Abram G. Farrand was born on July 11, 1836 in Elery, Henry County, Ohio --- a middle child of seven children known to be born to the boot and shoemaker Orrin Farrand and his wife Betsey Baker (both New York natives). By 1840 the family migrated west to Caledonia, Boone County, in northern Illinois, where Abram Farrand grew to adulthood. About 1854 most of the family moved further west to the town of Strawberry Point, Clayton County, northeastern Iowa, where in the early 1860's Abram met Sarah Elizabeth Farnsworth, who was 8 years his junior. Sarah and Abram married on July 4, 1865 in nearby Prairie Du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
In the earlier years of his marriage, Abram Farrand worked as a mason in Strawberry Point, Iowa, and in the early 1870's moved to Spring Valley, Fillmore County, southeastern Minnesota (to join the Farnsworth family) where he continued working as a mason in this growing railroad town. In 1892, records indicate that Abram Farrand moved his family to Section 11 of the Webster Township, Day County, in the plains of northeastern South Dakota, where he established a 160 acre homestead, which was granted to him in 1889. He farmed and had dairy cattle on this land, although it appears that for a period of time, Abram returned to Spring Valley, Minnesota with the younger members of his family (he was in Spring Valley at the time of the 1895 MN census). Abram returned to his South Dakota land by 1900 until about 1907 when he and his wife Sarah decided to retire in the more salubrious climate of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. Their 3 living sons Calvin, Merrill, and James Farrand moved with them to Corvallis, with the unmarried sons Calvin and James living and perhaps supporting the parents.
Abram was remembered by his grandchildren as being a stocky, swarthy man with the large hands of a mason and farmer. He died on June 25, 1927 in Corvallis, and is buried with his son James Farrand in the Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery in Corvallis, Oregon.
In the earlier years of his marriage, Abram Farrand worked as a mason in Strawberry Point, Iowa, and in the early 1870's moved to Spring Valley, Fillmore County, southeastern Minnesota (to join the Farnsworth family) where he continued working as a mason in this growing railroad town. In 1892, records indicate that Abram Farrand moved his family to Section 11 of the Webster Township, Day County, in the plains of northeastern South Dakota, where he established a 160 acre homestead, which was granted to him in 1889. He farmed and had dairy cattle on this land, although it appears that for a period of time, Abram returned to Spring Valley, Minnesota with the younger members of his family (he was in Spring Valley at the time of the 1895 MN census). Abram returned to his South Dakota land by 1900 until about 1907 when he and his wife Sarah decided to retire in the more salubrious climate of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. Their 3 living sons Calvin, Merrill, and James Farrand moved with them to Corvallis, with the unmarried sons Calvin and James living and perhaps supporting the parents.
Abram was remembered by his grandchildren as being a stocky, swarthy man with the large hands of a mason and farmer. He died on June 25, 1927 in Corvallis, and is buried with his son James Farrand in the Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery in Corvallis, Oregon.
Abram G. Farrand was born on July 11, 1836 in Elery, Henry County, Ohio --- a middle child of seven children known to be born to the boot and shoemaker Orrin Farrand and his wife Betsey Baker (both New York natives). By 1840 the family migrated west to Caledonia, Boone County, in northern Illinois, where Abram Farrand grew to adulthood. About 1854 most of the family moved further west to the town of Strawberry Point, Clayton County, northeastern Iowa, where in the early 1860's Abram met Sarah Elizabeth Farnsworth, who was 8 years his junior. Sarah and Abram married on July 4, 1865 in nearby Prairie Du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
In the earlier years of his marriage, Abram Farrand worked as a mason in Strawberry Point, Iowa, and in the early 1870's moved to Spring Valley, Fillmore County, southeastern Minnesota (to join the Farnsworth family) where he continued working as a mason in this growing railroad town. In 1892, records indicate that Abram Farrand moved his family to Section 11 of the Webster Township, Day County, in the plains of northeastern South Dakota, where he established a 160 acre homestead, which was granted to him in 1889. He farmed and had dairy cattle on this land, although it appears that for a period of time, Abram returned to Spring Valley, Minnesota with the younger members of his family (he was in Spring Valley at the time of the 1895 MN census). Abram returned to his South Dakota land by 1900 until about 1907 when he and his wife Sarah decided to retire in the more salubrious climate of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. Their 3 living sons Calvin, Merrill, and James Farrand moved with them to Corvallis, with the unmarried sons Calvin and James living and perhaps supporting the parents.
Abram was remembered by his grandchildren as being a stocky, swarthy man with the large hands of a mason and farmer. He died on June 25, 1927 in Corvallis, and is buried with his son James Farrand in the Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery in Corvallis, Oregon.
In the earlier years of his marriage, Abram Farrand worked as a mason in Strawberry Point, Iowa, and in the early 1870's moved to Spring Valley, Fillmore County, southeastern Minnesota (to join the Farnsworth family) where he continued working as a mason in this growing railroad town. In 1892, records indicate that Abram Farrand moved his family to Section 11 of the Webster Township, Day County, in the plains of northeastern South Dakota, where he established a 160 acre homestead, which was granted to him in 1889. He farmed and had dairy cattle on this land, although it appears that for a period of time, Abram returned to Spring Valley, Minnesota with the younger members of his family (he was in Spring Valley at the time of the 1895 MN census). Abram returned to his South Dakota land by 1900 until about 1907 when he and his wife Sarah decided to retire in the more salubrious climate of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. Their 3 living sons Calvin, Merrill, and James Farrand moved with them to Corvallis, with the unmarried sons Calvin and James living and perhaps supporting the parents.
Abram was remembered by his grandchildren as being a stocky, swarthy man with the large hands of a mason and farmer. He died on June 25, 1927 in Corvallis, and is buried with his son James Farrand in the Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery in Corvallis, Oregon.
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