About Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
Lived 1819 – 1892 (aged 72). Daniel D. T. Farnsworth was an American politician.
Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892) was an American politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia, who served in the West Virginia Senate and briefly as the second governor of West Virginia from February to March 1869.
Biography Farnsworth was born in Staten Island, New York. When he was two, his family relocated to Buckhannon, West Virginia in Upshur County. He married Mary Ireland. Farnsworth was the President of the West Virginia Senate in 1869 when Governor Arthur I. Boreman vacated his office to serve in the United States Senate. Farnsworth then served as Governor of West Virginia for seven days, from February 26, 1869 - March 4, 1869.
Possible identifications includes, L to R: 1st-Arthur Boreman; 3rd-Andrew Wilson; 4th D.D.T. Farnsworth; 5th- Henry Dering; 6th- Gibson Cranmer.
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American politician (1819-1892)
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Daniel D. T. Farnsworth was born on 23 December 1819 in Staten Island.
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Daniel D. T. Farnsworth died on 5 December 1892 in Buckhannon.
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Daniel D. T. Farnsworth was a politician.
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Daniel D. T. Farnsworth was American.
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