Frances was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Sifford LaFarree. She had Thomas, Edna and Grace (twins), Percy, and Frances.
Her father's birth occurred in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1797, and in 1807 he removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his father, David LaFarree, who was of French descent, and also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married. His death occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1807, he leaving a widow with five small children. She was a tailoress, and supported her family with her needle until the farm was cleared. Near Carroll, Ohio, she later married Elijah Dove, and passed away in Fairfield County, in 1862, when nearly 84 years of age. By her first husband she became the mother of the following children – James, the father of Mrs. Hope; Mary, who became the wife of John Cheney, Senator from Fairfield County, and died in that County; John C.,who departed this life in Mount Vernon, Indiana; George, who died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Mrs. Betsy Connor, who also died in Indiana.
The early days of James LaFarree were passed in Fairfield County, where he was educated and learn the trade of cabinetmaker. In Middletown, Maryland, March 28, 1890, he married miss Elizabeth Sifford, a native of that place, and a daughter of Christian and Lucy Stottlemire Sifford, also natives of Maryland. Her father, who was a well read man, always occupying some public office of trust, judicial or otherwise, came to Fairfield County, on a visit, and died at Lancaster in 1848. His wife died in Maryland about 1846. In 1820, Mister LaFarree came again to Fairfield County, where he resided for three years, during which time his wife made a trip on horseback to her old home. At the end of that time he returned to Maryland, where he lived until 1828, when he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, and became overseer of the poor. In 1831 he located in Perrysburg, Wood County, where he conducted a cabinet shop, and two years later bought 400 acres of land in Troy Township at a $1.25 per acre. He named the village of Stony Ridge, where he served as postmaster several years, and was one of the prominent early settlers of the locality. He was an earnest Christian, and an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He continued the improvement and cultivation of his farm until his death on August 4, 1852. His faithful wife was called from this life September 10, 1888. Of their 10 children, seven grew to maturity, namely: John S.,who died in 1888, leaving a family of nine children; Augustus, who died in 1865, leaving a wife with two children; Cornelia, wife of M. B. Richmond, of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Samuel, a boat builder, who went to Washington territory in 1864, where he was killed two years later, and buried at Umatilla, Oregon; James, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; George, who is married and resides at Perrysburg, Ohio; and Frances, wife of Samuel.
Her father's birth occurred in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1797, and in 1807 he removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his father, David LaFarree, who was of French descent, and also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married. His death occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1807, he leaving a widow with five small children. She was a tailoress, and supported her family with her needle until the farm was cleared. Near Carroll, Ohio, she later married Elijah Dove, and passed away in Fairfield County, in 1862, when nearly 84 years of age. By her first husband she became the mother of the following children – James, the father of Mrs. Hope; Mary, who became the wife of John Cheney, Senator from Fairfield County, and died in that County; John C.,who departed this life in Mount Vernon, Indiana; George, who died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Mrs. Betsy Connor, who also died in Indiana.
The early days of James LaFarree were passed in Fairfield County, where he was educated and learn the trade of cabinetmaker. In Middletown, Maryland, March 28, 1890, he married miss Elizabeth Sifford, a native of that place, and a daughter of Christian and Lucy Stottlemire Sifford, also natives of Maryland. Her father, who was a well read man, always occupying some public office of trust, judicial or otherwise, came to Fairfield County, on a visit, and died at Lancaster in 1848. His wife died in Maryland about 1846. In 1820, Mister LaFarree came again to Fairfield County, where he resided for three years, during which time his wife made a trip on horseback to her old home. At the end of that time he returned to Maryland, where he lived until 1828, when he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, and became overseer of the poor. In 1831 he located in Perrysburg, Wood County, where he conducted a cabinet shop, and two years later bought 400 acres of land in Troy Township at a $1.25 per acre. He named the village of Stony Ridge, where he served as postmaster several years, and was one of the prominent early settlers of the locality. He was an earnest Christian, and an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He continued the improvement and cultivation of his farm until his death on August 4, 1852. His faithful wife was called from this life September 10, 1888. Of their 10 children, seven grew to maturity, namely: John S.,who died in 1888, leaving a family of nine children; Augustus, who died in 1865, leaving a wife with two children; Cornelia, wife of M. B. Richmond, of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Samuel, a boat builder, who went to Washington territory in 1864, where he was killed two years later, and buried at Umatilla, Oregon; James, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; George, who is married and resides at Perrysburg, Ohio; and Frances, wife of Samuel.
Frances was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Sifford LaFarree. She had Thomas, Edna and Grace (twins), Percy, and Frances.
Her father's birth occurred in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1797, and in 1807 he removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his father, David LaFarree, who was of French descent, and also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married. His death occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1807, he leaving a widow with five small children. She was a tailoress, and supported her family with her needle until the farm was cleared. Near Carroll, Ohio, she later married Elijah Dove, and passed away in Fairfield County, in 1862, when nearly 84 years of age. By her first husband she became the mother of the following children – James, the father of Mrs. Hope; Mary, who became the wife of John Cheney, Senator from Fairfield County, and died in that County; John C.,who departed this life in Mount Vernon, Indiana; George, who died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Mrs. Betsy Connor, who also died in Indiana.
The early days of James LaFarree were passed in Fairfield County, where he was educated and learn the trade of cabinetmaker. In Middletown, Maryland, March 28, 1890, he married miss Elizabeth Sifford, a native of that place, and a daughter of Christian and Lucy Stottlemire Sifford, also natives of Maryland. Her father, who was a well read man, always occupying some public office of trust, judicial or otherwise, came to Fairfield County, on a visit, and died at Lancaster in 1848. His wife died in Maryland about 1846. In 1820, Mister LaFarree came again to Fairfield County, where he resided for three years, during which time his wife made a trip on horseback to her old home. At the end of that time he returned to Maryland, where he lived until 1828, when he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, and became overseer of the poor. In 1831 he located in Perrysburg, Wood County, where he conducted a cabinet shop, and two years later bought 400 acres of land in Troy Township at a $1.25 per acre. He named the village of Stony Ridge, where he served as postmaster several years, and was one of the prominent early settlers of the locality. He was an earnest Christian, and an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He continued the improvement and cultivation of his farm until his death on August 4, 1852. His faithful wife was called from this life September 10, 1888. Of their 10 children, seven grew to maturity, namely: John S.,who died in 1888, leaving a family of nine children; Augustus, who died in 1865, leaving a wife with two children; Cornelia, wife of M. B. Richmond, of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Samuel, a boat builder, who went to Washington territory in 1864, where he was killed two years later, and buried at Umatilla, Oregon; James, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; George, who is married and resides at Perrysburg, Ohio; and Frances, wife of Samuel.
Her father's birth occurred in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1797, and in 1807 he removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his father, David LaFarree, who was of French descent, and also a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared and married. His death occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1807, he leaving a widow with five small children. She was a tailoress, and supported her family with her needle until the farm was cleared. Near Carroll, Ohio, she later married Elijah Dove, and passed away in Fairfield County, in 1862, when nearly 84 years of age. By her first husband she became the mother of the following children – James, the father of Mrs. Hope; Mary, who became the wife of John Cheney, Senator from Fairfield County, and died in that County; John C.,who departed this life in Mount Vernon, Indiana; George, who died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Mrs. Betsy Connor, who also died in Indiana.
The early days of James LaFarree were passed in Fairfield County, where he was educated and learn the trade of cabinetmaker. In Middletown, Maryland, March 28, 1890, he married miss Elizabeth Sifford, a native of that place, and a daughter of Christian and Lucy Stottlemire Sifford, also natives of Maryland. Her father, who was a well read man, always occupying some public office of trust, judicial or otherwise, came to Fairfield County, on a visit, and died at Lancaster in 1848. His wife died in Maryland about 1846. In 1820, Mister LaFarree came again to Fairfield County, where he resided for three years, during which time his wife made a trip on horseback to her old home. At the end of that time he returned to Maryland, where he lived until 1828, when he removed to Lancaster, Ohio, and became overseer of the poor. In 1831 he located in Perrysburg, Wood County, where he conducted a cabinet shop, and two years later bought 400 acres of land in Troy Township at a $1.25 per acre. He named the village of Stony Ridge, where he served as postmaster several years, and was one of the prominent early settlers of the locality. He was an earnest Christian, and an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He continued the improvement and cultivation of his farm until his death on August 4, 1852. His faithful wife was called from this life September 10, 1888. Of their 10 children, seven grew to maturity, namely: John S.,who died in 1888, leaving a family of nine children; Augustus, who died in 1865, leaving a wife with two children; Cornelia, wife of M. B. Richmond, of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Samuel, a boat builder, who went to Washington territory in 1864, where he was killed two years later, and buried at Umatilla, Oregon; James, a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; George, who is married and resides at Perrysburg, Ohio; and Frances, wife of Samuel.
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