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Charles Augustus Farnum

BIRTH: 19 Jan 1825, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
DEATH: 20 Jul 1910, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey
BURIAL: Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
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Father: Peter Farnum (21 May 1798 - 9 Aug 1879)
Mother: Louisa Nichols (1805 - Nov 1850)

Family 1: Julia E. Spalding (13 Aug 1832 - 24 Aug 1861)

MARRIAGE: 5 Oct 1854

John Farnum (22 Dec 1855 - 15 Jan 1901)
+Charles Spalding Farnum (1 Sep 1857 - 1923)
Julia Louise Farnum (Dec 1859 - 25 Dec 1933)

Family 2: Sarah Elizabeth Whipple (2 Aug 1843 - 10 Feb 1918)

MARRIAGE: 19 May 1864

+Cornelia Whipple "Nellie" Farnum (22 Apr 1865 - 21 Dec 1949)
+Henry Whipple Farnum (29 Sep 1868 - 26 Apr 1918)
+Arthur Wadsworth Farnum (16 Mar 1879 - 15 Oct 1956)

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|                                           |                      _Jacob Whipple ______|_Mary Bacon Fuller __
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|                                           |_Elizabeth Whipple __|
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|                                                                 |                      _James Leland _______+
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|                                                                 |_Jerusha Leland _____|_Hannah Learned _____
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|--Charles Augustus Farnum 
|  (1825 - 1910)
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|_Louisa Nichols _____|
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Notes

!SOURCE: Charles H. Whipple, Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright Wager Ward-Pell McLean-Burnet Families (1917), p. 21.

!SOURCE: Sherman Leland, The Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants (Boston: Wier & White, 1850), p. 54.

!SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 44311613, cited 14 Dec 2024.

!RESIDENCES: Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jun 2009. "Charles S. Farnum {26988} applied for a U. S. Passport on Jan. 15, 1920. He would be accompanied by his wife Ethel (Post) Farnum b. Aug. 3, 1878 in New York City, NY. Charles states that he was b. 1 Sep 1858 in Philadelphia, PA, and that his deceased father {26983} was born in MA. (src: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925)"

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jun 2009. Cites the following:

Aug. 14, 1850 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.41
- Farnum, Peter {26984} 52, merchant b. MA
- Farnum, Louisa {26985} 40 b. MA {abt 1810}
- Farnum, Charles {26983} 25 b. Philadelphia, PA
- Farnum, Francis {36085} 7 b. PA
June 28, 1860 Census 23-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.965
- Farnum, Peter 62 {26984} comm. merchant, b. MA
- Farnum, Caroline S. 49 b. CT {abt 1811; 2nd wife of Peter}
- Farnum, Charles A. {26983}35 comm. merchant, b. MA
- Farnum, Francis D. {36085} 17 clerk b. MA
- Farnum, Julia E. {29686} 27 b. CT {abt 1833}
- Farnum, Caroline S. 7 b. PA {abt 1853; dau. of Peter & Caroline}
- Farnum, John {26987} 4 b. PA {abt 1856}
- Farnum, Julia L. {26989} 6/12 b. PA {abt 12/1859}
- Farnum, Charles {{26988} 2 b. PA {abt 1858}
July 25, 1870 Census 7-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,
- Farnum, Charles {26983} 44 b. MA
- Farnum, Lizzie {20900} 27 b. NY
- Farnum, John {26987} 14 b. PA {abt 1855-1856}
- Farnum, Charles S. {26988} 12 b. PA {abt 1857-1858}
- Farnum, Julia M. {26989} 10 b. PA
- Farnum, Nellie {27005} b. PA
- Farnum, Harry (sic) {27011} b. PA
June 1, 1880 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.144
- Farnum, Charles A. {26983} 55 manufacturer b. MA parents b. MA
- Farnum, L. W. {20900} 37 b. NY
- Farnum, John {26987} 24 clerk
- Farnum, C. S. {26988} 22 clerk
- Farnum, J. S. {26989} 20
- Farnum, N. W. {27005} 15
- Farnum, H. W. {27011} 11
- Farnum A. W. {27018} 1
June 18, 1900 Census 8-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.143
- Farnum, Charles {26983} 74 no occup. b. MA June 1825 parents b. MA
- Farnum, Elizabeth {20900} 55 b. NY Aug. 1844 mar. 36 yrs. 3/3 children
- Farnum, Henry {27011} 30 insurance b. PA Sept. 1869
- Farnum, Arthur {27018} 21 clerk b. PA March 1879
April 19, 1910 Census 8-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.143
- Farnum, Charles A. 85 {26983} b. MA mar. 2nd 45 yrs.
- Farnum, Elizabeth W. {20900} 65 b. NY mar. 1st 45 yrs., 3/3 children

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