BIOGRAPHY

GURDON HARTSHORN - OF DARIEN, NY

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 years. He owns the farm his father settled in 1824 Cora married B. H. Re Qua, and they reside at Sioux Falls, Dakota. Eugene G. resides in Batavia.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890