While a young man he learned the hatter s trade. He married Laura Giddings in Fairfield on the 12th of January, 1806. The pair came directly to Pittsford and resided in a house which stood on the same spot where they ever after lived and where they died. This house was formerly the saddler shop of his brother, John, but it had been removed and fitted up for a dwelling house. His father built him a hat shop which stood five or six rods south of the house, and in this he carried on hat making for some years.
Sturges and Laura had 12 children:
*Mary Penfield (1807–1889)
*Samuel G Penfield (1808–1811)
*Florence "Fannie" Penfield (1810–1841)
*David Sturgis Penfield (1812–1873)
*Laura Ann Penfield (1814–1900)
*Elizabeth "Betsy" Penfield (1816–1913)
*George Baldwin Penfield (1818–1818)
*Eleanor Burr Penfield (1820–1905)
*Samuel Franklin Penfield (1822–1896)
*John Giddings Penfield (1824–1918)
*Katharine Jane Penfield (1826–1907)
*Abel Ogden Penfield (1829–1907)
While a young man he learned the hatter s trade. He married Laura Giddings in Fairfield on the 12th of January, 1806. The pair came directly to Pittsford and resided in a house which stood on the same spot where they ever after lived and where they died. This house was formerly the saddler shop of his brother, John, but it had been removed and fitted up for a dwelling house. His father built him a hat shop which stood five or six rods south of the house, and in this he carried on hat making for some years.
Sturges and Laura had 12 children:
*Mary Penfield (1807–1889)
*Samuel G Penfield (1808–1811)
*Florence "Fannie" Penfield (1810–1841)
*David Sturgis Penfield (1812–1873)
*Laura Ann Penfield (1814–1900)
*Elizabeth "Betsy" Penfield (1816–1913)
*George Baldwin Penfield (1818–1818)
*Eleanor Burr Penfield (1820–1905)
*Samuel Franklin Penfield (1822–1896)
*John Giddings Penfield (1824–1918)
*Katharine Jane Penfield (1826–1907)
*Abel Ogden Penfield (1829–1907)
Family Members
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Mary Penfield Hammond
1807–1889
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Samuel Giddings Penfield
1808–1811
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Fanny Penfield
1810–1841
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David Sturgis Penfield
1812–1873
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Laura Ann Penfield Harman
1814–1900
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Betsey Penfield Manley
1815–1913
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George Baldwin Penfield
1818–1843
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Eleanor Burr Penfield Lothrop
1820–1905
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Samuel Franklin Penfield
1822–1896
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John Giddings Penfield
1824–1918
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Katherine Jane Penfield
1826–1907
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Abel Ogden Penfield
1829–1907
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