Son of Samuel A & Orpha (Pierce)
Husband of Jane (Countryman) married 11/5/1858 in Marengo, McHenry County, IL
Father of Clarence C, Wesley Myron, Arthur Erastus, Hattie Edith, Lewis Reade, Roy Deaver & Ada Adell
1862 Benaiah Farnum traveled to Dubuque, Iowa from Marengo, Illinois with two brothers, William & Francis, and from there walked the entire distance to a site near Sumner, Iowa, where they selected land. They then returned to Illinois for their families, bringing them to Iowa in covered wagons. Their farm was located seven miles northwest of Sumner, which was a farm community with a post office name of Mentor. In later years Benaiah & Jane Farnum moved into Sumner, where they resided until their deaths. Their home was located on what is now Division Street on the north side of town. On July 4, 1896 Benaiah Farnum was accidently thrown off a wagon by a runaway team, crushing his head on a wooden sidewalk. He lived one day. The place of his accident was on the northwest corner of Railroad & 4th Streets in Sumner. On May 13, 1920 Jane Farnum passed away at her home in Sumner, IA. Both are buried at Mentor Cemetary, near Sumner, IA.
Husband of Jane (Countryman) married 11/5/1858 in Marengo, McHenry County, IL
Father of Clarence C, Wesley Myron, Arthur Erastus, Hattie Edith, Lewis Reade, Roy Deaver & Ada Adell
1862 Benaiah Farnum traveled to Dubuque, Iowa from Marengo, Illinois with two brothers, William & Francis, and from there walked the entire distance to a site near Sumner, Iowa, where they selected land. They then returned to Illinois for their families, bringing them to Iowa in covered wagons. Their farm was located seven miles northwest of Sumner, which was a farm community with a post office name of Mentor. In later years Benaiah & Jane Farnum moved into Sumner, where they resided until their deaths. Their home was located on what is now Division Street on the north side of town. On July 4, 1896 Benaiah Farnum was accidently thrown off a wagon by a runaway team, crushing his head on a wooden sidewalk. He lived one day. The place of his accident was on the northwest corner of Railroad & 4th Streets in Sumner. On May 13, 1920 Jane Farnum passed away at her home in Sumner, IA. Both are buried at Mentor Cemetary, near Sumner, IA.
Son of Samuel A & Orpha (Pierce)
Husband of Jane (Countryman) married 11/5/1858 in Marengo, McHenry County, IL
Father of Clarence C, Wesley Myron, Arthur Erastus, Hattie Edith, Lewis Reade, Roy Deaver & Ada Adell
1862 Benaiah Farnum traveled to Dubuque, Iowa from Marengo, Illinois with two brothers, William & Francis, and from there walked the entire distance to a site near Sumner, Iowa, where they selected land. They then returned to Illinois for their families, bringing them to Iowa in covered wagons. Their farm was located seven miles northwest of Sumner, which was a farm community with a post office name of Mentor. In later years Benaiah & Jane Farnum moved into Sumner, where they resided until their deaths. Their home was located on what is now Division Street on the north side of town. On July 4, 1896 Benaiah Farnum was accidently thrown off a wagon by a runaway team, crushing his head on a wooden sidewalk. He lived one day. The place of his accident was on the northwest corner of Railroad & 4th Streets in Sumner. On May 13, 1920 Jane Farnum passed away at her home in Sumner, IA. Both are buried at Mentor Cemetary, near Sumner, IA.
Husband of Jane (Countryman) married 11/5/1858 in Marengo, McHenry County, IL
Father of Clarence C, Wesley Myron, Arthur Erastus, Hattie Edith, Lewis Reade, Roy Deaver & Ada Adell
1862 Benaiah Farnum traveled to Dubuque, Iowa from Marengo, Illinois with two brothers, William & Francis, and from there walked the entire distance to a site near Sumner, Iowa, where they selected land. They then returned to Illinois for their families, bringing them to Iowa in covered wagons. Their farm was located seven miles northwest of Sumner, which was a farm community with a post office name of Mentor. In later years Benaiah & Jane Farnum moved into Sumner, where they resided until their deaths. Their home was located on what is now Division Street on the north side of town. On July 4, 1896 Benaiah Farnum was accidently thrown off a wagon by a runaway team, crushing his head on a wooden sidewalk. He lived one day. The place of his accident was on the northwest corner of Railroad & 4th Streets in Sumner. On May 13, 1920 Jane Farnum passed away at her home in Sumner, IA. Both are buried at Mentor Cemetary, near Sumner, IA.
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