Thomas Turner Fargo

Brief Life History of Thomas Turner

When Thomas Turner Fargo was born on 19 May 1769, in New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Moses Fargo, was 33 and his mother, Mercy Turner, was 29. He married Ann Mercy Comstock in 1788, in Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 16 October 1861, in Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Turner Fargo
1769–1861
Ann Mercy Comstock
1771–1813
Marriage: 1788
Robert Fargo
1796–1859
Thomas J. Fargo
1805–1874
Elizabeth Fargo
1810–
Nehemiah Fargo
Sarah Fargo
Polly Fargo
1798–1811
Horatio Fargo
1802–1811
Eliza Carline Fargo
1806–
Mercy Ann Fargo
1810–1892
Elanson Jerome Fargo
1812–1842

Sources (13)

  • Thomas Fargo in household of Thomas J Fargo, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Thomas T. Fargo, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Fargeau: from the personal name Fargeau, an old vernacular derivative of Latin Ferreolus (see Forget ).

Variant of Vargo , a surname of Hungarian origin.

Americanized form of Hungarian Faragó (see Farago ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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