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Pvt John Dieterich Failing Sr.

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Pvt John Dieterich Failing Sr.

Birth
New York, USA
Death
27 May 1838 (aged 84)
Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
83y
Memorial ID
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John was born in Tryon County, New York, a county in the colonial Province of New York in the British American colonies.

He died in the small town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, N.Y.

He married Elizabeth Smith, 15 March 1785, and together they had the following known children:

Matthew Failing;
Henry John Richard (Henry I. R.) Failing, 1785 – 1859;
Johann Dieterich (Richard) Failing, 1787 – 1868;
Anna (Nancy) Failing, 1792 – 1860;
John D. Failing Jr., 1797 – 1890, and;
Margaret Failing

Service: John D. Failing served in the Revolution as a private in Col. Jacob Klock's Tryon Co. Militia.
Source: "New York in the Revolution" Page 176

Remarks:
John Failing and his wife are buried in the Parish Cemetery in the town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, N.Y. He was taken prisoner by the Indians at St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, N.Y. at a block house where the New York Central station now stands. At that time it was his farm.
John was born in Tryon County, New York, a county in the colonial Province of New York in the British American colonies.

He died in the small town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, N.Y.

He married Elizabeth Smith, 15 March 1785, and together they had the following known children:

Matthew Failing;
Henry John Richard (Henry I. R.) Failing, 1785 – 1859;
Johann Dieterich (Richard) Failing, 1787 – 1868;
Anna (Nancy) Failing, 1792 – 1860;
John D. Failing Jr., 1797 – 1890, and;
Margaret Failing

Service: John D. Failing served in the Revolution as a private in Col. Jacob Klock's Tryon Co. Militia.
Source: "New York in the Revolution" Page 176

Remarks:
John Failing and his wife are buried in the Parish Cemetery in the town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, N.Y. He was taken prisoner by the Indians at St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, N.Y. at a block house where the New York Central station now stands. At that time it was his farm.


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