Farnsworth, William M.

Born: 1806-XX-XX Vermont

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

Farnsworth lived in Springfield, Illinois, where he operated the Franklin House hotel from at least 1846 to 1850. In 1850, he owned $1,800 worth of real estate. Politically, Farnsworth was a Whig.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 83; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 6 March 1840, 2:7; 8 October 1846, 3:7; 3 June 1847, 3:5; Illinois Journal (Springfield), 22 August 1849, 1:6.