Frederick Canfield
- Given Name
- Frederick
- Surname
- Canfield
- Birth Date
- May 15, 1810
- Birth Note
- Born in Morristown, NJ
- Death Date
- January 31, 1867
- Death Note
- Buried in Succasunna, NJ
- Mother
- Mary Canfield
- Biographical Information
- Frederick Canfield was the son of David Sealy and Mary Dickerson Canfield. He is also the brother of Mahlon Dickerson Canfield (MDC). He moved to Ferromonte, NJ as a child, and there he had the charge of the Dickerson mine for thirty-nine years. He had a fondness for natural history and collected insects, birds, and minerals. He married Julia A. Halsey on May 31, 1838, and they had five children together. He died at his home in Ferromonte, and was buried at Succasunna, NJ.
- Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
- Frederick Alexander Canfield. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield. Tuttle, 1897.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=frederick%20canfield&f=false - Citation(s) for Birth Information:
- Frederick Alexander Canfield. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield. Tuttle, 1897.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=frederick%20canfield&f=false - Citation(s) for Death Information:
- Frederick Alexander Canfield. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield. Tuttle, 1897.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=frederick%20canfield&f=false