John
Franklin
Farmer
Born in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jedediah Farmer
and Mary Young (Crooker) Farmer
Brother of
Mary Caroline (Farmer) Merritt, Edward Oliver Farmer, George Brooks Farmer, Julia Frances Farmer, Maria Louise Farmer, Alfred Beard Farmer, Emma Melville Farmer, Charlotte Parker Farmer and Ella Augusta Farmer
Husband of
Mary Watson (Merritt) Farmer
— married
17 Jun 1856 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Father of
Fannie Merritt Farmer and Sarah F Farmer
Died after
after age 83
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
John Farmer was born in March 1831 in Hingham. His parents were Jedediah Farmer and Mary Crooker.[1]
He married Mary Merritt on June 17, 1856. Children:
- Fannie b. 23 Mar 1857 in Boston
- Cora b. 1861
- Mary Caroline b. 19 Jul 1867 in Medford
- Lillian G. b. 27 Dec 1874 in Medford
- Sarah F. b. 1870 died young?
He died on 26 Feb 1915. He is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2]
"Printer."[1]
1870 United States Census - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts[3]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Occupation John F Farmer Self Male 39 Massachusetts Farmer Mary W Farmer Wife Female 34 Massachusetts Fanny M Farmer Daughter Female 13 Massachusetts Cora D Farmer Daughter Female 9 Massachusetts Mary C Farmer Daughter Female 3 Massachusetts Farmer Daughter Female 3 months Massachusetts Honora Desmond Female 20 Massachusetts Domestic Harriet E Hadley Female 35 Massachusetts no occupation
1880 United States Census - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Occupation John F Farmer Self Male 49 Massachusetts Printer Mary W Farmer Wife Female 43 Massachusetts Fanny M Farmer Daughter Female 23 Massachusetts Cora D Farmer Daughter Female 19 Massachusetts Mary C Farmer Daughter Female 12 Massachusetts Lillian G Farmer Daughter Female 5 Massachusetts Margaret Murphy Female 23 Massachusetts Servant
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.214
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129329645/john-franklin-farmer: accessed 17 March 2023), memorial page for John Franklin Farmer (20 Mar 1831–26 Feb 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #129329645, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dragon Lady (contributor 47330740).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3J-M43 : 29 May 2021), Farmer in entry for John F Farmer, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6B-6TJ : 14 January 2022), John Farmer, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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