
Gender Male
Birth? 1799 Connecticut, United States
Alt Birth? Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death? 1804 Warsaw (town), Wyoming, New York, United Statesthe autumn
Burial? Warsaw (town), Wyoming, New York, United States"Old Burying Ground"
Cause of Death? Drowned

In the spring of 1804, a son of Sterling Stearns, two years old, died at Judge Webster's and was buried on this spot [the Warsaw Village Pioneer Cemetery] in the forest. A young son of Nehemiah Fargo was drowned in the Oatka Creek the ensuing fall and was buried in the same ground. The third burial was that of Dwight Noble, the first adult person who died in Warsaw in January 1807.

Despite the known history, the burial of Alpheus Fargo in the Warsaw Village Pioneer Cemetery is not recorded in the official records. There is no headstone for him.

In our visit to Warsaw in 2001, we observed the creek meanders through the valley. Numerous bridges were built to cross it. A reference to widening of at least one bridge to accommodate rising of the creek at flood times was found.

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