Birth: ABT 1825 New York
Marriage: BEF 1850
Birth of Son: 04 JAN 1850
Name: William D. Farnham
Place: Michigan
1850 Census: 24 AUG 1850
Place: Thornapple, Barry Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, and one son are living in household.
Birth of Son: 01 JUL 1852
Name: Byron F. Farnham
Place: Barry Co, Michigan
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1855
Name: Harriet (Hattie) Farnham
Birth of Daughter: JAN 1857
Name: Mary L. Farnham
Birth of Daughter: MAY 1860
Name: Lura E. Farnham
Note: Died when she was 5 years old from lung fever.
1860 Census: 21 JUL 1860
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, and five children are living in household.
Civil War Draft Registration: June and July 1863
Place: Kent and other Counties, Michigan
Directory: 1863-64
Place: Michigan State Gazeteer and Business Directory
Note: Listed on pg 212 (the Caledonia page) as being a carpenter. Listed on pg 532 (the Carpenter & Builder page) as being from North Brownsville (a post village in the township of Caledonia, situated on the Thornapple River.) – North Brownsville is now known as Alaska.
IRS Tax Assessment List: January 1864
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Birth of Daughter: SEP 1866
Name: Lucy Ellen Farnham
Directory: 1867-68
Place: Michigan State Gazeteer and Business Directory
Note: Listed in Caledonia and North Brownsville (Alaska) as being a carpenter.
Birth of Son: 21 OCT 1869
Name: Edgar L. Farnham
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
1870 Census: 01 JUL 1870
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, six children, and his mother are living in household.
1870 Census: 20 SEP 1870
Place: Alaska, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: 70 acres improved, 90 acres of woodland, $6,000 of farm, $300 of farm implements and machinery. 3 horses, 2 milk cows, 2 working oxen, 2 other cattle, 17 sheep, 2 swine, Value of all animals $640. 162 winter wheat, 75 Indian corn, 300 oats
1880 Census: 11 JUN 1880
Place: Wayland, Allegan Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, and three children are living in household. Benjamin runs a sawmill. Benjamin’s parents were born in Massachusetts.
1894 Census: 01 JUN 1894
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Mary, and son Edgar are also in household.
Death: 19 JAN 1897 Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Death record ordered by son, Henry.
Burial: 22 JAN 1897 Unknown
Click here to see Parents: Benjamin Farnum and Hulda Millard
Mary Towne
Birth: 18 AUG 1827 New York
Note: Both of Mary’s parents were born in New York. Date calculated from age at death.
Death: 05 DEC 1897 Caledonia Twp, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Died from Bright’s Disease.
Burial: 07 DEC 1897 Unknown
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