Mary Ireland Farnsworth (1830–1923) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia

Daniel D. T. Farnsworth Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth (December 23, 1819 – December 5, 1892) was an American politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia, who served in the West Virginia Senate and briefly as the second Governor of West Virginia. Biography Farnsw ...

and served as that state's

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, 1869. She was born on May 1, 1830, at Upshur County, West Virginia, a niece of Confederate General

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. She holds the distinction of serving only five days as first lady; her husband completed the unexpired term of

Arthur I. Boreman Arthur Ingram Boreman (July 24, 1823April 19, 1896) was an American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia. Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as the state's first Governor, and a United Sta ...

, who had resigned to enter the

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. After leaving office, the Farnsworths moved to Buckhannon, West Virginia. She died on February 22, 1923."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farnsworth, Mary Ireland 1830 births 1923 deaths People from Upshur County, West Virginia First ladies and gentlemen of West Virginia People from Buckhannon, West Virginia