Patrick Henry Farnham
Birth 14 NOV 1838 in Ohio
Death 31 Jan 1926 in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH
History of the Western Reserve, Volume 2 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler, Page 985:
Patrick H. Farnham was born November 14, 1838, in Conneaut township, just across the street from his present home, and after completing his educational training in the district schools and the academy at Springfield, Pennsylvania, he went west to Minnesota in 1856, but returned in the following, year. During the opening period of the Civil war he enlisted for service at Conneaut, and was mustered into the ranks at St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 1861, becoming a member of the Second Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. His first services were under General Fremont, and afterward he was with General Curtis. Just before the battle of Pea Ridge he was made a prisoner of war, and later he served in the siege of Vicksburg and its accompanying battles, and was one of five men who bravely volunteered to run the blockade at Vicksburg to secure supplies for his company. In the fall of 1863, on account of sickness, he was sent home on a furlough, and was later discharged from the same cause. Mr. Farnham has served his community as a justice of the peace, and he is both a Republican and a Mason.
On January 1, 1860, he was married to Mary A. Mallory, also from Conneaut township, born June 16, 1834, and she taught school a number of terms before her marriage. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnham are: Nina, who died at the age of three years; Charles, who was born September 30, 1864, married Emma Kluff and lives in Wisconsin; Emma lives in Conneaut, the wife of T. J. Dillon, and they have two children; and Flora married Clyde Hamilton, who is connected with the street car company in Ashtabula.
Credit to FAG member Jane M Howard for this great information.
Birth 14 NOV 1838 in Ohio
Death 31 Jan 1926 in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH
History of the Western Reserve, Volume 2 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler, Page 985:
Patrick H. Farnham was born November 14, 1838, in Conneaut township, just across the street from his present home, and after completing his educational training in the district schools and the academy at Springfield, Pennsylvania, he went west to Minnesota in 1856, but returned in the following, year. During the opening period of the Civil war he enlisted for service at Conneaut, and was mustered into the ranks at St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 1861, becoming a member of the Second Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. His first services were under General Fremont, and afterward he was with General Curtis. Just before the battle of Pea Ridge he was made a prisoner of war, and later he served in the siege of Vicksburg and its accompanying battles, and was one of five men who bravely volunteered to run the blockade at Vicksburg to secure supplies for his company. In the fall of 1863, on account of sickness, he was sent home on a furlough, and was later discharged from the same cause. Mr. Farnham has served his community as a justice of the peace, and he is both a Republican and a Mason.
On January 1, 1860, he was married to Mary A. Mallory, also from Conneaut township, born June 16, 1834, and she taught school a number of terms before her marriage. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnham are: Nina, who died at the age of three years; Charles, who was born September 30, 1864, married Emma Kluff and lives in Wisconsin; Emma lives in Conneaut, the wife of T. J. Dillon, and they have two children; and Flora married Clyde Hamilton, who is connected with the street car company in Ashtabula.
Credit to FAG member Jane M Howard for this great information.
Patrick Henry Farnham
Birth 14 NOV 1838 in Ohio
Death 31 Jan 1926 in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH
History of the Western Reserve, Volume 2 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler, Page 985:
Patrick H. Farnham was born November 14, 1838, in Conneaut township, just across the street from his present home, and after completing his educational training in the district schools and the academy at Springfield, Pennsylvania, he went west to Minnesota in 1856, but returned in the following, year. During the opening period of the Civil war he enlisted for service at Conneaut, and was mustered into the ranks at St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 1861, becoming a member of the Second Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. His first services were under General Fremont, and afterward he was with General Curtis. Just before the battle of Pea Ridge he was made a prisoner of war, and later he served in the siege of Vicksburg and its accompanying battles, and was one of five men who bravely volunteered to run the blockade at Vicksburg to secure supplies for his company. In the fall of 1863, on account of sickness, he was sent home on a furlough, and was later discharged from the same cause. Mr. Farnham has served his community as a justice of the peace, and he is both a Republican and a Mason.
On January 1, 1860, he was married to Mary A. Mallory, also from Conneaut township, born June 16, 1834, and she taught school a number of terms before her marriage. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnham are: Nina, who died at the age of three years; Charles, who was born September 30, 1864, married Emma Kluff and lives in Wisconsin; Emma lives in Conneaut, the wife of T. J. Dillon, and they have two children; and Flora married Clyde Hamilton, who is connected with the street car company in Ashtabula.
Credit to FAG member Jane M Howard for this great information.
Birth 14 NOV 1838 in Ohio
Death 31 Jan 1926 in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH
History of the Western Reserve, Volume 2 By Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler, Page 985:
Patrick H. Farnham was born November 14, 1838, in Conneaut township, just across the street from his present home, and after completing his educational training in the district schools and the academy at Springfield, Pennsylvania, he went west to Minnesota in 1856, but returned in the following, year. During the opening period of the Civil war he enlisted for service at Conneaut, and was mustered into the ranks at St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 1861, becoming a member of the Second Ohio Battery, Light Artillery. His first services were under General Fremont, and afterward he was with General Curtis. Just before the battle of Pea Ridge he was made a prisoner of war, and later he served in the siege of Vicksburg and its accompanying battles, and was one of five men who bravely volunteered to run the blockade at Vicksburg to secure supplies for his company. In the fall of 1863, on account of sickness, he was sent home on a furlough, and was later discharged from the same cause. Mr. Farnham has served his community as a justice of the peace, and he is both a Republican and a Mason.
On January 1, 1860, he was married to Mary A. Mallory, also from Conneaut township, born June 16, 1834, and she taught school a number of terms before her marriage. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnham are: Nina, who died at the age of three years; Charles, who was born September 30, 1864, married Emma Kluff and lives in Wisconsin; Emma lives in Conneaut, the wife of T. J. Dillon, and they have two children; and Flora married Clyde Hamilton, who is connected with the street car company in Ashtabula.
Credit to FAG member Jane M Howard for this great information.
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