The son of Duncan & Anna Farnham, his birth location is reported both as New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Acton, York County, Maine. In 1860 he was a seaman living in Acton and stood 5' 7" tall with brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
- Enlisted at an as yet unknown stated age in Boston, Massachusetts, July 26, 1862, with the U.S.Navy but deserted December 9, 1862.
- Enlisted at the stated age of forty in Boston July 6, 1863, and mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Just ten days later, he was hospitalized at Carver U.S. Hospital in Philadelphia, where he deserted November 17. He then traveled to Baltimore where he was arrested and returned to duty, although his compiled military service records reveal no punishment. He fell ill in April 1865 and hospitalized in the military facility at York, Pennsylvania, where he died from of dysentery and owing sutler S. S. Smith $17.75. He is buried in the Soldiers' Circle. He compiled military service records spell his surname "Farnham."
The son of Duncan & Anna Farnham, his birth location is reported both as New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Acton, York County, Maine. In 1860 he was a seaman living in Acton and stood 5' 7" tall with brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
- Enlisted at an as yet unknown stated age in Boston, Massachusetts, July 26, 1862, with the U.S.Navy but deserted December 9, 1862.
- Enlisted at the stated age of forty in Boston July 6, 1863, and mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Just ten days later, he was hospitalized at Carver U.S. Hospital in Philadelphia, where he deserted November 17. He then traveled to Baltimore where he was arrested and returned to duty, although his compiled military service records reveal no punishment. He fell ill in April 1865 and hospitalized in the military facility at York, Pennsylvania, where he died from of dysentery and owing sutler S. S. Smith $17.75. He is buried in the Soldiers' Circle. He compiled military service records spell his surname "Farnham."
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