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Daniel C Canfield

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Daniel C Canfield

Birth
Austinville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Oct 1906 (aged 79)
Austinville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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DANIEL C. CANFIELD died Oct. 5 at his home near Austinville in his 80th year. His entire life has been spent upon the farm where he was born. He is survived by his son, William (Bradford Star, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 25, 1906).

Census of 1850 Columbia, Bradford, PA
Moses B Canfield 57 CT
Betsey Canfield 52 NY
Daniel C Canfield 23 PA
Malinda Canfield 16 PA
Oliver Canfield 14 PA
Louisa Canfield 8 PA
Warren Wheeler 25 PA
Lucy Wheeler 21 PA

Census of 1860 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D C Canfield 33
Lydia Canfield 30
Fred Canfield 3/12
George Ornez 15

Census of 1870 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D C Canfield 43
Lydia Canfield 39
Willie Canfield 10
Emma Canfield 7

Census of 1880 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D. C. Canfield 53 PA CT NY
Lydia Canfield 49 PA NY CT
Willie D. Canfield 20 PA
Emma Canfield 17 PA
Lois Edgerton 81 CT CT CT
Frank Howland 27 NY NY NY

Census of 1900 Columbia, Bradford, PA
William Canfield 40
Hellen B Canfield 28
Emma M Canfield 5
Alice M Canfield 2
Daniel C Canfield 73
Harold C Burleigh 10

DANIEL C. CANFIELD, farmer, P. O. Austinville, was born May 27, 1827, in Columbia township, this county, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Moses B. and Betsey (Crippen) Canfield; his paternal grandparents were Oliver and Sally (Bradley) Canfield, who came from Redding, Fairfield Co., Conn., to Bradford county in 1800, and stopped for a year where Austinville now stands, clearing a small tract of land, and then removed to the farm occupied by subject, which, with the assistance of his son, Moses B., he (the grandfather) cleared and improved, and here he died. He was a Revolutionary soldier seven years, and did all the marching barefoot over the frozen ground and snow. He was the father of two children, Moses B. and Daniel, the former of whom succeeded to the homestead, on which he resided for many years; the last ten years of his life were spent in Rutland township, Tioga Co., Pa., where he died in 1868, at the age of seventy-four years; his wife was a daughter of Roswell Crippen, of Delawar county, N. Y., by whom he had nine children: Sally (Mrs. Carlonus Spencer), Hiram, Polly (Mrs. Eben J. Bosworth), Daniel C., Lucy (Mrs. Silas Holly), Ann (Mrs. Henry Van Nocken), Melinda (Mrs. Wright W. Clark), Oliver (died in the United States service during the late Civil War) and Louisa (Mrs. Leonard Bailey). Daniel C. Canfield was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided, and which has been in the Canfield name upward of eighty years. He married, February 10, 1856, Lydia, daughter of David and Lois (Brown) Edgeton, of Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa., and by her he had two children: William D. and Emma (wife of Alfred Burleigh, but died), leaving one son, Harold C.) Mr. Canfield is a leading and enterprising farmer of Columbia township. In politics, he is a Republican.
DANIEL C. CANFIELD died Oct. 5 at his home near Austinville in his 80th year. His entire life has been spent upon the farm where he was born. He is survived by his son, William (Bradford Star, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Thursday, October 25, 1906).

Census of 1850 Columbia, Bradford, PA
Moses B Canfield 57 CT
Betsey Canfield 52 NY
Daniel C Canfield 23 PA
Malinda Canfield 16 PA
Oliver Canfield 14 PA
Louisa Canfield 8 PA
Warren Wheeler 25 PA
Lucy Wheeler 21 PA

Census of 1860 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D C Canfield 33
Lydia Canfield 30
Fred Canfield 3/12
George Ornez 15

Census of 1870 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D C Canfield 43
Lydia Canfield 39
Willie Canfield 10
Emma Canfield 7

Census of 1880 Columbia, Bradford, PA
D. C. Canfield 53 PA CT NY
Lydia Canfield 49 PA NY CT
Willie D. Canfield 20 PA
Emma Canfield 17 PA
Lois Edgerton 81 CT CT CT
Frank Howland 27 NY NY NY

Census of 1900 Columbia, Bradford, PA
William Canfield 40
Hellen B Canfield 28
Emma M Canfield 5
Alice M Canfield 2
Daniel C Canfield 73
Harold C Burleigh 10

DANIEL C. CANFIELD, farmer, P. O. Austinville, was born May 27, 1827, in Columbia township, this county, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Moses B. and Betsey (Crippen) Canfield; his paternal grandparents were Oliver and Sally (Bradley) Canfield, who came from Redding, Fairfield Co., Conn., to Bradford county in 1800, and stopped for a year where Austinville now stands, clearing a small tract of land, and then removed to the farm occupied by subject, which, with the assistance of his son, Moses B., he (the grandfather) cleared and improved, and here he died. He was a Revolutionary soldier seven years, and did all the marching barefoot over the frozen ground and snow. He was the father of two children, Moses B. and Daniel, the former of whom succeeded to the homestead, on which he resided for many years; the last ten years of his life were spent in Rutland township, Tioga Co., Pa., where he died in 1868, at the age of seventy-four years; his wife was a daughter of Roswell Crippen, of Delawar county, N. Y., by whom he had nine children: Sally (Mrs. Carlonus Spencer), Hiram, Polly (Mrs. Eben J. Bosworth), Daniel C., Lucy (Mrs. Silas Holly), Ann (Mrs. Henry Van Nocken), Melinda (Mrs. Wright W. Clark), Oliver (died in the United States service during the late Civil War) and Louisa (Mrs. Leonard Bailey). Daniel C. Canfield was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided, and which has been in the Canfield name upward of eighty years. He married, February 10, 1856, Lydia, daughter of David and Lois (Brown) Edgeton, of Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa., and by her he had two children: William D. and Emma (wife of Alfred Burleigh, but died), leaving one son, Harold C.) Mr. Canfield is a leading and enterprising farmer of Columbia township. In politics, he is a Republican.


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  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82014534/daniel_c-canfield: accessed ), memorial page for Daniel C Canfield (27 May 1827–5 Oct 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82014534, citing Columbia Valley Cemetery, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by LDR (contributor 47171969).