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Alexander Dobson Farnsworth 1832–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1832

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 1898

Death Location: Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Benjamin Farnsworth

Mother: Maria Ripley

Spouse(s): Mary Long

Children(s): John Farnsworth, Herbert Farnsworth, Robert Farnsworth, Louisa Brooks, Annie Guffey, William Farnsworth, Lola Stroup

Alexander Dobson Farnsworth was born in 1832 in Tennessee, the child of Benjamin Franklin Farnsworth And Maria Cates Ripley. Alexander Dobson Farnsworth married Mary Elizabeth Long, and had children including Annie Guffey, Herbert Lee Farnsworth, John Alexander Farnsworth, Lola Stroup, Louisa Jane Brooks, Robert Hampton Farnsworth, William Edgar Farnsworth. Alexander Dobson Farnsworth passed away in 1898 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Alexander Dobson Farnsworth was born in 1832 in Tennessee, the child of Benjamin Franklin Farnsworth And Maria Cates Ripley.
  • Alexander Dobson Farnsworth married Mary Elizabeth Long, and had children including Annie Guffey, Herbert Lee Farnsworth, John Alexander Farnsworth, Lola Stroup, Louisa Jane Brooks, Robert Hampton Farnsworth, William Edgar Farnsworth.
  • Alexander Dobson Farnsworth passed away in 1898 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Alexander Farnsworth's Ancestors

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Alexander Farnsworth
1832–1898
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
Benjamin Franklin Farnsworth
1793–1851
Bridgton, ME
Maria (Cates) Ripley
1792–1873
Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Dr (Samuel) Farnsworth
1767–1817
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsey") Fitch
1769–1844
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Isaac FARNSWORTH
1723–1812
Anna Green
1725–1812
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isaac Farnworth
1701–1744
Sarah Page
1702–1746

Alexander Farnsworth's Descendants

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Alexander (Dobson) Farnsworth (14 Oct 1832–1898) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Long (2 May 1837–1914)
  1. 1. John (Alexander) Farnsworth 1862–1944
  2. 2. Herbert (Lee) Farnsworth 1867–1900
  3. 3. Robert (Hampton) Farnsworth 1876–1962
  4. 4. Louisa (Jane) Brooks 1873–1958
  5. 5. Annie Guffey 1856–1939
  6. 6. William (Edgar) Farnsworth 1871–1962 m. Mary (Idella) Stroupe 1879–1978
    1. 1. Sarah (Mabel) Beam 1903–1984
    2. 2. Olin (Jesse) Farnsworth 1916–1967
    3. 3. Furman (Blanton) Farnsworth 1907–1975
    4. 4. Horace (Lee) Farnsworth 1905–1979
    5. 5. John (Cornelius) Farnsworth 1902–1930
    6. 6. Edgar (Caldwell) Farnsworth 1900–1971 m. Vida (Candace) Mauney 1902–1967
      1. 1. Margie Hager 1925–2000
      2. 2. Cleoland (Martel) Farnsworth 1923–2003 m. Margaret (Louise) Witherspoon 1922–2014
      3. 3. William (Edgar) Farnsworth 1926–1966
  7. 7. Lola Stroup 1860–1951

Alexander Farnsworth's Timeline

3 Records

1832
14 Oct 1832
Birth of Alexander Dobson Farnsworth in Tennessee
Tennessee
1898
31 Jan 1898
Age 66
Death of Alexander Dobson Farnsworth in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
1898
1898
Age 66
Burial of Alexander Dobson Farnsworth in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1832
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source:
    [1] North Carolina, Death Certificates, North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Jan 1898
    Event Place: Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1898
    Event Place: Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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