Charles Farnicorn    

CHARLES FARNICORN, butcher, Meadville, was born in Germany June 20, 1835, and is a son of Francis K. Farnicorn, a tailor by trade, who came to America in 1846, settling down as a farmer in this county. He had a family of three children. Charles, the eldest, was reared on the farm, where he worked by the month for several years, and acquired his education in the common schools. In 1846 he came to Meadville, remaining here two years, when he moved back into the country. In 1870 be commenced butchering, which he still follows. He was married to Barbara, daughter of Andrew Dudenhoffer, a prominent farmer of this county. They have five children—Anna M., John J., Edward C., Mary L., and Margaret R. They are both members of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat. He has been a member of the Town Council, and in 1884 he was elected Mayor of Meadville.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 736.  View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free Trial  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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