Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Willoughby, Daniel C. 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 July 25, 2009, 4:10 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Willoughby, Daniel C., Russia, was born in Newport in 1819. His father was James, a son of Westel Willoughby. James was born in Massachusetts in 1773. His wife was Annie Cole, a native of Massachusetts, by whom he had two sons and ten daughters, of whom two daughters and subject only are living. Mr. Willoughby came to Norway in 1795, where he built the first house and barn. During the winter seasons he made spinning wheels. His brother, Dr. Westel Willoughby, was one of the original professors of Fairfield Seminary, and was the founder of Willoughby College of Ohio. He practiced medicine in Herkimer county many years. His wife was Sallie Cole, an aunt of Daniel C. James Willoughby died in 1856, and is wife in 1854 at the age of seventy-six years. Daniel C. has lived on the farm where he was born sixty-eight years. In 1840 he married Caroline M. Carpenter, a native of Cold Brook, born in 1823. Her parents were Daniel and Temperance (Warfield) Carpenter, natives of Russia. To subject and wife were born four children: Eliza A. (deceased), Edward A., Marcilla F. and Flora E. Edward A. resides at Rome, N.Y., and is general manager for R. M. Bingham of that place. Marcilla F. is the wife of Thomas R. Irwin of Poland. Flora is the wife of Irving D. Adams of Poland. In 1886 Mr. Willoughby came to Poland and has since lived a retired life. In politics he has always been a Republican and is a temperance man. He has assisted in the Baptist church at Poland. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/willough1089gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb