The Wellsboro Gazette - June 25, 1930 - page 8
Betsy MacFarland married John Hackett. He went to Canada and died there. Betsy came with her seven children from Locke, N.Y., to Chatham township when it was a wilderness. Her husband, John Hackett was a son of Edward Hackett of Freetown, Mass., and Locke, N. Y.
Betsy MacFarland Hackett was the first doctor in Tioga county. She rode her horse hundreds of miles in the wilds of Tioga county. She brought 90 children into the world administering to the sick. She kept her horse "Nell" until she died. After she was too old to chew her food she cooked porrige for her. After her Dr. Harvey Leach her grandson was the first practicing physician of Tioga county. Betsy MacFarland Hackett brother Dr. James MacFarland was a practicing physician of Worcester, Mass.
She was a remarkable weaver and spun the flax they raised. Some of her weaving is still in the possession of the family; also her weaving stool and carding wheel, spinning wheels are in possion of her great grandson, Wallace Burrell. She was the first woman to bring a carriage into Tioga county. The older generation spoke of her as a stately old dame.
Edward Hackett was a sergeant in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted and was at Freetown, Piece's Company of Minute Men and responded to the first call known as the Lexington alarm, and on this memorable occasion participated in the opening act of the bloody drama under the leadership of Capt. Abiel Pierce, also at Concord and Ticonderoga.
This is a portion of the article, see Lovell Short for entire article. Typed as printed to preserve the integrity of the article. There are some discrepancies in the article but still very interesting learning about the early settlers of Tioga county Pennsylvania.
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Betsy was the second wife of John S. Short. The 1850 Census shows Elizabeth as 63 years old. I believe the monument shows age as 73 years, 10 months and 8 days. This is an educated guess on my part. Used this to estimate birth date.
Betsy MacFarland married John Hackett. He went to Canada and died there. Betsy came with her seven children from Locke, N.Y., to Chatham township when it was a wilderness. Her husband, John Hackett was a son of Edward Hackett of Freetown, Mass., and Locke, N. Y.
Betsy MacFarland Hackett was the first doctor in Tioga county. She rode her horse hundreds of miles in the wilds of Tioga county. She brought 90 children into the world administering to the sick. She kept her horse "Nell" until she died. After she was too old to chew her food she cooked porrige for her. After her Dr. Harvey Leach her grandson was the first practicing physician of Tioga county. Betsy MacFarland Hackett brother Dr. James MacFarland was a practicing physician of Worcester, Mass.
She was a remarkable weaver and spun the flax they raised. Some of her weaving is still in the possession of the family; also her weaving stool and carding wheel, spinning wheels are in possion of her great grandson, Wallace Burrell. She was the first woman to bring a carriage into Tioga county. The older generation spoke of her as a stately old dame.
Edward Hackett was a sergeant in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted and was at Freetown, Piece's Company of Minute Men and responded to the first call known as the Lexington alarm, and on this memorable occasion participated in the opening act of the bloody drama under the leadership of Capt. Abiel Pierce, also at Concord and Ticonderoga.
This is a portion of the article, see Lovell Short for entire article. Typed as printed to preserve the integrity of the article. There are some discrepancies in the article but still very interesting learning about the early settlers of Tioga county Pennsylvania.
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Betsy was the second wife of John S. Short. The 1850 Census shows Elizabeth as 63 years old. I believe the monument shows age as 73 years, 10 months and 8 days. This is an educated guess on my part. Used this to estimate birth date.
The Wellsboro Gazette - June 25, 1930 - page 8
Betsy MacFarland married John Hackett. He went to Canada and died there. Betsy came with her seven children from Locke, N.Y., to Chatham township when it was a wilderness. Her husband, John Hackett was a son of Edward Hackett of Freetown, Mass., and Locke, N. Y.
Betsy MacFarland Hackett was the first doctor in Tioga county. She rode her horse hundreds of miles in the wilds of Tioga county. She brought 90 children into the world administering to the sick. She kept her horse "Nell" until she died. After she was too old to chew her food she cooked porrige for her. After her Dr. Harvey Leach her grandson was the first practicing physician of Tioga county. Betsy MacFarland Hackett brother Dr. James MacFarland was a practicing physician of Worcester, Mass.
She was a remarkable weaver and spun the flax they raised. Some of her weaving is still in the possession of the family; also her weaving stool and carding wheel, spinning wheels are in possion of her great grandson, Wallace Burrell. She was the first woman to bring a carriage into Tioga county. The older generation spoke of her as a stately old dame.
Edward Hackett was a sergeant in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted and was at Freetown, Piece's Company of Minute Men and responded to the first call known as the Lexington alarm, and on this memorable occasion participated in the opening act of the bloody drama under the leadership of Capt. Abiel Pierce, also at Concord and Ticonderoga.
This is a portion of the article, see Lovell Short for entire article. Typed as printed to preserve the integrity of the article. There are some discrepancies in the article but still very interesting learning about the early settlers of Tioga county Pennsylvania.
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Betsy was the second wife of John S. Short. The 1850 Census shows Elizabeth as 63 years old. I believe the monument shows age as 73 years, 10 months and 8 days. This is an educated guess on my part. Used this to estimate birth date.
Betsy MacFarland married John Hackett. He went to Canada and died there. Betsy came with her seven children from Locke, N.Y., to Chatham township when it was a wilderness. Her husband, John Hackett was a son of Edward Hackett of Freetown, Mass., and Locke, N. Y.
Betsy MacFarland Hackett was the first doctor in Tioga county. She rode her horse hundreds of miles in the wilds of Tioga county. She brought 90 children into the world administering to the sick. She kept her horse "Nell" until she died. After she was too old to chew her food she cooked porrige for her. After her Dr. Harvey Leach her grandson was the first practicing physician of Tioga county. Betsy MacFarland Hackett brother Dr. James MacFarland was a practicing physician of Worcester, Mass.
She was a remarkable weaver and spun the flax they raised. Some of her weaving is still in the possession of the family; also her weaving stool and carding wheel, spinning wheels are in possion of her great grandson, Wallace Burrell. She was the first woman to bring a carriage into Tioga county. The older generation spoke of her as a stately old dame.
Edward Hackett was a sergeant in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted and was at Freetown, Piece's Company of Minute Men and responded to the first call known as the Lexington alarm, and on this memorable occasion participated in the opening act of the bloody drama under the leadership of Capt. Abiel Pierce, also at Concord and Ticonderoga.
This is a portion of the article, see Lovell Short for entire article. Typed as printed to preserve the integrity of the article. There are some discrepancies in the article but still very interesting learning about the early settlers of Tioga county Pennsylvania.
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Betsy was the second wife of John S. Short. The 1850 Census shows Elizabeth as 63 years old. I believe the monument shows age as 73 years, 10 months and 8 days. This is an educated guess on my part. Used this to estimate birth date.
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