Brief Life History of Clark
When Clark Farnham was born in 1826, in Nelson, Nelson, Madison, New York, United States, his father, Calvin Farnham, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Donaldson, was 30. He married Cornelia M. English about 1846, in Nelson, Nelson, Madison, New York, United States. He lived in Nelson, Madison, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 10 October 1900, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nelson, Nelson, Madison, New York, United States.
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- Clark Farnham, "United States Census, 1880"
- Clark A. Farnham, "Find A Grave Index"
- Clark A Farnum in household of Nancy Farnum, "United States Census, 1850"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
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