John Fred Farnham^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]}

09/14/1837 - 1909

• Name	John Fred Farnham  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17]
  Birth	09/14/1837	Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, USA   [13]
  Residence	1 July 1863	Westford, Massachusetts, United States   [5, 33]
  Residence	1865	Vermont, USA   [3]
  Residence	1870	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  John Fred Farnham ad in the Wakenda Rec	15 Oct 1875	Carrollton, Missouri   [20]
  Residence	1880	Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA   [11, 34]
  Residence	1900	Carrollton Ward 3, Carroll, Missouri, USA   [12, 35]
  Death	5 Apr 1909	Carrollton, Carroll Co, Missouri, USA   [1, 15]
  Probate	8 Jul 1909	Carroll, Missouri, USA   [14]
  Residence	Canton, Massachusetts   [4]
  Residence	Carrollton, Missouri   [16]
  Residence	Missouri, USA   [9]
  _MILT	Massachusetts   [2]
  Burial	Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, USA   [15]
  Person ID	I432449519181	Farnham Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Riebold,   b. 25 Jul 1835, Hessen, Germany d. 20 Jun 1912, Troy, Madison, Illinois, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Wackley,   b. 28 Jan 1839, Lotzwil, Bern, Switzerland d. 8 December 1929, Troy, Madison County, Illinois, United States of America (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Andrew Leone,   b. 2 February 1846, Italy d. 11 Jun 1924, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Vita Stassi,   b. 1 November 1854, Italy d. 20 October 1929, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Gershom Farnham\ Varnum,   b. 13 Aug 1790, Penobscot, Hancock Co., Maine, USA d. 15 Oct 1869, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Alice (Elsie) Tapley,   b. 25 Aug 1799, Penobscot Hancock Co Maine d. 15 Oct 1869 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Foster Seavey,   b. 21 July 1842, East Machias, Washington, Maine, USA d. 20 Aug 1893, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1865	Canton, Massachusetts, USA   [7, 8, 19]
  Children	1. Eugene Ellis Farnham,   b. 2 Dec 1867, Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, USA d. 27 March 1939, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)   2. Bernett Reuben Joseph,   b. 4 Feb 1879, Indian Grove, Chariton, Missouri, United States d. 16 Mar 1953, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 74 years)   3. Lydia Mary Davidson,   b. 12 February 1907, El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri, United States of America d. 11 December 2002, Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America (Age 95 years)   4. Mina Seavey Farnham,   b. 22 Sep 1870, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Nov 1919, Los Angeles Co, CA, USA (Age 49 years)   5. Pearl Joseph,   b. Oct 1880, Missouri   6. Charles H. Farnham,   b. 21 Mar 1873, Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, USA d. 16 Aug 1873, Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)   7. Oscar Joseph,   b. Jan 1883, Missouri   8. Elmer Joseph,   b. Jul 1885, Missouri   9. Cleda Ruth Joseph,   b. 17 Aug 1894, Indian Grove, Livingston, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2025

  
  

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