Person:Josiah Farnsworth (6)

Josiah Farnsworth, a native of Vermont [sic], when a young man went to the vicinity of Whitehall, N.Y., thence to Erie county in the same State, and soon after to Yankee Bush, in Conewango township in Warren county, Pa., and in August, 1835, settled in Cherry Grove, on the place now owned and occupied by his eldest son, Montgomery Farnsworth. This is about a mile east of Garfield. Josiah Farnsworth had a family of nine children, eight of whom reached maturity. He died in December, 1857, aged about sixty-seven years. Two of his sons, John and Montgomery, now reside in Cherry Grove.

Josiah Farnsworth built the first saw-mill in the township, on his place, about 1853, and kept it in operation until his death. His eldest son operated it a year or two afterward, and then allowed it to go into decay. The mill now owned by John Farnsworth came into his hands in 1882. [CHAPTER LII: HISTORY OF CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP]

1850 Census
Name: Josiah Farnsworth
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1850: Cherry Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Josiah Farnsworth 59
Becca Farnsworth 56
John Farnsworth 15
Robert Nobles 17

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave.

   No tombstone shown: [1]

2.   History of Cherry Grove Township.

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   See also: Pioneers of Cherry Grove: [3]