- Horace Farnsworth and his brother Gustavus, married sisters, Patty and Sally Farnsworth. The sisters were the daughters of Levi Farnsworth, the brother's uncle, and cousins of Horace and Gustavus.
- Horace was in the War of 1812 in Captain Beenean's Company, Col. Dixon's Regiment. Horace was 18 years old when he volunteered at Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont in August of 1814. His description at the time of his enlistment: "Farmer, 5'9" tall, brown hair, gray eyes and a light complexion."
The company was composed of men rom Fairfax and neighboring towns. They marched from Fairfax to engage the British at the Battle of Plattsburg, New York. Horace was in the pine woods back of Plattsburg, and helped drive the enemy back after they forded the river. He was then verbally discharged, but then was one of 30 men who volunteered to go in pursuit of the retreating British. He served for about 15 days and received no pay.
In 1869, he received a land grant in Illinois for his war service. On March 28, 1878, Horace also signed an application for a pension, based on the new Act of March 11, 1878, for War of 1812 veterans. He was then 81 years old and lived at No. 500 W. 15th Street in Chicago. He did not receive the pension because he had not served for at least 60 days as was required by the Act.
I have a copy of the bounty land and pension file, War of 1812 on Horace Farnsworth. It is a copy of documents on file at the National Archives.
Source: Dee Ann Harman Bishopp
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