. . active in publicaffairs. He married, April 12, 1854, Martha , who was born in Bedford,Massachusetts, April 16, 1834, daughterof Elebezer and Ann T. (Bingham) Hay-ward. Her father was a railroad and Mrs. Farnsworth lived in happywedlock for more than sixty-one Farnsworth died October 23, : 1. Caroline H., resides with herfather. 2. Josephine M., resides with herfather. 3. George B., educated in theWorcester schools; was associated inbusiness with his father for many years;now proprietor of
. . active in publicaffairs. He married, April 12, 1854, Martha , who was born in Bedford,Massachusetts, April 16, 1834, daughterof Elebezer and Ann T. (Bingham) Hay-ward. Her father was a railroad and Mrs. Farnsworth lived in happywedlock for more than sixty-one Farnsworth died October 23, : 1. Caroline H., resides with herfather. 2. Josephine M., resides with herfather. 3. George B., educated in theWorcester schools; was associated inbusiness with his father for many years;now proprietor of the School StreetStorage Warehouse and member of theChamber of Commerce, the Congrega-tional Club and the Economic Club ofWorcester; married, October 5, 1899, atKeswick Bridge, New Brunswick,Canada, Phebe Sykes, born August 17,1871, daughter of Rev. Simeon and Han-nah Sykes, both natives of England; herfather was a Congregational minister atEconomy, Pleasant River and KeswickBridge ; children: Calvin, born March16, 1901; Thornton A., born November 19,1902. 352. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY COGSWELL, George Samuel, Active Bniineu Man, Public Official. Tradition and probability identify thename of Cogswell with the old Englishtown of Coggeshall, the ancient canon-ium of the Romans, which is locatedfifty-four miles from London, in thecounty of Essex. It is the family tradi-tion of the Cogswells now holding theancient possessions of Cogswell in West-bury, county of Wilts, England, thattheir ancestors came from the county ofEssex, and were known as Coggeshall,with the various spellings. These weremany, including: Cogshal, Coggeshale,Cogesholl, Cogeshole, Coggashael, Cog-shol, Coxhall, Cockshal, and the family tradition, it is theopinion of experts in such matters thatCogswell and Coggeshall in Englandhave the same origin. While this is true,the names are distinct in America. Thereis a large family of Coggeshall in thiscountry, descended from John Cogge-shall, first Go
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