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Note: From History of Sullivan County: Almon W. French was educated in the public schools of his native town. After leaving school, he had worked at farming for about fifteen years, when he became the proprietor of a farm by purchase. Since that time he has bought four or five others. He has always done more or less sheep-raising, but now gives his attention mainly to dairying. Industrious and enterprising, he has fully earned the success he has met with. Like his father, he has not sought political offices. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist, and he is a generous supporter of the Congregational society here. Mr. French married Melissa Spaulding , who was born in 1837 . She died in 1870 , leaving a daughter, Eva. Eva was twice married, and by her first marriage has one son, Clarence Almon Daniels . Clarence has always resided with his grandfather, Almon W. French .
Almon W. French , of Plainfield, Sullivan County , represents the third generation of the Frenches in this town. The family is of English origin, and members of it were pioneers of New England . Its founder in Plainfield , Nathaniel French , the grandfather of Almon W. , came here when about twenty-two years of age, at the time when much of the district was an unbroken wild. Having done his part in rendering the place habitable, he died at the age of eighty-nine. His wife, Alice Back French , had eight children, of whom one died in infancy. The others were: Liman , George , Hezekiah , John , Lucinda , Betsey , and Susan . Liman , who lived in this town for the greater part of his life, following the occupation of farmer, never married. George , who was also a farmer here, married Sarah Hadley . Hezekiah married Lucinda Hyde , and had a family of children. He lived in Plainfield nearly all his lifetime. Lucinda successively married Amos Fox and William Hadley . Betsey became Mrs. Hayes Kenyon , and the mother of several children; and Susan married John Hadley . He was born in July 1830 at New Hampshire, USA. He was the son of Mr. French and Mrs. French.
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