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10/2/1874 >
A Remarkable Gathering-An old Otsego County Family
(From the Buffalo Commercial).
There is a gathering at the residence of
Mr. Cyrus DeFOREST in this city, a family reunion such as, we believe, has few parallels. It consists of the 5 sons and 3 daughters of Gideon DeFOREST and wife, all born in Edmeston, Otsego county, the youngest of which is now sixty-one years old,the eldest being seventy-nine. Their family circle has never been broken, except by the accidental death of a son two years ago, and this meeting of all its members, whose homes are in various parts of the country, some living in Wisconsin, some on Staten Island, and the others widely scattered, seems quite remarkable.
The names of this family, given in the order of the ages,
are as follows, Abel Birdsey DeForest, born December 30,
1795; Lee DeForest, born August 7, 1798, Sally DeForest
CAMPBELL, Cyrus Hawley DeForest, Maria DeForest SNYDER, Charles Augustus DeForest, Tracy Rob DeForest and Harriet DeForest FULLER, the youngest born July 28, 1813. The father and mother of the family moved from Connecticut and settled in Otsego county when it was a perfectly uninhabited wilderness and there the family was reared, the primitive mode of their living doing much to give them their robust constitutions and thus prolong their lives. The father died in 1840 and the mother in 1844.
Fourteen years ago a reunion of this same family took
place at the residence of Lee DeForest, who then lived on
part of the old farm in Edmeston. [Incomplete]
Descendants of Gideon have done some amazing things
.................................................... 11 Gideon DeForest 1765 - 1840
.......................................................... +Hannah Birdseye DeForest 1773 - 1844
......................................................... 12 Lee DeForest 1798 -
............................................................... +Cynthia Stores Swift
.............................................................. 13 Henry Swift DeForest 1833 - 1898
.................................................................... 14 Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961
* inventor of the audion/triode vacuum tube in 1906 and
Phonofilm - talking motion pictures in 1920 (finally
receiving an Academy Award for it in 1959). He is honored
on the Hollywood Walk of Stars for his "Talkies" invention.
To read more about Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961 see the following links
http://www.leedeforest.org/inventor.html
http://www.leedeforest.org/hollywood.html
http://theusgenweb.org/ny/otsego/vitals/oneontaherald10.html
10/2/1874 >
A Remarkable Gathering-An old Otsego County Family
(From the Buffalo Commercial).
There is a gathering at the residence of
Mr. Cyrus DeFOREST in this city, a family reunion such as, we believe, has few parallels. It consists of the 5 sons and 3 daughters of Gideon DeFOREST and wife, all born in Edmeston, Otsego county, the youngest of which is now sixty-one years old,the eldest being seventy-nine. Their family circle has never been broken, except by the accidental death of a son two years ago, and this meeting of all its members, whose homes are in various parts of the country, some living in Wisconsin, some on Staten Island, and the others widely scattered, seems quite remarkable.
The names of this family, given in the order of the ages,
are as follows, Abel Birdsey DeForest, born December 30,
1795; Lee DeForest, born August 7, 1798, Sally DeForest
CAMPBELL, Cyrus Hawley DeForest, Maria DeForest SNYDER, Charles Augustus DeForest, Tracy Rob DeForest and Harriet DeForest FULLER, the youngest born July 28, 1813. The father and mother of the family moved from Connecticut and settled in Otsego county when it was a perfectly uninhabited wilderness and there the family was reared, the primitive mode of their living doing much to give them their robust constitutions and thus prolong their lives. The father died in 1840 and the mother in 1844.
Fourteen years ago a reunion of this same family took
place at the residence of Lee DeForest, who then lived on
part of the old farm in Edmeston. [Incomplete]
Descendants of Gideon have done some amazing things
.................................................... 11 Gideon DeForest 1765 - 1840
.......................................................... +Hannah Birdseye DeForest 1773 - 1844
......................................................... 12 Lee DeForest 1798 -
............................................................... +Cynthia Stores Swift
.............................................................. 13 Henry Swift DeForest 1833 - 1898
.................................................................... 14 Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961
* inventor of the audion/triode vacuum tube in 1906 and
Phonofilm - talking motion pictures in 1920 (finally
receiving an Academy Award for it in 1959). He is honored
on the Hollywood Walk of Stars for his "Talkies" invention.
To read more about Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961 see the following links
http://www.leedeforest.org/inventor.html
http://www.leedeforest.org/hollywood.html
The following was on the WWW as of Dec 13, 2010 at
http://theusgenweb.org/ny/otsego/vitals/oneontaherald10.html
10/2/1874 >
A Remarkable Gathering-An old Otsego County Family
(From the Buffalo Commercial).
There is a gathering at the residence of
Mr. Cyrus DeFOREST in this city, a family reunion such as, we believe, has few parallels. It consists of the 5 sons and 3 daughters of Gideon DeFOREST and wife, all born in Edmeston, Otsego county, the youngest of which is now sixty-one years old,the eldest being seventy-nine. Their family circle has never been broken, except by the accidental death of a son two years ago, and this meeting of all its members, whose homes are in various parts of the country, some living in Wisconsin, some on Staten Island, and the others widely scattered, seems quite remarkable.
The names of this family, given in the order of the ages,
are as follows, Abel Birdsey DeForest, born December 30,
1795; Lee DeForest, born August 7, 1798, Sally DeForest
CAMPBELL, Cyrus Hawley DeForest, Maria DeForest SNYDER, Charles Augustus DeForest, Tracy Rob DeForest and Harriet DeForest FULLER, the youngest born July 28, 1813. The father and mother of the family moved from Connecticut and settled in Otsego county when it was a perfectly uninhabited wilderness and there the family was reared, the primitive mode of their living doing much to give them their robust constitutions and thus prolong their lives. The father died in 1840 and the mother in 1844.
Fourteen years ago a reunion of this same family took
place at the residence of Lee DeForest, who then lived on
part of the old farm in Edmeston. [Incomplete]
Descendants of Gideon have done some amazing things
.................................................... 11 Gideon DeForest 1765 - 1840
.......................................................... +Hannah Birdseye DeForest 1773 - 1844
......................................................... 12 Lee DeForest 1798 -
............................................................... +Cynthia Stores Swift
.............................................................. 13 Henry Swift DeForest 1833 - 1898
.................................................................... 14 Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961
* inventor of the audion/triode vacuum tube in 1906 and
Phonofilm - talking motion pictures in 1920 (finally
receiving an Academy Award for it in 1959). He is honored
on the Hollywood Walk of Stars for his "Talkies" invention.
To read more about Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961 see the following links
http://www.leedeforest.org/inventor.html
http://www.leedeforest.org/hollywood.html
http://theusgenweb.org/ny/otsego/vitals/oneontaherald10.html
10/2/1874 >
A Remarkable Gathering-An old Otsego County Family
(From the Buffalo Commercial).
There is a gathering at the residence of
Mr. Cyrus DeFOREST in this city, a family reunion such as, we believe, has few parallels. It consists of the 5 sons and 3 daughters of Gideon DeFOREST and wife, all born in Edmeston, Otsego county, the youngest of which is now sixty-one years old,the eldest being seventy-nine. Their family circle has never been broken, except by the accidental death of a son two years ago, and this meeting of all its members, whose homes are in various parts of the country, some living in Wisconsin, some on Staten Island, and the others widely scattered, seems quite remarkable.
The names of this family, given in the order of the ages,
are as follows, Abel Birdsey DeForest, born December 30,
1795; Lee DeForest, born August 7, 1798, Sally DeForest
CAMPBELL, Cyrus Hawley DeForest, Maria DeForest SNYDER, Charles Augustus DeForest, Tracy Rob DeForest and Harriet DeForest FULLER, the youngest born July 28, 1813. The father and mother of the family moved from Connecticut and settled in Otsego county when it was a perfectly uninhabited wilderness and there the family was reared, the primitive mode of their living doing much to give them their robust constitutions and thus prolong their lives. The father died in 1840 and the mother in 1844.
Fourteen years ago a reunion of this same family took
place at the residence of Lee DeForest, who then lived on
part of the old farm in Edmeston. [Incomplete]
Descendants of Gideon have done some amazing things
.................................................... 11 Gideon DeForest 1765 - 1840
.......................................................... +Hannah Birdseye DeForest 1773 - 1844
......................................................... 12 Lee DeForest 1798 -
............................................................... +Cynthia Stores Swift
.............................................................. 13 Henry Swift DeForest 1833 - 1898
.................................................................... 14 Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961
* inventor of the audion/triode vacuum tube in 1906 and
Phonofilm - talking motion pictures in 1920 (finally
receiving an Academy Award for it in 1959). He is honored
on the Hollywood Walk of Stars for his "Talkies" invention.
To read more about Dr. Lee DeForest 1873 - 1961 see the following links
http://www.leedeforest.org/inventor.html
http://www.leedeforest.org/hollywood.html
Inscription
GIDEON DEFOREST
Born Sept.14th.1765.
In New Stratford,
Fairfield Co.Ct.
Died Dec.9th.1840
In the 76 year of his age.
"I know my Redemeer liveth.
and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth:
and though after my skin
worms destroy this body.
yet in my flesh shall see
God:"
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