1850 Ramsey CO MN is
Son of PHINEAS Farnham wife Betsey STIMSON
Senior Rufus Farnham age 53 born Maine
wife Abigail 51 b Maine
Son SUMNER 30, Maine
Son JEREMIAH is 25, ME
Dau MARTHA is 20 ME
Dau Julia is 17 ME
Son Eliacon is 12 ME
same census page another son,
SILAS;
SILAS he is now 1850 26, a lumberman
Wife Lorina or Lovina she is 22 b NY they are spelled FARNUM
Son Stanley is 3 months
SILAS is later called in Census by his full name of Stephen Silas FARNHAM;
in 1880 he is;
STEPHEN Silas Farnham, b ca 1824 Calais Maine
son of Rufus and Abigail died St. Anthony, MN, which is now Minneapolis 4/30/1909
Wife Lovina DEWEY
he does not come to Hennepin til after 1880; then he is in Minnesota, but
in Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota 1880
Stephen Farnham Self M M W 55 ME
Occ: Carpenter Fa: ME Mo: ME
Levina Farnham Wife F M W 50 NY
Occ: Keeps House Fa: VT Mo: NY
Wheeler Farnham Son M S W 29 MN
Occ: Carpenter Fa: ME Mo: NY
Emily J. FARNHAM Dau F S W 20 IA
Gertrude Farnham Dau F S W 14 IA
Edward B. FARNHAM Son M S W 9 MN
Lelia B. FARNHAM Dau F S W 6 MN
Occ: At Home Fa: ME Mo: NY

In 1870 is RUFUS SR;
In 1870 Hennepin Co MN town of
Saint Anthony, Ward 3
Rufus Farnham is 76 born Maine, retired farmer
Wife Abigail is 71 born Maine

in 1870 is RUFUS JUNIOR
RUFUS JUNIOR Farnham, son of Rufus and Abigail, born Calais Maine
Married Eliza ?
from 1870 Census town of Crystal Lake
Children of Rufus Farnham and Eliza are:
i. Horace9 Farnham, born Abt. 1852 in Minnesota.
ii. Oscar Farnham, born Abt. 1854.
iii. Cora Farnham, born Abt. 1856.
iv. Elbridge Farnham, born Abt. 1857.
v. Chester Farnham, born Abt. 1863.
vi. Harry Farnham, born Abt. 1868

SUMNER in 1880 is in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Sumner W. FARNHAM Self M M W 60 ME
Occ: Lumberman Fa: ME Mo: ME
Eunice S. FARNHAM Wife FM W 50 ME
\Occ: Keeping House Fa: ME Mo: ME
Chas. S. FARNHAM Son age 23 MN
Neal Farnham Son age 16 MN

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9792/Lostandendangere...
the Farnham home of RUFUS

Sumner W. Farnham was born in Calais, Maine, April 2nd, 1820. His father was a surveyor of logs anal lumber on the St. Croix river, which forms the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, and the son inherited a strong inclination for the lumber business. At the age of fourteen years he began work with his father about the sawmills, and four years later went into the pine woods to cut logs on his own account. In 1840 he bought a sawmill, and ran it four years. In September, 1847, he left Calais and came west After
examining the lumbering prospects of eastern Michigan and wintering in the lead-mining region of southwestern Wisconsin, he arrived at Stillwater in the spring of 1848. He was at first employed in logging by his friend, John McKusick, who had previously come from the same part of Maine. On the way up the Mississippi, the steamer which brought Mr. Farnham had. been pushed ashore by a gale, with drifting ice, near the site of Lake City, and there I first met him, aiding the captain in his endeavors to get the boat again into the water. This was while I was on my way to Galena, partly for the business of Mr. Steele in relation to capital supplied from the east for the improvements at St. Anthony Falls. The next winter Mr. Farnham went into
the woods of Rum river as foreman of one of my logging camps. In the next two summers, he did the greater part of the work of clearing this river of its driftwood, opening it for log-driving from its upper tributaries.
June 1st, 1851, he was married to Miss Eunice Estes, a daughter of Jonathan Estes, an immigrant from Maine. In 1854, with Samuel Tracy, he opened the first bank in St. Anthony, which continued in business until 1858. It was then closed, on account of the prevailing financial depression, and all the depositors were fully paid, though at a considerable loss of the capital invested by Mr. Farnham and his partners. In 1860 he associated with himself James A. Lovejoy, forming the lumber firm of Farnham and Lovejoy, which continued in this business twenty-eight years, until Mr. Lovejoy's death. Their total production of
manufactured lumber is estimated to have exceeded 300,000,000 feet.

As early as 1849, Mr. Farnham was one of the founders of the Library Association of St. Anthony. In 1852, and again in1856, he was a member of the Territorial Legislature. He also served as assessor and afterward as treasurer of St. Anthony,and during the Civil War was appointed with others to raise money for the relief of soldiers' families. Throughout his long life, he has honorably fulfilled his part in the promotion of the best interests of his city and state, and still lives in Minneapolis, but his health was broken by paralysis several years ago.


Mrs. Sumner W. Farnham
The pioneers of the fifties all held Mrs. Farnham in high esteem. Her home was the Mecca to which philanthropic women of her own and other churches made frequent pilgrimages, and never in vain. Her warm interest in the soldiers of the Union and their families, led to the important part she played during the Civil War. Her personal efforts in behalf of the destitute often supplied them with timely and needful assistance, and it is impossible to estimate the number who received aid and comfort through her cheerful, motherly presence, advice and ministrations.When the cruel war was over Mrs. Farnham still remained in the ranks of the indefatigable workers, welcoming home the small fraction left of regiments which went forth from our state with their full complement of patriotic men in the flush of manly pride and vigor.The memory of this good woman will always be held dear by her pioneer associates, and especially by the old soldiers and their familiesSurely a crown of glory awaits all such benefactors of the race. Of Mrs. Farnham it can be truly said that the world was better for her having lived in it. We still [p.95] realize how much she did to disperse the clouds of gloom that hung over our beloved country during the years of its greatest trial. If--
To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die."
for such as she there is no death.

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