Person:Nancy Heron (1)

Watchers
Nancy Herron
b.22 Apr 1796 Whitehall, Washington, New York, United States
d.12 Mar 1879 Sheffield, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
  1. Nancy Herron1796 - 1879
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 19 Jan 1814
  1. Lucinda Farnsworth1815 - 1816
  2. Lorinda Farnsworth1816 - 1901
  3. Joseph Farnsworth1818 - 1888
  4. Patty Farnsworth1820 - 1821
  5. Polly Farnsworth1822 - 1851
  6. John Farnsworth1825 - 1846
  7. Josiah H. Farnsworth1827 - 1851
  8. Nancy Farnsworth1830 -
  9. Thomas Farnsworth1833 - 1910
  10. Phoebe Farnsworth1835 -
  11. Cynthia Farnsworth1838 - 1858
  12. James Farnsworth1840 - 1917
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name Nancy Herron
Gender Female
Birth[1] 22 Apr 1796 Whitehall, Washington, New York, United States
Marriage 19 Jan 1814 to Thomas Farnsworth
Death[1] 12 Mar 1879 Sheffield, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial[1] Cherry Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United StatesCherry Grove Cemetery

Obituary: In Sheffield, March 12, 1879, Mrs. Thomas Farnsworth, aged 83 years. The deceased was grand mother to Mrs. L. P. Hall of this place. The deceased was the widow of Thomas Farnsworth, who died thirty-six years ago. In early life she was a resident of Cherry Grove township when that town was a denser wilderness than it is now. During her first settlement in the woods she killed a bear. It had been killing the sheep and hogs and one day it was coming down a tree near the home and Mrs. Farnsworth met him as he was making a landing and broke his back with a piece of rail. The man who was with her ran away for a gun; but before he returned she had the brute at her feet. It was her habit then, when there were no neighbors within fifteen miles, to go on horseback to Balltown to nurse the sick and back the next day to look after her own affairs. Her life was devoted to doing good deeds, and she lived to see the fourth generation of her children. She was ill but a few days, and was the oldest person in that section of the country.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.

    No tombstone shown: [1]

  2.   United States Census, 1850.

    FamilySearch [2], Nancy Farnsworth, Sheffield, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 2054, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  3.   United States Census, 1870.

    FamilySearch [3], Nancy Farnsworth in household of Thos Farnsworth, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 14, family 89, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,960.

Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Nancy_Heron_%281%29"