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Peter Farnum, Jr.
1798 - 1880 (72 years)-
Name Peter Farnum Suffix Jr. Birth 21 May 1798 Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Gender Male Death Between 13 Jun 1870 and 5 Jun 1880 prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Person ID I26984 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Peter Farnum, b. 22 May 1765, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 6 May 1832, poss, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 66 years) Mother Susannah Wadsworth, b. 13 Sep 1765, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Family ID F13867 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Louisa Nichols, b. Abt 1810, , , Massachusetts d. Aft 14 Aug 1850, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 40 years) Marriage 15 Oct 1820 Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Children 1. John N. Farnum, b. 1823 d. 1835, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 12 years) + 2. Charles Augustus Farnum, b. 19 Jan 1825, , , Massachusetts d. 20 Jul 1910, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey (Age 85 years) 3. Francis D. Farnum, b. 1842, prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. Aft 28 Jun 1860, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age > 18 years) Family ID F13865 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Caroline S., b. Abt 1811, , , Connecticut d. Aft 5 Jun 1880, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 69 years) Children 1. Caroline L. "Carrie" Farnum, b. Abt 1853, prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. Aft 5 Jun 1880, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 27 years) Family ID F13866 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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: 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
- Aug. 14, 1850 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.41
- !SOURCE: Charles H. Whipple, Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright Wager Ward-Pell McLean-Burnet Families (1917), p. 21.