Jeffery Farnham was born in Scipio, Cayuga County, NY, on October 27, 1817, son of Jeffery Amherst and Mercy (Tracy) Farnham. He was married in Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI on September 12, 1864 to Ms. Emily Sanborn Johnson from Vermont.
Mr. Farnham came to Wisconsin in November 1844 and taught school one year in Wauwatosa; spent part of the next spring and summer in Milwaukee; taught school in the winter of 1845-46 in Troy; moved to Watertown in the spring of 1846, and worked as a surveyor, using his background as a professional engineer. He stayed on that job until the spring of 1848, then spent the next 2 ½ years laying out and engineering the construction of the Milwaukee and Watertown Plank Road between those two points.
In the spring of 1851 he moved to the Illinois Central Railroad where he took charge of division construction in Illinois until the fall of 1854. He was appointed City Engineer in Watertown and led the construction of the Watertown & Madison Railroad. He stayed in Watertown until 1858 as Engineer of Railroad, when he decided to move northwest to Wausau.
Jeffery Farnham arrived in Wausau on June 30, 1858 and established the first banking business in the area under the name of the "Bank of the Interior," with himself as president and manager. In 1859 he was appointed County Treasurer by the County Board. When the Civil War broke out, he can become sole proprietor of the bank and continued its operation until January 1, 1875, when the bank merged into the Marathon County Bank. Mr. Farnham took over the presidency of that bank until 1877, when, due to poor health of both he and his wife, he sold his bank stock and moved to Clyde, Kansas. They stayed there for two years and in 1879 returned to Wausau. He then went into business for himself dealing in real estate, land warrants, tax paying and tax certificates, and scrip.
Mr. Farnham was a member of the school board, the Masons and the Odd Fellows.
Jeffery Farnham died on May 4, 1883. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.
Mr. Farnham came to Wisconsin in November 1844 and taught school one year in Wauwatosa; spent part of the next spring and summer in Milwaukee; taught school in the winter of 1845-46 in Troy; moved to Watertown in the spring of 1846, and worked as a surveyor, using his background as a professional engineer. He stayed on that job until the spring of 1848, then spent the next 2 ½ years laying out and engineering the construction of the Milwaukee and Watertown Plank Road between those two points.
In the spring of 1851 he moved to the Illinois Central Railroad where he took charge of division construction in Illinois until the fall of 1854. He was appointed City Engineer in Watertown and led the construction of the Watertown & Madison Railroad. He stayed in Watertown until 1858 as Engineer of Railroad, when he decided to move northwest to Wausau.
Jeffery Farnham arrived in Wausau on June 30, 1858 and established the first banking business in the area under the name of the "Bank of the Interior," with himself as president and manager. In 1859 he was appointed County Treasurer by the County Board. When the Civil War broke out, he can become sole proprietor of the bank and continued its operation until January 1, 1875, when the bank merged into the Marathon County Bank. Mr. Farnham took over the presidency of that bank until 1877, when, due to poor health of both he and his wife, he sold his bank stock and moved to Clyde, Kansas. They stayed there for two years and in 1879 returned to Wausau. He then went into business for himself dealing in real estate, land warrants, tax paying and tax certificates, and scrip.
Mr. Farnham was a member of the school board, the Masons and the Odd Fellows.
Jeffery Farnham died on May 4, 1883. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.
Jeffery Farnham was born in Scipio, Cayuga County, NY, on October 27, 1817, son of Jeffery Amherst and Mercy (Tracy) Farnham. He was married in Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI on September 12, 1864 to Ms. Emily Sanborn Johnson from Vermont.
Mr. Farnham came to Wisconsin in November 1844 and taught school one year in Wauwatosa; spent part of the next spring and summer in Milwaukee; taught school in the winter of 1845-46 in Troy; moved to Watertown in the spring of 1846, and worked as a surveyor, using his background as a professional engineer. He stayed on that job until the spring of 1848, then spent the next 2 ½ years laying out and engineering the construction of the Milwaukee and Watertown Plank Road between those two points.
In the spring of 1851 he moved to the Illinois Central Railroad where he took charge of division construction in Illinois until the fall of 1854. He was appointed City Engineer in Watertown and led the construction of the Watertown & Madison Railroad. He stayed in Watertown until 1858 as Engineer of Railroad, when he decided to move northwest to Wausau.
Jeffery Farnham arrived in Wausau on June 30, 1858 and established the first banking business in the area under the name of the "Bank of the Interior," with himself as president and manager. In 1859 he was appointed County Treasurer by the County Board. When the Civil War broke out, he can become sole proprietor of the bank and continued its operation until January 1, 1875, when the bank merged into the Marathon County Bank. Mr. Farnham took over the presidency of that bank until 1877, when, due to poor health of both he and his wife, he sold his bank stock and moved to Clyde, Kansas. They stayed there for two years and in 1879 returned to Wausau. He then went into business for himself dealing in real estate, land warrants, tax paying and tax certificates, and scrip.
Mr. Farnham was a member of the school board, the Masons and the Odd Fellows.
Jeffery Farnham died on May 4, 1883. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.
Mr. Farnham came to Wisconsin in November 1844 and taught school one year in Wauwatosa; spent part of the next spring and summer in Milwaukee; taught school in the winter of 1845-46 in Troy; moved to Watertown in the spring of 1846, and worked as a surveyor, using his background as a professional engineer. He stayed on that job until the spring of 1848, then spent the next 2 ½ years laying out and engineering the construction of the Milwaukee and Watertown Plank Road between those two points.
In the spring of 1851 he moved to the Illinois Central Railroad where he took charge of division construction in Illinois until the fall of 1854. He was appointed City Engineer in Watertown and led the construction of the Watertown & Madison Railroad. He stayed in Watertown until 1858 as Engineer of Railroad, when he decided to move northwest to Wausau.
Jeffery Farnham arrived in Wausau on June 30, 1858 and established the first banking business in the area under the name of the "Bank of the Interior," with himself as president and manager. In 1859 he was appointed County Treasurer by the County Board. When the Civil War broke out, he can become sole proprietor of the bank and continued its operation until January 1, 1875, when the bank merged into the Marathon County Bank. Mr. Farnham took over the presidency of that bank until 1877, when, due to poor health of both he and his wife, he sold his bank stock and moved to Clyde, Kansas. They stayed there for two years and in 1879 returned to Wausau. He then went into business for himself dealing in real estate, land warrants, tax paying and tax certificates, and scrip.
Mr. Farnham was a member of the school board, the Masons and the Odd Fellows.
Jeffery Farnham died on May 4, 1883. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.
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