Person:Norman Farnham (1)

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Norman Henry Farnham
b.15 Jun 1860 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States
d.10 Aug 1941 Payette, Payette, Idaho, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 May 1849
  1. William E. Farnham1850 - 1851
  2. James Farnham1852 - 1852
  3. Nina E. Farnham1853 - 1880
  4. George L. Farnham1855 - Aft 1890
  5. Lucretia Farnham1856 -
  6. Mary J. Farnham1858 - 1878
  7. Norman Henry Farnham1860 - 1941
  8. Happy Rose Farnham1863 - 1864
  9. Martha Ann Farnham1864 - 1919
  10. Carrie Bell Farnham1869 -
  11. Fred Farnham1870 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Norman Henry Farnham1860 - 1941
  • W.  Eleanor Gardner (add)
m. Est 1885
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Norman Henry Farnham1860 - 1941
  • W.  Viola (add)
m.
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Norman Henry Farnham
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Jun 1860 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States
Residence[3] Abt 1883 Lincoln, Mc Pherson, South Dakota, United StatesNorman and brother George were among the first homesteaders in this township.
Marriage Est 1885 to Eleanor Gardner (add)
Marriage to Viola (add)
Death[2] 10 Aug 1941 Payette, Payette, Idaho, United States

"Lincoln Township
It was in 1874 that Ed. D. Palmer ran the first survey line in the county. It ran along the south line of Lincoln Township, then up its west line and up to the southwest corner of Carl Township. Lincoln was one of the earliest townships to be homesteaded. Some of the early settlers were John Walkey, George Martin, Aaron and Richard Dillinback, Elmina A. Cotton, Edward Lapham, Horace F. Scott, John W. Daly, William A. Boyle, John E. Torgerson, W. H. Maupie, John W. Weaver, John Rooney, Sadie M. Freckenhaus, Nettie S. Huntly, Norman H. Farnham, Fred A. Hicks, Jacob and William Nattress, George L. Farnham, George R. Lewis, Martin Maloney, Henry Harrison, William H. Robinson, William Brearton, Jerry Lewis, John Bussey, John Kirnan, Wm. W. Long, Amos R. Cornwall, Mary E. Barnes and James Barnes, Sr., Walter M. Savage, and Henry and Jeremiah Royle. Most of their homesteading was done during the year of 1883."S3

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 E. Farnham, in Butterfield, Consul Willshire. History of La Fayette County, Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources: an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages ... its war record, biographical sketches ... the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, statistics of the state, and an abstract of its laws and constitution, and of the constitution of the United States . (Western Historical Co., 1881)
    p 784-785, 1881.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nattress, Laurel. Swinhope Burn Families.

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  3. ↑ Leola Centennial Anniversary Book
    1984.
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