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Adelia Farnsworth^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Adelia Farnsworth was born on 16 Mar 1813 in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont.^4,5,6
• Adelia married Oliver Gray on 4 Feb 1846 in Dorset, Vermont, with Rev. Moses C. Searle officiating.^7,8,9
• Adelia died on 29 Sep 1883 at age 70.^10,11
• She was buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Oregon, Dane Co., Wisconsin.¹²

Citations

1. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows name as Adelia Farnsworth.
2. Oliver Gray household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont, shows name as Adelia F. Gray.
3. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 62240778, Adelia Gray, includes tombstone photo showing name as Adelia, his (Oliver Gray) wife.
4. Oliver Gray household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont, shows age 37 and state.
5. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date, with year as 1813, town, county, and state.
6. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 62240778, Adelia Gray, shows date, with year as 1814, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
7. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, record for Adelia Farnsworth and Oliver Gray, shows date, town and officiant.
8. Oliver Gray household, 1850 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Olver Gery household, 1860 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
10. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 62240778, Adelia Gray, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
11. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date.
12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 62240778, Adelia Gray, includes tombstone photo.

Roswell Gilbert Spaulding^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Roswell Gilbert Spaulding was born on 3 Mar 1814 in Elmore, Lamoille Co., Vermont.^4,5
• Roswell married Calista Farnsworth, daughter of Holden Farnsworth and Susanna Cobb, on 3 Mar 1839.^6,7,8
• It seems likely he was the "J. A. Spaulding" who died on 2 Dec 1894 in Rochester State Hospital, Rochester, Olmstead Co., Minnesota, at age 80, of senile dementia, even though the initals are not correct. The age at death and occupation are correct, but the fields for birth place and parent names, which would have been helpful, were marked "unknown."⁹

Citations

1. Roswell G. Spaulding household, 1840 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
2. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
3. Spalding, Samuel Jones, Spalding Memorial, pg 397, shows name as Roswell Gilbert.
4. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows age 36 and state.
5. Spalding, Samuel Jones, Spalding Memorial, pg 242, shows date, town, county, and state.
6. Spalding, Samuel Jones, Spalding Memorial, pg 397, shows date.
7. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date.
8. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Register of Deaths, Olmsted Co., Michigan, B:54, no. 153 J. A. Spaulding.

Calista Farnsworth^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Calista Farnsworth was born on 4 Feb 1811 in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont.^4,5,6
• Calista married Roswell Gilbert Spaulding, son of Daniel Fitch Spaulding and Parthena Gilbert, on 3 Mar 1839.^7,4,8
• Calista died on 5 Jun 1888 in Brainerd, Minnesota, at age 77.^9,10

Citations

1. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows name as Calista Farnsworth.
2. Roswell G. Spalding household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, shows name as Calista Spalding.
3. Mrs. Calista F. Spaulding, Mrs. Calista F. obituary, Brainerd Dispatch.
4. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date.
5. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows age 39 and state.
6. Roswell G. Spalding household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, shows age 49 and state.
7. Spalding, Samuel Jones, Spalding Memorial, pg 397, shows date.
8. R. G. Spaulding household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dane Co., Wisconsin, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Mrs. Calista F. Spaulding, Mrs. Calista F. obituary, Brainerd Dispatch, shows date and in this city.
10. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443, shows date, city, as Barnard, and state.

Reuben Farnsworth^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Reuben Farnsworth was born on 4 Jun 1751 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^1,4,5
• Reuben married second Anna Kellogg in Egremont, Massachusetts.^6,7,8
• Reuben died on 18 Aug 1813 in Burlington, Vermont, at age 62.^9,10
• He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont, sharing a headstone with his second wife.¹¹

Citations

1. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
2. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
3. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 39462223, Reuben Farnsworth, includes tombstone photo showing same.
4. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows aged 62 years at his death.
5. Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 39462223, Reuben Farnsworth, includes tombstone photo showing age 62 yrs at death 18 Aug 1813.
6. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows town and state, and as his second marriage.
7. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows married, as his second marriage.
8. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows she was his widow.
9. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows date, town, and state.
10. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows year, town, and state.
11. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery.

Anna Kellogg^1,2

Key Events:

• Anna Kellogg was born on 2 Dec 1755 in Westfield, Massachusetts.^3,4,5
• Anna married Reuben Farnsworth in Egremont, Massachusetts.^6,7,8
• Anna died on 7 Dec 1838 at age 83.^9,10
• She was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont, sharing a headstone with her husband.¹¹

Citations

1. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
2. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
3. "Westfield [MA.] Birth and Death Records," NewEnglandAncestors.org, birth record for Anna, d. Moses & Mary (Bellden) Kellogg, shows date.
4. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows date, town, as Hillsdale, and state, as New York.
5. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows aged 83 years at his death.
6. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows town and state, and as his second marriage.
7. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows married, as his second marriage.
8. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows she was his widow.
9. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows date, with year as 1838, and age 83.
10. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows year, as 1833.
11. Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery.

Hezekiah Tracy^1,2

Key Events:

• Hezekiah Tracy was born on 5 Apr 1746 in Preston, Connecticut.^3,4
• Hezekiah married Eunice Rude on 25 Dec 1768 in First Congregational Church, Preston, Connecticut.^5,6,7
• Hezekiah died on 14 Jul 1827 in Shelburne, Vermont, at age 81.^8,2

Citations

1. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, birth record for Isaac Tracy, prepared by Pawlet town clerk, shows name as Hezekiah Tracy.
2. Carleton, Hiram, Genealogical and Family History of Vermont, vol II pg 30.
3. Tracy, Evert Evertsen, Tracy Genealogy, pg 72, shows date, town, as Preston, and state.
4. Carleton, Hiram, Genealogical and Family History of Vermont, vol II pg 30, shows date and town, as Norwich.
5. First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, pg 157, shows date.
6. Tracy, Evert Evertsen, Tracy Genealogy, pg 72, shows date, town, as Norwich, and state.
7. Carleton, Hiram, Genealogical and Family History of Vermont, vol II pg 30, shows married, as his first marriage.
8. Tracy, Evert Evertsen, Tracy Genealogy, pg 72.

Charles Wesley Cobb^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Charles Wesley Cobb was born on 11 Nov 1830 in Waterbury, Vermont.^4,5,6
• Charles married Mary Jane Campbell on 24 Oct 1853 in Burlington, Vermont, with Rev. C. F. Burdick officiating.^7,8,9
• Charles died in 1908 at age ~78.^10,11
• He was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.¹¹

Citations

1. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall application, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, shows name as Charles Wesley Cobb.
2. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 445, shows name as Charles Wesly Cobb.
3. Charles W. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Wisconsin.
4. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 445, shows date, town, and state.
5. Charles W. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 69 and state.
6. Abram Mackridge household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont, shows age 20 and state.
7. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage records for Charles W. Cobb and Mary J. Cabpbell, by Burlington town clerk, shows date an officant.
8. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 445, shows date.
9. Charles W. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Henry Co., Illinois, shows married 46 years.
10. Rodgers, Rhoda Crandall application, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
11. WIGenWeb-Rock County, online, "Clinton Cemetery - C" page.