Alfred Hamilton FAHNESTOCK

Birth:
26 Feb 1842
Valley Hill (near Valley Forge), Chester, Pennsylvania
Death:
29 Feb 1916
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
Marriage:
27 Jun 1872
Princeton, New Jersey
Notes:
                   REFN: 7707
Received a prize for English poetry his freshman year at college inNew
Jersey.  His junior year, he won the Orator 1st Prize, and was chosen to
write the Ode of Welcome for the Centennial Celebration of the Cliosophic
Society.  He was Salutorian at Commencement.  He taught at the college of
NJfrom 1870 to 1873, while studying theology at Princeton, where he
graduated in 1871.  He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, NJ, 4/15/1874.  He became Pastor of the 1st Ward Presbyterian
Church, Syracuse, NY,from 1/24/1875 until he died.  He got his Doctor of
Divinity from WashingtonCollege, TN, 4/12/1894.  He was at home in the
classics, but his most striking translation was of the hymn, "Dies Irae."
                  
Elizabeth Wight VAN DUYN
Birth:
28 Oct 1848
Mapleton near Princeton, New Jersey
Death:
Aft 1941
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Alias: /Lizzie/
REFN: 7708
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Harriet Elizabeth FAHNESTOCK
Birth:
22 Nov 1873
Princeton, New Jersey
Death:
23 Nov 1873
Princeton, New Jersey
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 7709
                  
2
Elizabeth Van Duyn FAHNESTOCK
Birth:
16 Feb 1876
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 7710

Alias: /Alice/
REFN: 7711
This child is not listed in family on Ancestry.com
                  
3
John Alfred FAHNESTOCK
Birth:
14 Nov 1877
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Death:
25 Feb 1878
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 7712
                  
4
Birth:
13 Nov 1883
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Death:
Marr:
12 Nov 1910
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York 
Notes:
                   REFN: 9696
He has appeared as a concert violinist and baritone in many large
cities.  He has directed some of the largest and finest church choirs and
choral societies in NY State and the Midwest.  With Dr. Theodore
Forgerson, heco-authored the Forgerson-Fahnestock Music Test used by
schools throughout the country.  He is also author of several courses of
school music.
                  
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Alfred Hamilton Fahnestock - Elizabeth Wight Van Duyn

Alfred Hamilton Fahnestock was born at Valley Hill (near Valley Forge), Chester, Pennsylvania 26 Feb 1842. His parents were William Fahnestock and Ann Elizabeth Ernst.

He married Elizabeth Wight Van Duyn 27 Jun 1872 at Princeton, New Jersey . Elizabeth Wight Van Duyn was born at Mapleton near Princeton, New Jersey 28 Oct 1848 .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Harriet Elizabeth Fahnestock born 22 Nov 1873.
Elizabeth Van Duyn Fahnestock born 16 Feb 1876.
John Alfred Fahnestock born 14 Nov 1877.
Ernst Fahnestock born 13 Nov 1883.

Alfred Hamilton Fahnestock died 29 Feb 1916 at Syracuse, Onondaga, New York .

Elizabeth Wight Van Duyn died Aft 1941 .