Elizabeth Farnsworth scrapbook, ca. 1861-1870.
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Photocopy of original.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Photocopy of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings from 1861 to 1870, probably compiled by Elizabeth Farnsworth. Clippings are usually undated and newspaper is unidentified. Most items are believed to be from Nashville, Tenn. newspapers, although some appear to be from Memphis, Tenn. and also New York state. Clippings include obituaries and marriage notices, social news, household hints, trivia, poetry, and items relating to the Confederacy and Civil War, especially in 1861. A handwritten list of contributors to charitable medical organizations for soldiers, especially the Tennessee Hospital Association, in which Elizabeth Farnsworth played a role, appears near the front of the scrapbook. The list of donors include prominent individuals in Nashville society, business, and government, and includes lists of employees at A.D. Fassett and J.D. March & Son. Occasional clippings also mention the Tennessee Hospital Association and Mrs. Farnsworth's activities. A number of clippings mention Washington Barrow, a former Congressional Representative and State Senator, and a company of the 11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion which was named the "Wash Barrow Light Guards" in his honor. Others mentioned prominently, besides members of the Farnsworth family, include Mrs. Francis B. Fogg and the Johnson and Gaeton families.

Cite as: Elizabeth Farnsworth Scrapbook, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Nashville Public Library does not have intellectual property rights to this material.

Martin Goebel;,Gift;,1979.,Acc. RT-357.

According to census records from 1860 and 1870, Elizabeth Farnsworth was born in New York, sometime between 1822 and 1833. Her husband, Elias D. Farnsworth, was born in Connecticut between 1819 and 1825. He may have served in the Confederate Army, and in 1870, he was listed as an insurance agent in Nashville. They had a number of children. It is not known when or where the couple died.

In English

Photocopies provided to the Nashville Public Library from original in custody of Martin Goebel in 1979.

Process;,2009;,Linda Barnickel;,Removed from Persons Ephemera Subject Files.

No further accruals are expected.