Farnam, Eliah

1836 - 1918  (82 years)

• Name	Farnam, Eliah
  Birth	28 Jul 1836	Utica, Oneida, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Eliah Farnam53 Sally Farnam51 Eliah Farnam14 Philo Farnam11
  1860 Census	1860	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Eliab FarnhamM63New York Sally FarnhamF61Connecticut Eliab FarnhamM24New York Sophia FarnhamF27Atlantic Ocean Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW9J-KQJ : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Eliab Farnham in household of Eliab Farnham, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 175, household ID 1264, NARA microfilm publication M653; NARA microfilm publication M653. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 805424.
  Military Service	Between 9 Sep 1861 and 7 Aug 1862
  Civil War, Company G, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
  On September 9, 1861, Mr. Farnam enlisted in the First Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G., from which he was discharged on account of disability, August 7, 1862. He reenlisted September 28, 1864, in Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and was honorably discharged July 19, 1865. During the latter enlistment the regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, and then back to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was veteranized and detailed to scout duty in Kentucky with Wilson's Cavalry Corps. It then went into winter quarters at Gravel Springs, and in the spring of 1865 went through Alabama, helping to capture Montgomery, and took part in the battle of West Point, this being the last engagement of the war. On the nineteenth of April the news of Lee's surrender reached the regiment, and it went to Macon, Georgia, where the regiment's horses were exchanged for mules, which were ridden to Nashville, and the First was mustered out at Edgefield, now East Nashville. During the stay at Macon the regiment was sent to try and capture Jefferson Davis, and no doubt would have accomplished this had not the Michigan regiment gained their information and, cutting in ahead of the First on another road, secured the fugitive and the bounty. On his return from the war Mr. Farnam returned to his farming activities and was so engaged until his retirement, April 1, 1907, since which time he has been living in Hortonville.
  Military Service	Between 28 Sep 1864 and 19 Jul 1865
  Civil War, Company A, 1st Wisconsin Calvary
  1870 Census	1870	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Eliab J Farnam33 Sophia Farnam37
  Will	1 Jan 1872
  1880 Census	1880	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  E. Farnham43 Amelia Farnham24 Myrtle Farnham7m
  1900 Census	1900	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Eliab Tarnam65 Emelie Tarnam44 Myrtle Tarnam26 Ernest Tarnam19 Louisa Tarnam15 Edna Tarnam10 Name:Eliab Tarnam Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1900 Event Place:Ellington town, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:82 Gender:Male Age:64 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):W Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Number of Living Children: Years Married:21 Birth Date:Jul 1836 Birthplace:New York Marriage Year (Estimated):1879 Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:New York Mother's Birthplace:Connecticut Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter:6B Household ID:119 Line Number:89 Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:T623 GS Film Number:1241809 Digital Folder Number:004120634 Image Number:00574 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Eliab TarnamHeadM64New York Emelie TarnamWifeF44Wisconsin Myrtle TarnamDaughterF21Wisconsin Ernest TarnamSonM19Wisconsin Louisa TarnamDaughterF15Wisconsin Edna TarnamDaughterF11Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMKB-N9Y : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Eliab Tarnam, Ellington town, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241809.
  1910 Census	1910	Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Name:Eliab Farnum Titles and Terms: Event Type:Census Event Year:1910 Event Place:Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States District:139 Gender:Male Age:73 Marital Status:Married Race:White Race (Original):White Relationship to Head of Household:Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head Birth Year (Estimated):1837 Birthplace:New York Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace:New York Mother's Birthplace:Connecticut Sheet Number and Letter:10B Household ID:97 Line Number: Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number:M1283 GS Film number:1375744 Digital Folder Number:004455057 Image Number:00243 HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace Eliab FarnumHeadM73New York Emilie FarnumWifeF53Wisconsin Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP2J-SKS : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Eliab Farnum, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 10B, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1375744.
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0833
  ELIAB FARNAM, one of the honored pioneers of Hortonville, Wisconsin, now living retired after many years spent in agricultural pursuits, is highly esteemed as a veteran of the great Civil War. He was born at Attica, Wyoming county, New York, July 28, 1836, and is a son of Eliab Farnam, who was born December 3, 1796, in New York State, his parents coming from Connecticut. In 1849 Eliab Farnam, the father, brought his family west to Outagamie county, Wisconsin, settling on forty acres of land at a time when he not only lacked any worldly possessions, but was even in debt for part of the hauling from Green Bay. He found work at rail splitting, and by the spring of 1850 had two acres of his land cleared and put into potatoes and corn. During the summer he cut down pine trees and made 12,000 shingles, which he floated down to Oshkosh, and walked to that point to dispose of them for $24. This sum he invested in needed food, which was sent up the river by boat and dumped on the bank, from whence the whole family assisted in carrying it to the little log home. During the winter of 1850-51 Mr. Farnam cut 100,000 feet of logs, one-half of which he had to give to a neighbor for hauling them to the river bank, where he sold it, Mr. Farnam realizing $200 for his share. He purchased a yoke of oxen for $60, and three cows for $12 each. With the new means for clearing, the land was rapidly put under cultivation, and at the time of his death, June 11, 1873, Mr. Farnam saw that his years of labor had developed a finely conditioned and fertile property. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Peck, was of Connecticut descent, and died February 15, 1873. One of the brothers of this sturdy old pioneer was a civil engineer and helped to build the first railroad into Chicago, later taking the contract to build the Rock Island Railroad from Chicago to Rock Island, a work which was completed within one year. Eliab Farnam, the son, received a common school education in New York, and after coming to Wisconsin attended district school for two months when he was eighteen years of age. He always remained on the home farm, which was added to from time to time and at the death of his parents he fell heir to the land. In 1858, Mr. Farnam was married to Miss Sophia Diener, who was born on the ocean en route to this country, and she died March 4, 1876. On January 4, 1879, Mr. Farnam was married (second) to Amelia Grunert, daughter of Ernest Grunert, a German miller, who on coming to the United States refused offers of work in Milwaukee and located in the town of Ellington, Outagamie county, where he engaged in farming until his death, March 25, 1907, being buried in Stephensville Cemetery. His wife, Henrietta (Krause) Grunert. whose parents were pioneers, died in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Farnam had four children: Mrs. Myrtle Vogel, residing on the homestead, is the mother of three children; Ernest is a resident of California; Mrs. Louisa Lansing is living on a farm in Peck, Wisconsin; and Edna is residing at home. On September 9, 1861, Mr. Farnam enlisted in the First Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G., from which he was discharged on account of disability, August 7, 1862. He reenlisted September 28, 1864, in Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry, and was honorably discharged July 19, 1865. During the latter enlistment the regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee, and then back to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was veteranized and detailed to scout duty in Kentucky with Wilson's Cavalry Corps. It then went into winter quarters at Gravel Springs, and in the spring of 1865 went through Alabama, helping to capture Montgomery, and took part in the battle of West Point, this being the last engagement of the war. On the nineteenth of April the news of Lee's surrender reached the regiment, and it went to Macon, Georgia, where the regiment's horses were exchanged for mules, which were ridden to Nashville, and the First was mustered out at Edgefield, now East Nashville. During the stay at Macon the regiment was sent to try and capture Jefferson Davis, and no doubt would have accomplished this had not the Michigan regiment gained their information and, cutting in ahead of the First on another road, secured the fugitive and the bounty. On his return from the war Mr. Farnam returned to his farming activities and was so engaged until his retirement, April 1, 1907, since which time he has been living in Hortonville. In politics he is a Republican, and he walked fifty miles to cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He served district No. 6 of Ellington for twelve years as school treasurer. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and his wife of the Ladies' Relief Corps, and she is also an active worker in Methodist Church circles, assistant Sunday School superintendent and a teacher. Mr. Farnam has been an active Christian temperance worker. Although the greater part of his time was given to farming, during the latter years of his life he was interested in stock breeding, taking numerous prizes with his fine Jersey cattle and Chester White hogs.
  	Farnam, Eliab Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Death	14 Dec 1918	Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Burial	Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I38305	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Farnam, Eliab Sr.,   b. 3 Dec 1796, Scipio Center, Cayuga, New York, USA d. 11 Jun 1873, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Peck, Sally,   b. Abt Jun 1797, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Abt Feb 1873, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F66453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Diener, Sophia,   b. At Sea d. 4 Mar 1876, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1858
  Family ID	F66210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Grunert, Emilie,   b. 3 May 1856, Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 4 May 1931, Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1879
  Marriage Record (Family)	4 Jan 1879
  Last Name: Grunert First Name: Emilie M Marriage Year: 1879 Marriage Month: 1 Marriage Day: 04 County: Outagamie REFERENCE DETAILS County: Outagamie Volume Number: 1 Page Number: 330 Collection: Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection MARRIAGE INDEX RECORD Farnum, Eliab Date: 1879-1-04 County: Outagamie Name:Eliab Farnum Birth Date: Birthplace:Utica, N.Y. Age: Spouse's Name:Emelie M Grunert Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date:04 Jan 1879 Event Place:Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin Father's Name:Eliab Farnum Mother's Name:Sarah Farnum Spouse's Father's Name:Ernest Grunert Spouse's Mother's Name: Race:White Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race:White Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M00350-6 System Origin:Wisconsin-EASy GS Film number:1292401 Reference ID:cn 01669 Citing this Record: "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRGP-WDJ : accessed 29 Nov 2014), Eliab Farnum and Emelie M Grunert, 04 Jan 1879; citing reference cn 01669; FHL microfilm 1292401.
  Children	+ 1. Farnam, Myrtle,   b. 5 Nov 1879, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 24 Jul 1956, Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 76 years)   2. Farnam, Ernest Victor,   b. 25 May 1881, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 1 Mar 1921 (Age 39 years)   3. Farnam, Louisa,   b. 5 May 1885, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 10 Apr 1953 (Age 67 years)   4. Farnam, Edna Sophia,   b. 2 Dec 1889, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 11 Feb 1960 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F31470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2015