Married Martha Jane Baird
1868
Dunnstown, PA - Clinton Co.
BIOGRAPHY: Courtesy of I Love Genealogy
Commemorative Biographical Record of Central, PA, J. H. Beers, p. 692.-693.
Absalom Farwell, whose identification with the business, political, social and moral interests of Clinton County numbers him among its leading citizens, is a representative of one of the earliest families of Chapman township.
His ancestors located in New England in Colonial days, and the first of the family to come to Pennsylvania was Lemuel Farwell, the grand-father of our subject, who resided near South Farmingham, Mass.. whence he removed in 1800 to Chapman township, then a portion of Northumberland county. He settled on a tract of land near Bakerstown, built a log house and barn and began farming and lumbering on his own account. He spent his entire life there, dying at the age of fifty-five, and his remains were interred in Bakerstown. He was married in Chapman township to a daughter of Abner McCloskey, of Scotch-Irish descent, a farmer and lumberman of the neighborhood. In their family were five children: Abel removed to Stephenson county, Ill., though his death occurred in Clinton county, Penn.; James followed farming in Clearfield county, Penn., until his death; Lemuel died in Hyner, Penn., in 1889; Nathan died on the homestead in Chapman township; and Mrs. Rachel Lingle died in Ohio. The mother of this family passed away in Chapman township. The grandparents were both members of the Methodist Church, and he was a man well known for his honesty and upright dealing.
Lemuel Farwell (father of our subject) was a native of Chapman township, and attended the subscription schools, but was mostly educated under the direction of his father who was a man of scholarly attainments. He followed lumbering and farming with his father for a time, and afterward engaged very extensively in the lumber business, erecting a sawmill and shipping his lumber in rafts to Middletown, where it was sold. Mr. Farwell was one of the most extensive lumber dealers in his section of the State, and became so thoroughly acquainted with the West branch of the Susquehanna that he frequently acted as pilot on the river in his young days. He also owned and operated a gristmill, and, as there was no bank in the community, he acted as a local banker, loaning money to his neighbors at a small rate of interest. In 1869, after a long, busy and useful career, he retired to private life and moved to Hyner, where he built a comfortable home, and with his wife there enjoyed the fruits of his former toil. His death occurred in 1889. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an office-seeker. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Church, in which he served as class-leader, and was Sunday-school
superintendent and teacher. Temperate in all his habits, he abstained from strong drink and tobacco, and in all his business dealings his honesty was proverbial. Genial in manner and kindly in temperament, he was a good father, kind husband and faithful friend, and his death was deeply mourned. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane McCloskey, was born in Dunstable township, Clinton county. Her father, Abner McCloskey, was born in the North of Ireland in 1798, and became a farmer of Clinton county. Mrs. Farwell had five children: Absalom, our subject; Nancy, widow of George Valentine, of Starrucca, Penn. ; Kline J., a lumberman of Renovo, Penn.; Mary A., deceased wife of R. S. Condon, of Chatham Run; and Sarah E., wife of Samuel Mummah, of Juniata, Penn. The mother of this family is still living in Hyner, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and enjoys good health.
Absalom Farwell is one of the progressive men of Pine Creek township. He was born in Chapman township, December 18, 1839, attended the public schools, and Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn. He afterward taught school in Logansville for one term, and one term in Pine Creek township. Having a good knowledge of the lumber business, he then took charge of his father's mills, which he operated until the great flood of 1865, when the mill was washed away and lumber to the value of many thousands of dollars was lost. In the summer of that year he became a jobber in nursery stock, handling fruit trees and shrubbery, and in this way traveled through every county of Pennsylvania and many of the eastern, middle and western States and Canada. For a quarter of a century he followed that business, employing many agents and meeting with good success in his undertakings. During that time he made his home at North Bend, Clinton county, where he had a fine residence and good farm of one hundred acres, which is now operated by his son. In 1885 he purchased the Brown farm' in Pine Creek township, Clinton county, comprising 125 acres, on which stand a fine brick dwelling house, good barns and other substantial buildings. In 1892 he retired from the nursery business and took up his residence upon this farm, where he has since made his home. He is now quite extensively engaged in cultivating tobacco, and has built good sheds and secured other facilities to advance his interests in this line. He is also engaged in raising stock, and has one of the best-cultivated farms in his section of the county.
In 1868, in Dunstable township, Clinton county, our subject was married to Martha Jane Baird, who was born in that township, November 24, 1844, a daughter of David and Tabitha (Quigley) Baird. They have five children: (i) Truman L. L. D. , who was educated in the schools of Chapman township, the Lock Haven Normal, the Westchester Normal, and the Pennsylvania State College, now operates the farm at North Bend. He married Nellie Gallagher, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics the husband is independent. (2) Tabitha Josephine, educated in the public schools of Clinton county, Bucknell Seminary of Lewisburg, and the West Chester Normal, is engaged in teaching music. She married Harry Crist, of Pine Creek township. (3) Franklin Pierce, educated at Charlton and Lock Haven Normal school. (4) Milton Girard Gambetta and (5)Howard M. are at home.
Absalom Farwell is a Democrat, and he stanchly advocates the principles promulgated by Bryan. In 1877 and again in 1888 he was a candidate for sheriff, but failed to overcome the strong Republican majority. He has served as auditor of Chapman township, and as school director of Pine Creek township, acting as secretary of the board. His wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Farwell formerly belonged to the Odd Fellows Society. His life record is one well worthy of emulation. In his business he is energetic, persevering and progressive, and conducts his interests along the lines of the most honorable business dealings. He has achieved success through his capable management, and his prosperity is certainly well deserved. Public spirited, he withholds his support from no enterprise calculated to benefit the community. He holds friendship inviolable, and is true to all the duties of both public and private life.
1868
Dunnstown, PA - Clinton Co.
BIOGRAPHY: Courtesy of I Love Genealogy
Commemorative Biographical Record of Central, PA, J. H. Beers, p. 692.-693.
Absalom Farwell, whose identification with the business, political, social and moral interests of Clinton County numbers him among its leading citizens, is a representative of one of the earliest families of Chapman township.
His ancestors located in New England in Colonial days, and the first of the family to come to Pennsylvania was Lemuel Farwell, the grand-father of our subject, who resided near South Farmingham, Mass.. whence he removed in 1800 to Chapman township, then a portion of Northumberland county. He settled on a tract of land near Bakerstown, built a log house and barn and began farming and lumbering on his own account. He spent his entire life there, dying at the age of fifty-five, and his remains were interred in Bakerstown. He was married in Chapman township to a daughter of Abner McCloskey, of Scotch-Irish descent, a farmer and lumberman of the neighborhood. In their family were five children: Abel removed to Stephenson county, Ill., though his death occurred in Clinton county, Penn.; James followed farming in Clearfield county, Penn., until his death; Lemuel died in Hyner, Penn., in 1889; Nathan died on the homestead in Chapman township; and Mrs. Rachel Lingle died in Ohio. The mother of this family passed away in Chapman township. The grandparents were both members of the Methodist Church, and he was a man well known for his honesty and upright dealing.
Lemuel Farwell (father of our subject) was a native of Chapman township, and attended the subscription schools, but was mostly educated under the direction of his father who was a man of scholarly attainments. He followed lumbering and farming with his father for a time, and afterward engaged very extensively in the lumber business, erecting a sawmill and shipping his lumber in rafts to Middletown, where it was sold. Mr. Farwell was one of the most extensive lumber dealers in his section of the State, and became so thoroughly acquainted with the West branch of the Susquehanna that he frequently acted as pilot on the river in his young days. He also owned and operated a gristmill, and, as there was no bank in the community, he acted as a local banker, loaning money to his neighbors at a small rate of interest. In 1869, after a long, busy and useful career, he retired to private life and moved to Hyner, where he built a comfortable home, and with his wife there enjoyed the fruits of his former toil. His death occurred in 1889. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an office-seeker. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Church, in which he served as class-leader, and was Sunday-school
superintendent and teacher. Temperate in all his habits, he abstained from strong drink and tobacco, and in all his business dealings his honesty was proverbial. Genial in manner and kindly in temperament, he was a good father, kind husband and faithful friend, and his death was deeply mourned. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane McCloskey, was born in Dunstable township, Clinton county. Her father, Abner McCloskey, was born in the North of Ireland in 1798, and became a farmer of Clinton county. Mrs. Farwell had five children: Absalom, our subject; Nancy, widow of George Valentine, of Starrucca, Penn. ; Kline J., a lumberman of Renovo, Penn.; Mary A., deceased wife of R. S. Condon, of Chatham Run; and Sarah E., wife of Samuel Mummah, of Juniata, Penn. The mother of this family is still living in Hyner, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and enjoys good health.
Absalom Farwell is one of the progressive men of Pine Creek township. He was born in Chapman township, December 18, 1839, attended the public schools, and Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn. He afterward taught school in Logansville for one term, and one term in Pine Creek township. Having a good knowledge of the lumber business, he then took charge of his father's mills, which he operated until the great flood of 1865, when the mill was washed away and lumber to the value of many thousands of dollars was lost. In the summer of that year he became a jobber in nursery stock, handling fruit trees and shrubbery, and in this way traveled through every county of Pennsylvania and many of the eastern, middle and western States and Canada. For a quarter of a century he followed that business, employing many agents and meeting with good success in his undertakings. During that time he made his home at North Bend, Clinton county, where he had a fine residence and good farm of one hundred acres, which is now operated by his son. In 1885 he purchased the Brown farm' in Pine Creek township, Clinton county, comprising 125 acres, on which stand a fine brick dwelling house, good barns and other substantial buildings. In 1892 he retired from the nursery business and took up his residence upon this farm, where he has since made his home. He is now quite extensively engaged in cultivating tobacco, and has built good sheds and secured other facilities to advance his interests in this line. He is also engaged in raising stock, and has one of the best-cultivated farms in his section of the county.
In 1868, in Dunstable township, Clinton county, our subject was married to Martha Jane Baird, who was born in that township, November 24, 1844, a daughter of David and Tabitha (Quigley) Baird. They have five children: (i) Truman L. L. D. , who was educated in the schools of Chapman township, the Lock Haven Normal, the Westchester Normal, and the Pennsylvania State College, now operates the farm at North Bend. He married Nellie Gallagher, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics the husband is independent. (2) Tabitha Josephine, educated in the public schools of Clinton county, Bucknell Seminary of Lewisburg, and the West Chester Normal, is engaged in teaching music. She married Harry Crist, of Pine Creek township. (3) Franklin Pierce, educated at Charlton and Lock Haven Normal school. (4) Milton Girard Gambetta and (5)Howard M. are at home.
Absalom Farwell is a Democrat, and he stanchly advocates the principles promulgated by Bryan. In 1877 and again in 1888 he was a candidate for sheriff, but failed to overcome the strong Republican majority. He has served as auditor of Chapman township, and as school director of Pine Creek township, acting as secretary of the board. His wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Farwell formerly belonged to the Odd Fellows Society. His life record is one well worthy of emulation. In his business he is energetic, persevering and progressive, and conducts his interests along the lines of the most honorable business dealings. He has achieved success through his capable management, and his prosperity is certainly well deserved. Public spirited, he withholds his support from no enterprise calculated to benefit the community. He holds friendship inviolable, and is true to all the duties of both public and private life.
Married Martha Jane Baird
1868
Dunnstown, PA - Clinton Co.
BIOGRAPHY: Courtesy of I Love Genealogy
Commemorative Biographical Record of Central, PA, J. H. Beers, p. 692.-693.
Absalom Farwell, whose identification with the business, political, social and moral interests of Clinton County numbers him among its leading citizens, is a representative of one of the earliest families of Chapman township.
His ancestors located in New England in Colonial days, and the first of the family to come to Pennsylvania was Lemuel Farwell, the grand-father of our subject, who resided near South Farmingham, Mass.. whence he removed in 1800 to Chapman township, then a portion of Northumberland county. He settled on a tract of land near Bakerstown, built a log house and barn and began farming and lumbering on his own account. He spent his entire life there, dying at the age of fifty-five, and his remains were interred in Bakerstown. He was married in Chapman township to a daughter of Abner McCloskey, of Scotch-Irish descent, a farmer and lumberman of the neighborhood. In their family were five children: Abel removed to Stephenson county, Ill., though his death occurred in Clinton county, Penn.; James followed farming in Clearfield county, Penn., until his death; Lemuel died in Hyner, Penn., in 1889; Nathan died on the homestead in Chapman township; and Mrs. Rachel Lingle died in Ohio. The mother of this family passed away in Chapman township. The grandparents were both members of the Methodist Church, and he was a man well known for his honesty and upright dealing.
Lemuel Farwell (father of our subject) was a native of Chapman township, and attended the subscription schools, but was mostly educated under the direction of his father who was a man of scholarly attainments. He followed lumbering and farming with his father for a time, and afterward engaged very extensively in the lumber business, erecting a sawmill and shipping his lumber in rafts to Middletown, where it was sold. Mr. Farwell was one of the most extensive lumber dealers in his section of the State, and became so thoroughly acquainted with the West branch of the Susquehanna that he frequently acted as pilot on the river in his young days. He also owned and operated a gristmill, and, as there was no bank in the community, he acted as a local banker, loaning money to his neighbors at a small rate of interest. In 1869, after a long, busy and useful career, he retired to private life and moved to Hyner, where he built a comfortable home, and with his wife there enjoyed the fruits of his former toil. His death occurred in 1889. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an office-seeker. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Church, in which he served as class-leader, and was Sunday-school
superintendent and teacher. Temperate in all his habits, he abstained from strong drink and tobacco, and in all his business dealings his honesty was proverbial. Genial in manner and kindly in temperament, he was a good father, kind husband and faithful friend, and his death was deeply mourned. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane McCloskey, was born in Dunstable township, Clinton county. Her father, Abner McCloskey, was born in the North of Ireland in 1798, and became a farmer of Clinton county. Mrs. Farwell had five children: Absalom, our subject; Nancy, widow of George Valentine, of Starrucca, Penn. ; Kline J., a lumberman of Renovo, Penn.; Mary A., deceased wife of R. S. Condon, of Chatham Run; and Sarah E., wife of Samuel Mummah, of Juniata, Penn. The mother of this family is still living in Hyner, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and enjoys good health.
Absalom Farwell is one of the progressive men of Pine Creek township. He was born in Chapman township, December 18, 1839, attended the public schools, and Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn. He afterward taught school in Logansville for one term, and one term in Pine Creek township. Having a good knowledge of the lumber business, he then took charge of his father's mills, which he operated until the great flood of 1865, when the mill was washed away and lumber to the value of many thousands of dollars was lost. In the summer of that year he became a jobber in nursery stock, handling fruit trees and shrubbery, and in this way traveled through every county of Pennsylvania and many of the eastern, middle and western States and Canada. For a quarter of a century he followed that business, employing many agents and meeting with good success in his undertakings. During that time he made his home at North Bend, Clinton county, where he had a fine residence and good farm of one hundred acres, which is now operated by his son. In 1885 he purchased the Brown farm' in Pine Creek township, Clinton county, comprising 125 acres, on which stand a fine brick dwelling house, good barns and other substantial buildings. In 1892 he retired from the nursery business and took up his residence upon this farm, where he has since made his home. He is now quite extensively engaged in cultivating tobacco, and has built good sheds and secured other facilities to advance his interests in this line. He is also engaged in raising stock, and has one of the best-cultivated farms in his section of the county.
In 1868, in Dunstable township, Clinton county, our subject was married to Martha Jane Baird, who was born in that township, November 24, 1844, a daughter of David and Tabitha (Quigley) Baird. They have five children: (i) Truman L. L. D. , who was educated in the schools of Chapman township, the Lock Haven Normal, the Westchester Normal, and the Pennsylvania State College, now operates the farm at North Bend. He married Nellie Gallagher, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics the husband is independent. (2) Tabitha Josephine, educated in the public schools of Clinton county, Bucknell Seminary of Lewisburg, and the West Chester Normal, is engaged in teaching music. She married Harry Crist, of Pine Creek township. (3) Franklin Pierce, educated at Charlton and Lock Haven Normal school. (4) Milton Girard Gambetta and (5)Howard M. are at home.
Absalom Farwell is a Democrat, and he stanchly advocates the principles promulgated by Bryan. In 1877 and again in 1888 he was a candidate for sheriff, but failed to overcome the strong Republican majority. He has served as auditor of Chapman township, and as school director of Pine Creek township, acting as secretary of the board. His wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Farwell formerly belonged to the Odd Fellows Society. His life record is one well worthy of emulation. In his business he is energetic, persevering and progressive, and conducts his interests along the lines of the most honorable business dealings. He has achieved success through his capable management, and his prosperity is certainly well deserved. Public spirited, he withholds his support from no enterprise calculated to benefit the community. He holds friendship inviolable, and is true to all the duties of both public and private life.
1868
Dunnstown, PA - Clinton Co.
BIOGRAPHY: Courtesy of I Love Genealogy
Commemorative Biographical Record of Central, PA, J. H. Beers, p. 692.-693.
Absalom Farwell, whose identification with the business, political, social and moral interests of Clinton County numbers him among its leading citizens, is a representative of one of the earliest families of Chapman township.
His ancestors located in New England in Colonial days, and the first of the family to come to Pennsylvania was Lemuel Farwell, the grand-father of our subject, who resided near South Farmingham, Mass.. whence he removed in 1800 to Chapman township, then a portion of Northumberland county. He settled on a tract of land near Bakerstown, built a log house and barn and began farming and lumbering on his own account. He spent his entire life there, dying at the age of fifty-five, and his remains were interred in Bakerstown. He was married in Chapman township to a daughter of Abner McCloskey, of Scotch-Irish descent, a farmer and lumberman of the neighborhood. In their family were five children: Abel removed to Stephenson county, Ill., though his death occurred in Clinton county, Penn.; James followed farming in Clearfield county, Penn., until his death; Lemuel died in Hyner, Penn., in 1889; Nathan died on the homestead in Chapman township; and Mrs. Rachel Lingle died in Ohio. The mother of this family passed away in Chapman township. The grandparents were both members of the Methodist Church, and he was a man well known for his honesty and upright dealing.
Lemuel Farwell (father of our subject) was a native of Chapman township, and attended the subscription schools, but was mostly educated under the direction of his father who was a man of scholarly attainments. He followed lumbering and farming with his father for a time, and afterward engaged very extensively in the lumber business, erecting a sawmill and shipping his lumber in rafts to Middletown, where it was sold. Mr. Farwell was one of the most extensive lumber dealers in his section of the State, and became so thoroughly acquainted with the West branch of the Susquehanna that he frequently acted as pilot on the river in his young days. He also owned and operated a gristmill, and, as there was no bank in the community, he acted as a local banker, loaning money to his neighbors at a small rate of interest. In 1869, after a long, busy and useful career, he retired to private life and moved to Hyner, where he built a comfortable home, and with his wife there enjoyed the fruits of his former toil. His death occurred in 1889. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an office-seeker. He and his wife were faithful members of the Methodist Church, in which he served as class-leader, and was Sunday-school
superintendent and teacher. Temperate in all his habits, he abstained from strong drink and tobacco, and in all his business dealings his honesty was proverbial. Genial in manner and kindly in temperament, he was a good father, kind husband and faithful friend, and his death was deeply mourned. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane McCloskey, was born in Dunstable township, Clinton county. Her father, Abner McCloskey, was born in the North of Ireland in 1798, and became a farmer of Clinton county. Mrs. Farwell had five children: Absalom, our subject; Nancy, widow of George Valentine, of Starrucca, Penn. ; Kline J., a lumberman of Renovo, Penn.; Mary A., deceased wife of R. S. Condon, of Chatham Run; and Sarah E., wife of Samuel Mummah, of Juniata, Penn. The mother of this family is still living in Hyner, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and enjoys good health.
Absalom Farwell is one of the progressive men of Pine Creek township. He was born in Chapman township, December 18, 1839, attended the public schools, and Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn. He afterward taught school in Logansville for one term, and one term in Pine Creek township. Having a good knowledge of the lumber business, he then took charge of his father's mills, which he operated until the great flood of 1865, when the mill was washed away and lumber to the value of many thousands of dollars was lost. In the summer of that year he became a jobber in nursery stock, handling fruit trees and shrubbery, and in this way traveled through every county of Pennsylvania and many of the eastern, middle and western States and Canada. For a quarter of a century he followed that business, employing many agents and meeting with good success in his undertakings. During that time he made his home at North Bend, Clinton county, where he had a fine residence and good farm of one hundred acres, which is now operated by his son. In 1885 he purchased the Brown farm' in Pine Creek township, Clinton county, comprising 125 acres, on which stand a fine brick dwelling house, good barns and other substantial buildings. In 1892 he retired from the nursery business and took up his residence upon this farm, where he has since made his home. He is now quite extensively engaged in cultivating tobacco, and has built good sheds and secured other facilities to advance his interests in this line. He is also engaged in raising stock, and has one of the best-cultivated farms in his section of the county.
In 1868, in Dunstable township, Clinton county, our subject was married to Martha Jane Baird, who was born in that township, November 24, 1844, a daughter of David and Tabitha (Quigley) Baird. They have five children: (i) Truman L. L. D. , who was educated in the schools of Chapman township, the Lock Haven Normal, the Westchester Normal, and the Pennsylvania State College, now operates the farm at North Bend. He married Nellie Gallagher, who is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics the husband is independent. (2) Tabitha Josephine, educated in the public schools of Clinton county, Bucknell Seminary of Lewisburg, and the West Chester Normal, is engaged in teaching music. She married Harry Crist, of Pine Creek township. (3) Franklin Pierce, educated at Charlton and Lock Haven Normal school. (4) Milton Girard Gambetta and (5)Howard M. are at home.
Absalom Farwell is a Democrat, and he stanchly advocates the principles promulgated by Bryan. In 1877 and again in 1888 he was a candidate for sheriff, but failed to overcome the strong Republican majority. He has served as auditor of Chapman township, and as school director of Pine Creek township, acting as secretary of the board. His wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Farwell formerly belonged to the Odd Fellows Society. His life record is one well worthy of emulation. In his business he is energetic, persevering and progressive, and conducts his interests along the lines of the most honorable business dealings. He has achieved success through his capable management, and his prosperity is certainly well deserved. Public spirited, he withholds his support from no enterprise calculated to benefit the community. He holds friendship inviolable, and is true to all the duties of both public and private life.
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