Nathan Anderson Farmer

Brief Life History of Nathan Anderson

When Nathan Anderson Farmer was born on 11 April 1803, in Dutch Valley, Anderson, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Henry Farmer, was 34 and his mother, Mary Sullins, was 33. He married Filana Jane Hoskins on 28 September 1843, in Dutch Valley, Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. He died on 14 February 1879, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Dutch Valley, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Anderson Farmer
1803–1879
Filana Jane Hoskins
1822–1896
Marriage: 28 September 1843
Henry Polk Farmer
1844–1929
Mary Bethena Farmer
1846–1873
Jesse Hoskins Farmer
1848–1918
Orlena Jane Farmer
1854–1944
Martha E. Farmer
1860–1910

Sources (12)

  • Nathan A Farmer, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
  • Nathan A Farmer, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Nathan Anderson Farmer, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1804 · The Twelfth Amendment

With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English fermo(u)r, fermer and Anglo-Norman French fermer (Old French fermier, medieval Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.

Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.

Americanized form (translation into English) of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered form Therrien . Compare Pharmer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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William Henry Farmer Will

FARMER, Henry, last will & testament: Last will and testament of Henry Farmer of Anderson County and State of Tennessee. Being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail …

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