FARNSWORTH, John Franklin

Affiliation:  Union

Born: March 27 1820, Compton Cty, Quebec, Canada

Died: July 14 1897, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, US congressman

War Service: September 1861 recruited 8th Illinois Cavalry - Col., Peninsula campaign, Maryland campaign, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/Pleasonton's Cavalry at Fredericksburg, resigned commission March 1863 as he had been elected to Congress.

Post War: US congressman, lawyer.