Peter Farnum (Jr.)

• BIRTH: 21 May 1798, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
• DEATH: 9 Aug 1879, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• BURIAL: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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• TITLE: Jr.

• MARRIAGE: 15 Oct 1820, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts

1.  John N. Farnum (1823 - 1835)
2. +Charles Augustus Farnum (19 Jan 1825 - 20 Jul 1910)
3.  Francis D. Farnum (1842 - AFT 28 Jun 1860)

1.  Caroline L. "Carrie" Farnum (ABT 1853 - AFT 5 Jun 1880)

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                                             _Moses Farnum _______|
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                       _Moses Farnum _______|
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|--Peter Farnum 
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|_Susannah Wadsworth _|
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                      |                                                                  _Joseph Whipple _____+
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                      |                                            _James Whipple ______|_Sarah Fairchild ____
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                      |                      _Jacob Whipple ______|
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                      |                     |                     |_Mary Bacon Fuller __|_Mary Bacon _________
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                      |_Elizabeth Whipple __|
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                                            |                      _James Leland _______|_Deborah Fairbanks __
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                                            |_Jerusha Leland _____|
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                                                                  |_Hannah Learned _____|_Sarah Wright _______
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Notes

!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 59898695, cited 14 Dec 2024.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 26 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts (birth).

!RESIDENCES: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. --S. Leland

!OCCUPATION: Commission merchant. --S. Leland

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jun 2009. "Peter Farnum, Jr. {26984} and Louisa Nichols {26985} were mar. 15 Oct 1820 in Grafton, Worcester, MA (src: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850)"

!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}
• June 13, 1870 Census, 7-dist. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.350
  • Farnum, Peter {26984} 72 b. MA
  • Farnum, Caroline 59 b. CT
  • Farnum, Carry L. 17 b. PA
• June 5, 1880 Census 7-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, p.180
  • head - Farnum, Caroline S. 69 widow {of Peter 26984} b. CT parents b. CT
  • dau. - Farnum, Carrie L. 27 at home b. PA father b. MA, mother b. CT

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