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From: (Marcia Payne)
Subject: [MAWORCES] Albert Farnsworth biography
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:26:53 -0500 (CDT)


"Worcester County" A Narrative History, Volume 3, by John Nelson

page 74


Born in England, Nov. 17, 1882, Albert Farnsworth, son of Thomas and
Alice (Jackson) Farnsworth, came to Mass. and entered Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass. to prepare for collegiate studies. He matriculated at
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1906 and was graduated in
1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In the autumn of that
year Mr. Farnsworth became a teacher in Phillips-Andover Academy, a
position he held from 1911 to 1914, when he went to Newtonville, Mass.
as a teacher in the Newton High School. In the fall of 1918 Mr.
Farnsworth became a member of the faculty of the Worcester Classical
High School, serving from 1918 to 1923, then resigning to act as
instructor in the well known Worcester Academy, a position in which he
has remained with marked success since that time.
In 1921, Clark University conferred upon him the degree of Master of
Arts. The same university again honored him with the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in 1927. Dr. Farnsworth is held in high esteem among his
colleagues as an educator and historian, his teaching specialty being
history. He is a member of the New England Teachers Association, and was
it's president in 1925.
Fraternally he is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, and
is a member of the Brown and Bohemian Clubs. His college fraternities
are the Phi Kappa Psi and the Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the
American Historical Assoc., and since 1931 has been president of the
Worcester Historical Society. He has been a member of the Worcester
School Board since 1925 and its vice chairman since 1931. His church is
the Congregational.
In 1913, at Methuen, Mass., Dr. Farnsworth married Carrie Reaetta
Humphries, daughter of the Rev. Alfred E. and Rebecca (Higginson)
Humphries.
Dr. and Mrs. Farnsworth are the parents of 3 children:
1) Albert, born in 1916
2) R. Barbara, born in 1919
3) Nancy, born in 1928

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