Betsey Sherman, b. 11 Dec. 1809, d. 7 Jun. 1880. wife of Thomas Fanton
Watkins Express June 17 1880
Mrs. Betsey Sherman Fanton, wife of Thomas L. Fanton, Esq., died, of bilious pneumonia, on Monday evening, June 7th,
1880, at the family homestead, in the town of Montour, in this (Schuyler) county, in the 71st year of ber age. Tbe funeral was attended on the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th, at 4 o'clock, Rev. Noble Palmer, rector of St. Paul's church, at Havana, officiating. We learn from the Havana Journal that the deceased was born December 11, 1809, at Stepney, in the county of Fairfield, Conn., and was the eldest daughter of Lemuel and Lydia Sherman. At an early age she lost her father, and her widowed mother, with
her family of seven children, removed to this vicinity, settling on the ridge road in the town Of Veteran. On tbe 9th of January, 1831, at the age of twenty-one, the subject
of this sketch was married to the husband who survives her ,and tbey would have seen their fiftieth anniversary of the day had she lived till next January. Eight children were born to this union, four of whom survive the mother: A son, Hull Fanton, and daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Tracy, reside in Havana, a daughter, Mrs. Tracy C.Ford, at Elmira, while tbe
youngest child, Frank Fanton, lives at Catharine. Two children by the first marriage of Mr. Fanton, also survive, who probably remember no other mother—Mrs. Anna M. Winton, of Catharine, and John C. Fanton, Esq., of Millport. Mrs. Fanton is spoken of as an excellent woman, Whose life was one of great quietness, but of entire devotion to her family and friends. She possessed rare intelligence, and being uniformily in robust health, as a matron she was very active, maintained this characteristic to tbe lest, and was in every sense a good wife and mother
Watkins Express June 17 1880
Mrs. Betsey Sherman Fanton, wife of Thomas L. Fanton, Esq., died, of bilious pneumonia, on Monday evening, June 7th,
1880, at the family homestead, in the town of Montour, in this (Schuyler) county, in the 71st year of ber age. Tbe funeral was attended on the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th, at 4 o'clock, Rev. Noble Palmer, rector of St. Paul's church, at Havana, officiating. We learn from the Havana Journal that the deceased was born December 11, 1809, at Stepney, in the county of Fairfield, Conn., and was the eldest daughter of Lemuel and Lydia Sherman. At an early age she lost her father, and her widowed mother, with
her family of seven children, removed to this vicinity, settling on the ridge road in the town Of Veteran. On tbe 9th of January, 1831, at the age of twenty-one, the subject
of this sketch was married to the husband who survives her ,and tbey would have seen their fiftieth anniversary of the day had she lived till next January. Eight children were born to this union, four of whom survive the mother: A son, Hull Fanton, and daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Tracy, reside in Havana, a daughter, Mrs. Tracy C.Ford, at Elmira, while tbe
youngest child, Frank Fanton, lives at Catharine. Two children by the first marriage of Mr. Fanton, also survive, who probably remember no other mother—Mrs. Anna M. Winton, of Catharine, and John C. Fanton, Esq., of Millport. Mrs. Fanton is spoken of as an excellent woman, Whose life was one of great quietness, but of entire devotion to her family and friends. She possessed rare intelligence, and being uniformily in robust health, as a matron she was very active, maintained this characteristic to tbe lest, and was in every sense a good wife and mother
Betsey Sherman, b. 11 Dec. 1809, d. 7 Jun. 1880. wife of Thomas Fanton
Watkins Express June 17 1880
Mrs. Betsey Sherman Fanton, wife of Thomas L. Fanton, Esq., died, of bilious pneumonia, on Monday evening, June 7th,
1880, at the family homestead, in the town of Montour, in this (Schuyler) county, in the 71st year of ber age. Tbe funeral was attended on the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th, at 4 o'clock, Rev. Noble Palmer, rector of St. Paul's church, at Havana, officiating. We learn from the Havana Journal that the deceased was born December 11, 1809, at Stepney, in the county of Fairfield, Conn., and was the eldest daughter of Lemuel and Lydia Sherman. At an early age she lost her father, and her widowed mother, with
her family of seven children, removed to this vicinity, settling on the ridge road in the town Of Veteran. On tbe 9th of January, 1831, at the age of twenty-one, the subject
of this sketch was married to the husband who survives her ,and tbey would have seen their fiftieth anniversary of the day had she lived till next January. Eight children were born to this union, four of whom survive the mother: A son, Hull Fanton, and daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Tracy, reside in Havana, a daughter, Mrs. Tracy C.Ford, at Elmira, while tbe
youngest child, Frank Fanton, lives at Catharine. Two children by the first marriage of Mr. Fanton, also survive, who probably remember no other mother—Mrs. Anna M. Winton, of Catharine, and John C. Fanton, Esq., of Millport. Mrs. Fanton is spoken of as an excellent woman, Whose life was one of great quietness, but of entire devotion to her family and friends. She possessed rare intelligence, and being uniformily in robust health, as a matron she was very active, maintained this characteristic to tbe lest, and was in every sense a good wife and mother
Watkins Express June 17 1880
Mrs. Betsey Sherman Fanton, wife of Thomas L. Fanton, Esq., died, of bilious pneumonia, on Monday evening, June 7th,
1880, at the family homestead, in the town of Montour, in this (Schuyler) county, in the 71st year of ber age. Tbe funeral was attended on the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th, at 4 o'clock, Rev. Noble Palmer, rector of St. Paul's church, at Havana, officiating. We learn from the Havana Journal that the deceased was born December 11, 1809, at Stepney, in the county of Fairfield, Conn., and was the eldest daughter of Lemuel and Lydia Sherman. At an early age she lost her father, and her widowed mother, with
her family of seven children, removed to this vicinity, settling on the ridge road in the town Of Veteran. On tbe 9th of January, 1831, at the age of twenty-one, the subject
of this sketch was married to the husband who survives her ,and tbey would have seen their fiftieth anniversary of the day had she lived till next January. Eight children were born to this union, four of whom survive the mother: A son, Hull Fanton, and daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Tracy, reside in Havana, a daughter, Mrs. Tracy C.Ford, at Elmira, while tbe
youngest child, Frank Fanton, lives at Catharine. Two children by the first marriage of Mr. Fanton, also survive, who probably remember no other mother—Mrs. Anna M. Winton, of Catharine, and John C. Fanton, Esq., of Millport. Mrs. Fanton is spoken of as an excellent woman, Whose life was one of great quietness, but of entire devotion to her family and friends. She possessed rare intelligence, and being uniformily in robust health, as a matron she was very active, maintained this characteristic to tbe lest, and was in every sense a good wife and mother
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