Jason Fargo b. 15 Aug 1790 Sandisfield, MA d. 20 Sep 1861 Ashtabula, Ohio: Our Family History

1790 - 1861 (71 years)

Name	Jason Fargo [1, 2]
Birth	15 Aug 1790	Sandisfield, MA
Gender	Male
Death	20 Sep 1861	Ashtabula, Ohio
Person ID	I58450	Cecilie Family
Last Modified	26 Mar 2005

Father	Ezekiel Fargo, b. 1751, New London, CT d. 6 Aug 1835, Columbia County, New York (Age 84 years)
Mother	Temperance (Fargo), b. 1751 d. 27 Aug 1830 (Age 79 years)
Family ID	F24618	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Clarissa Harmon, b. 27 Feb 1801, New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 21 Aug 1880, Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio (Age 79 years)

Marriage 1 Jun 1817 Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio

Children

	1. Dan H. Fargo, b. 29 Aug 1819, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
	2. George D. Fargo, b. 25 Feb 1821, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. 25 Dec 1890 (Age 69 years)
	3. Anan Fargo, b. 21 Oct 1823, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. 5 Jan 1863, Butte County, California (Age 39 years)
	4. Edwin Fargo, b. 5 Aug 1827, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. 24 Jun 1852, South Pass Of The Rocky Mountains (Age 24 years)
	5. Ellen T. Fargo, b. 27 Apr 1834, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Lucius J Fargo, b. 18 Jun 1845, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. 18 Jul 1915 (Age 70 years)

Family ID F24639 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Feb 2009

Event Map

Birth - 15 Aug 1790 - Sandisfield, MA

Death - 20 Sep 1861 - Ashtabula, Ohio

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Notes

Census: 1850 Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio
Name	age	occupation
Jason Fargo	59	Farmer
Clarissa Fargo	49
David ? Fargo	39	Farmer
George D. Fargo	28	Sales
Edwin Fargo	27	Farmer
Ellen T. Fargo	16
Lucius J Fargo	5

He was reared in a farm in Massachusetts and in an early day came West with a party of men, making the journey by water. He passes his first year of residence in Ashtabula county in farm work with his father in law, and the second year he bought 156 acres from Martin Smith, covered with a dense forest.

He bought an ox and began to cut an haul cord-wood to pay for the land. Later, with his father in law, he contracted to build a protion of the turnpike road through the Maume swamp. In time his farm became one of the best cultivated pieces of propert y in the county.

For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

Sources
[S796] Micheal Swanson, email from Michael Swanson, (Jan 5, 2004 and Nov 2004).

[S814] Fassett Family History, (unpublished, c1932,).