{"id":94825,"date":"2023-09-26T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=94825"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:59:04","slug":"new-england-scions-who-settled-mclean-county-in-illinois-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/new-england-scions-who-settled-mclean-county-in-illinois-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"New England Scions Who Settled McLean County in Illinois (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues with stories she uncovered about pioneer settlers she found in an old photo. Melissa is a genealogist who has a blog, AnceStory Archives<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s article, I continue with the New England scions who settled McLean County, Illinois. Like their hardy ancestors, these pioneers braved the elements and paved a new frontier.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: \u201cVillage of McLean, Mt. Hope Township, McLean County, Illinois, Settlers Reunion\u201d (Front, l-r) John (James) Evans, John Mason, Daniel Snow, Thomas Nichols, Lafayette Archer, \u201cMajor\u201d Johnny Buck. (Standing, l-r) Jacob Funk, Deane Funk, Winslow Barnes, Enos Farnsworth, Edward Stubblefield, Clyde W. Wheelock. McLean, Illinois, c. 1850s. Courtesy of McLean County Museum of History.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fourth man standing in the back row from the left is Enos Hale Farnsworth (1825-1910), son of Enos Charles Farnsworth and Jane Frances Hale.<\/p>\n

I found a mortuary notice for Enos Charles published in the Edwardsville Spectator<\/em> on 31 August 1824. He died before his son was born.<\/p>\n

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Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Illinois), 31 August 1824, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This notice reported:<\/p>\n

Died \u2013 Lately, in Lincoln County, Missouri, Mr. Enos Farnsworth, formerly of Woodstock, Vt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> since this mortuary notice said Enos Charles was \u201cformerly of Woodstock, Vt.,\u201d there is a good chance Vermont newspapers also reported his death. I searched newspapers in the Woodstock area, and found another mortuary notice for Enos Charles from a newspaper in nearby Windsor, Vermont.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
North Star (Danville, Vermont), 19 October 1824, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This notice reported:<\/p>\n

Died \u2013 In Lincoln County, Missouri, Mr. Enos Farnsworth, Printer, formerly of Windsor, aged about 36.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This notice gives us a bit more information about Enos Charles. For one thing, we learn he was a printer. We also learn his approximate age when he died. Finally, one notice said he was \u201cformerly of Woodstock\u201d and the other said he was \u201cformerly of Windsor,\u201d so further research is needed to determine if he lived in one Vermont town or the other, or perhaps both.<\/p>\n

The Farnsworth line who helped settle Mclean, Illinois, can be traced back to their progenitor Matthias Farnsworth of Groton, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: grave marker for Matthias Farnsworth and his wife Mary Farr of Groton, Massachusetts, listing all their children. Enos Charles descends from the son Samuel Farnsworth and his wife Mary Whitcomb. Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Credit: Carrie Huntsman Jones of Utah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Enos Charles married into the Hale line that can be traced back to: Revolutionary War patriot Samuel Hale; Newbury, Massachusetts, settlers Richard Dole, James Noyes, Stephen Greenleaf, Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens<\/a>; Thomas Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts; and George Carr of Salisbury, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Enos Charles also had a daughter, Sarah Ann Farnsworth (1822-1898), who lived in McLean County, Illinois, with her husband, William Augustus Verry (1819-1898), son of William Coddington Verry and Lucinda Horon, and left descendants.<\/p>\n

William Verry was a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers Francis Cooke, Hester Mathieu, and Stephen Hopkins<\/a> \u2013 and to Massachusetts Bay Colony families such as Carpenter, Sutton, Merrick, Bangs, Kingsbury, Danforth, and Allen.<\/p>\n

Enos Hale Farnsworth married Sarah Ann Longworth (1831-1897), daughter of John Longworth and Prudence Parson Edwards. Her ancestors include the Massachusetts settler family lines of Cross, Perkins, Boardman, Treadwell, Parker, Jewett, Woodbury, Dodge, and West.<\/p>\n

According to sources, Enos Hale led a colorful life in his early years. He made a few trips to the Great Lakes as a sailor, and had a stint in Canada to learn farming.<\/p>\n

In December of 1844 he came to Illinois, and for six years he worked on a farm in Tazewell County. He made an overland trip to California with an ox team during the gold excitement<\/a> in that state, leaving Armington, Illinois, on 18 March 1850, and arriving on the West Coast on the 9th<\/sup> of the following September.<\/p>\n

He went to work in the mines at Placerville, California, and for over a year he engaged in mining in that state with fair success. He returned to his home in Illinois via ship by way of the Isthmus of Panama, Kingston, Jamaica, the West Indies, and New York, finally arriving in McLean County in November 1851.<\/p>\n

He used the money he made in gold and invested it in property. He had a prosperous career as a farmer and reared four children. I found an 1880 census<\/a> in GenealogyBank listing Enos, his wife Sarah and their children.<\/p>\n

Children born to Enos and Sarah:<\/p>\n