When Augustus Alwin Farnham was born on 20 May 1805, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Peter Farnum, was 53 and his mother, Chloe Wilson, was 39. He married Mary Jane Pottle on 5 July 1840, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 2 May 1865, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English: habitational name from Farnham in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk, Surrey, and Yorkshire, all named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + either hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water, a water-meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesFAMILY OF AUGUSTUS ALWIN FARNHAM Augustus Alwin Farnham, born 20 may 1805, at Andover, Mass., his father’s name was Peter Farnham, his mother Chloe Wilson. When she died, Peter left Mass. With his fa …
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