Gurdon Hartshorn b.1798 CT to NY
Gazetteer and Biographical Records
of Genesee County, NY1788-1890
Edited by F.W. Beers
Published by J.W. Vose & Co., Syracuse, NY June 1890
page 278
Gurdon Hartshorn was born in Franklin, New London County, Conn. , May 31, 1798.He married Almira Coats, of Stonington, and in 1824 Came to Genesee County and settled in Darien.He was a farmer and Died May 13, 1861.He had two children, namely: Uri, born in 1833, died in 1865, and Nelson, born April 12, 1828.Nelson married Helen McVean, daughter of John and they have two children, Eugene G. and Cora B.He was justice of the peace in Darien for 16 yearsHe owns the farm his father settled in 1824. Cora married B.H. ReQua, and they reside a Sioux Falls, Dakota.Eugene G. resides in Batavia.
*Contributed by Betty Thomas